You Should Have Left
You Should Have Left teases artful elements before it plods into a standard haunted house tale where unrequited grief lurks as the de facto spook. Continue reading You Should Have Left
Tag: horror
The Deep
The Deep has a tightly-researched and well-executed plot; the ghostly play comes too late in the game becoming flotsam and jetsam Continue reading The Deep
It Comes At Night
Beautifully shot with horrific claustrophobia, unfortunately the narrative is more snoozefest than thriller. Continue reading It Comes At Night
Cold Storage
Cold Storage is part sci-fi thriller, part conspiracy cover-up, and all-out b-movie cheese. Continue reading Cold Storage
This is not… US
Jordan Peele no doubt wants each of his artistic creations to stand on their own. They do. And they should. … Continue reading This is not… US
Velvet Buzzsaw
Nightcrawler was frightening and creepy. In that film, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a rogue videographer who caters his services to network … Continue reading Velvet Buzzsaw
Cage’s Mandy, not Manilow’s
The 2018 Panos Cosmatos film Mandy could very well have been released in 1978, directed by John Carpenter or Tobe … Continue reading Cage’s Mandy, not Manilow’s
Stoker’s Dracul
Bram as an historical action hero certainly works, yet as a prequel, Vlad himself is auspiciously absent Continue reading Stoker’s Dracul
The Night Crossing
The novel is heavy-handed and unfortunately comes nowhere near a hopeful Dracula vs the Mummy crossover Continue reading The Night Crossing
