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American Nightmare (2002) Movie Review
Jon Keeyes’ “American Nightmare” is a low-budget horror movie that is surprisingly better than most. Keeyes, who also wrote and directed, falls into that category of horror filmmakers who wears their adoration for the...
Read More »Club Dread (2004) Movie Review
I guess you’d officially call “Club Dread” a horror-comedy, although it’s a bit hard to decipher where the comedy ends and the horror begins, and vice versa. There’s just no getting around that the...
Read More »Hallow’s End (2003) Movie Review
Dear Low-budget Horror Filmmakers: Your low-budget horror opus should not — and I can’t stress this enough, should not — under any circumstances resemble a bad Afterschool Special at any point. The niche audience...
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Hellboy (2004) Movie Review
Movies featuring little know comic book characters have come a long way since the modestly budgeted “The Crow” in 1994. Now Columbia Pictures gives Mike Mignola’s creation the full big budget treatment, complete with...
Read More »May (2002) Movie Review
Lucky McKee’s “May” is certainly one of the best horror movies you’re liable to see, but it’s also one of the worst horror movies when it comes to repeat viewing. This isn’t a movie...
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Slash (2002) Movie Review
It may be a South African product masquerading as a generic cheapo B-movie Teen Slasher, but “Slash” is not your typical — Oh wait, nevermind. “Slash” is your typical Teen Slasher, and the fact...
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Shaun of the Dead (2003) Movie Review
Who knew the Brits cared about making anything other than quirky romantic comedies, quirky gangster comedies, and quirky period comedies? Apparently there’s more to the British movie industry than yet another — and yet...
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Ju-on: The Grudge (2003) Movie Review
Any adventurous moviegoer looking for a good scare will find exactly that in “Ju-on: The Grudge”. And those who say Japanese horror cinema is past its peak will find a harsh rebuke. Well-crafted, stylish,...
Read More »The Wisher (aka Spliced, 2002) Movie Review
If you were going to write a horror movie I’d imagine the first thing is come up with a fairly sympathetic hero (or, as is often the case in today’s horror movies, a sympathetic...
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000) Movie Review
Asian horror films are becoming all the rage in the West, especially with the popularity of “The Ring”, “The Eye”, and the “Battle Royale” series. So it goes without saying that “Ju-On” has an...
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El Nominado (2003) Movie Review
I’m sorry to say that I can’t give the Chilean movie “El Nominado” (aka “The Nominee”) any points for originality. The “reality TV goes bad” gimmick has been done before, in films like “Series...
Read More »Dawn of the Dead (2004) Movie Review
Zack Snyder’s remake of George Romero’s classic “Dawn of the Dead” is a decent piece of big-budget entertainment, and it certainly shows no ambitions of being more than just that. There are a number...
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Dead End (2001) Movie Review
“Dead End”, a French production by French filmmakers with an all-American cast, is all geared toward “getting” the audience with a slick Twist Ending. So, knowing that, your only recourse is to sit through...
Read More »The Uninvited (2003) Movie Review
“The Uninvited”, the latest horror film out of South Korea, opens strong, with interior designer Jung-won (Shin-yang Park) being inexplicably haunted by two dead girls he saw in the subway. Forty minutes later, it’s...
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Paradise Villa (2000) Movie Review
A penny pincher who looks like a porn star, a man whose wife may be cheating on him with a fund manager, a woman hawking a water purifier, a nosy old man, a demure...
Read More »Near Death (2003) Movie Review
Sometimes there’s just no reason to make a movie. Consider Joe Castro’s “Near Death”, which despite the slick movie poster, is mostly a pointless endeavor. It’s nothing more than “filmmaking” based on the assumption...
Read More »Monster Man (2004) Movie Review
The biggest obstacle to really enjoying “Monster Man” is the screenplay, which features two unsympathetic characters as leads. Granted, one shouldn’t expect too much realism in a movie called “Monster Man”, where the villain...
Read More »Halloween (1979) Movie Review
I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ve never seen John Carpenter’s “Halloween”. Yes, I admit it. Despite my affinity for Teen Slasher films of all stripes and budgets, I’m sorry to say that...
Read More »Acacia (2003) Movie Review
The most entertaining thing about “Acacia” isn’t the movie itself, which is mostly dull, plodding, and not very scary even though it’s billed as a horror film. It’s also not the movie’s Big Reveal,...
Read More »Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) Movie Review
The “Tremors” franchise is an acquired taste. The cult following started with the 1990 original starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. The sequel brought back Ward in 1996, but by then Bacon’s star was...
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