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Sorum (2001) Movie Review
I was hesitant to watch Sorum, simply because I’ve seen too many Asian horror films that just didn’t, well, horrify me all that much. The Slow Bore Horror genre, in particular, is wearing thin,...
Read More »Resident Evil (2002) Movie Review
I once played Resident Evil 2, the sequel to the original Resident Evil, on a Playstation for 8 hours straight, completely obsessed with beating it. I did finally beat the game, and had some...
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Uzumaki (2000) Movie Review
Uzumaki is the story of highschooler Kirie, who opens the film with a brief voiceover introduction. We learn that Kirie lives in a small rural Japanese town with her father (her mother has passed...
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Komodo (1999) Movie Review
Creatures Attack Movies are not my cup of tea. I usually prefer Zombies Attack or Aliens Attack Movies to creatures any day. Why? Most of the time I find the “creature” in a Creatures...
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Ring (aka Ringu, 1998) Movie Review
Let me preface my review by saying that I saw the sequel to “Ring”, “Ring 2″, before I saw the original. Of course this means a lot of things were lost to me (while...
Read More »Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori (1999) Movie Review
“Memento Mori” is a South Korean movie that doesn’t know what it wants to be, and when it finally decides what it should be, it makes the wrong choice. “Memento mori,” for those who...
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The Dead Hate the Living (1999) Movie Review
After finding a dead body stuffed inside a strange-looking coffin in the basement of the condemned building they’re using to film their horror movie, our group of intrepid low-budget filmmakers decides to use the...
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Session 9 (2001) Movie Review
After having to sit through the “so stupid it might actually be good” Bones, it’s something of a revelation to voluntarily sit through Brad Anderson’s Session 9, an independent horror film that was overlooked...
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Bones (2001) Movie Review
The pitfall of reviewing movies such as Bones is the risk of being labeled as someone who doesn’t “get” it — with “it” being the movie in question. Mostly it’s the people who really,...
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Dragonfly (2002) Movie Review
Dragonfly is the kind of movie that gives me fits. It’s not all that great, but it’s not all that bad, either. It’s mediocre, but it moves at such a nice pace and the...
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Wild Zero (2000) Movie Review
When he set out to make what would later become a horror film classic, George Romero, through sheer will and the acquaintance of some foresighted investors, managed to frighten up (forgive the pun) somewhere...
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The Others (2001) Movie Review
Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar’s The Others came along at the perfect time. The spooky horror film entered the marketplace at a time when teenybopper slasher flicks and supposedly “horror” films that relied on CGI...
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The Forsaken (2001) Movie Review
I have seen a lot of vampire movies, probably more than my share, to be honest. I have sat through funny vampire movies. Scary vampire movies. Bloody vampire movies. Science fiction vampire movies. Even...
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Ginger Snaps (2000) Movie Review
The opening shots of Ginger Snaps — the identical lifeless homes of a planned community, where lots are still available for $125,000 each — says it all. The Fitzgerald sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, lives...
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Jeepers Creepers (2001) Movie Review
Movies like “Jeepers Creepers” gives me hope that the Teen Slasher genre still has some life left in it. Written and directed by Victor Salva (“Powder”), the film follows college students Trish (Gina Philips)...
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Jurassic Park 3 (2001) Movie Review
The original Jurassic Park was a best-selling novel about genetic engineering used on dinosaurs by the prolific novelist/filmmaker Michael Crichton. The book was turned into a movie by Steven Spielberg as an adventure romp...
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) Movie Review
Blood: The Last Vampire is my second Japanimation in as many days. Blood is a cinematic feature that runs just over 45 minutes long. In Japan, this would be akin to a movie-of-the-week, since...
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Ring 2 (1998) Movie Review
Thirty minutes into Ring 2 and my only thoughts were, “The director really shouldn’t have hired a woman with a bum leg to play the female lead.” This thought surfaced because of the female...
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Scary Movie 2 (2001) Movie Review
At one point during the first Scary Movie, a penis is shoved through a bathroom stall, enters a character’s ear and exits the other ear. This is a hilarious sight gag, rather you enjoy...
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Ghosts of Mars (2001) Movie Review
Ghosts of Mars is officially called John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars. This is because John Carpenter is a horror fan favorite, and the horror fans are a group of people who are known for...
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