THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE is a visually elegant, beautifully photographed, seamlessly written and directed tale of ghosts. As the film's narrator explains, ghosts are bad deeds that never go away, are like … more
CARRIE, Brian DePalma's masterpiece of horror, gets its well-deserved treatment in this new Special Edition DVD containing several featurettes as well as trailers and text screens.Young Carrie White (Sissy … more
Pros: he was a decent enough looking monster Cons: probably a lot but who cares? The Bottom Line: Why not? What else are you gonna do on a Saturday night? … more
Pros: Saw it in 1995 but it had another title, actors, story, you get the idea Cons: Please! The Bottom Line: I'll slap ya silly if you watch this movie … more
HOUSE is a horror movie in the same category as EVIL DEAD 2. It's a movie that has elements of horror, interlaced with dark comedy and even a little bit of action/adventure.The movie stars William Katt … more
Pros: that music, whoa! Cons: acting, story, well face it - everything but the music The Bottom Line: Swim in the other direction, you'll thank me for this. … more
When I think of a horror movie, I think of a film that is going to scare me in some way. There doesn't have to be any gore involved, no actual acts of violence need to be shown (the greatest horror directors … more
Pros: Good FX and action. Cons: Not much story The Bottom Line: Good action and FX all it really needed was a top notch story to send it to classic status.   … more
Sometimes art gives us a villian that is more memorable and interesting than the hero. Witness for example the villians of STAR WARS: Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Darth Maul; or the man-eating shark in … more
The best scary movies are the ones that remember this rule: the less you have to show, the better because the human mind can imagine things far worse than anything on the screen. John Carpenter used to … more
Pros: Johnny Depp, period piece Cons: cliched plot with revisionist history imprints The Bottom Line: Johhny Depp does it again in a revisionist take on … more
Pros: You'd be surprised what you can learn from a 'horror' movie Cons: bloody and over the top, but needed The Bottom Line: Hey, is that a Carrie standing … more
"In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary......a year later their footage was found"So begins the load of tripe that … more