2010 Frozen – Middle of the night, middle of the forest, middle of winter, and you’re trapped on a chairlift….A what-would-you-do three hander that is as chilling as it’s title. Insidious – Some great actors add weight to film that could have come across as ‘silly’ but is instead effectively nightmare-worthy. Altitude – And at […]
The Paranormal Activity movies are quite an achievement. I can think of only a handful of movie serials where every installment works as a whole movie but also adds to the mythology of the previous ones, not a single movie is a failure and each has it’s own voice. Harry Potter’s 8 installments […]
1999: 1. The Blair Witch Project – builds to a shattering climax that is pure terror 2. The Sixth Sense – strong horror elements, a classic of clever film-making 3. Stir of Echoes – creepy and haunting 4. Deep Blue Sea – big dumb fun! 2000: 1. Final Destination – not in the least bit scary but watching people die has never been more enjoyable […]
There is a popular sub-culture in the horror genre – one that is self-aware and self-depreciating, knowing, and a little arch. If this genre were a character it would twirl it’s mustache and swirl it’s martini because it knows all the tricks of the trade and it also knows how to ply them to its […]
The Strangers, 2008 It was a freezing cold evening in the chilly Melbourne winter when I attended a 5:30 screening of ‘The Strangers’ with my good friend Jo. We got loaded up with respectable cinema goodies and took our seats prepared to be scared; after all, even the trailer to this film afforded me a […]
*Spoilers!! * Prometheus is a film with a lot of baggage. You hear that Ridley Scott is making a prequel to the phenomenally successful and critically acclaimed ‘Alien’ and you have some serious expectations. You expect (of course) a strong female lead, you expect the appearance of aliens/a certain character of alien/a certain look, you […]
In 2007 Xavier Gens made a horror movie called ‘Frontiers’, it was one of the new wave of French nasties and once seen it was not easily forgotten with it’s graphic violence and depressing outlook on humanity. ‘The Divide’ is the film-makers second attempt at an english language film (after the failed ‘Hitman’ in […]
I went into this with an open mind. I’ll admit that I liked the first film, I thought it was compassionate to it’s characters, starred a man with a face just perfect for horror (Deiter Laser), was more studied than I had expected and had a nice scientific aesthetic that made the perverse subject matter […]
I have a very vivid memory of my sister Louise returning from her friends house one night, ashen faced and silent. I asked her what had happened and she told me she had watched a movie called ‘Demons’ and it had simply terrified her. I asked what happened in it and her reply haunted me […]
In 1997 Austrian Michael Haneke made ‘Funny Games’, in 2007, 11 years later, it is remade into a shot-by-shot American version. I watched this film a while ago and it took me a long time to write the review because I am still unsure how I feel about it. It lies somewhere between brilliant and […]
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