This minimalist approach to the horror elements adds to the film’s sense of realism and dread, as it leaves much of the terror to the viewer’s imagination. 2005’s Isolation is a chilling Irish horror film written and directed by Billy O’Brien. Set on a desolate, run-down farm in rural Ireland,Continue Reading
In the end, Cuckoo is one of those movies I respect more than I actually enjoyed. Directed by Tilman Singer and starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, and Jessica Henwick, Cuckoo is a movie that immediately grabbed my attention when I first saw the trailer before Longlegs back in August. TheContinue Reading
A Dark Song is a movie that completely got under my skin in a way very few modern horror films manage to do. Written and directed by Liam Gavin and starring Catherine Walker and Steve Oram, A Dark Song is a movie that completely got under my skin in aContinue Reading
This is most certainly a horror movie to watch at night with all of the lights out for the best effect. When I found a heavily discounted Blu-ray copy of The Cursed at a store known for selling overstock, I didn’t have high hopes for it. The cover art lookedContinue Reading
No matter how you explain the plot line, The Guardian sounds more ludicrous than it ends up being. When The Guardian was released in 1990, the studio’s marketing department made sure that everyone knew that William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, was behind the camera. Even the opening credits ofContinue Reading
While it might be tempting to underestimate Christine as just a movie about a car that drives around and kills people, if you pop the hood and give it a once over, it’s actually quite a bit more refined than that. It just wouldn’t feel like a Halloween Fifteen ifContinue Reading
Change the name of the vessel, restructure a few plot elements (and how they’re revealed,) and don’t give away the ending in the title and I think there’s a decent horror movie here. The Last Voyage of the Demeter is based on a single chapter of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel,Continue Reading