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Dramatic Gaps and Tech Obsessions in The Shining

January 10, 2023December 21, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Shining

The unassailable influence of Stanley Kubrick’s horror staple hides its dramatic shortcomings behind an illusion of prestige.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1980s, Based on a Book, Horror, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick Leave a comment

The Crisis of Believability in A Quiet Place Part II

November 16, 2022November 12, 2022 by M.C. Myers
A Quiet Place Part II

A Quiet Place Part II tries to squeeze more sequence out of a great concept. It succeeds despite straining for believability amid conflicting rules.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Horror, John Krasinski, Movie Series, Science Fiction, Sequel Leave a comment

The Munsters is a Candy Corn Car Crash

November 1, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Munsters

Rob Zombie makes a twisted costume contest nightmare out of an idea of The Munsters that never overcomes its lack of inspiration or its cast’s shortcomings.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Comedy, Horror, Remake, Rob Zombie, Sheri Moon Zombie Leave a comment

The Horror Dysfunction of Halloween III: Season of the Witch

October 23, 2022October 22, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Halloween III

The infamously misunderstood Halloween III is still little more than an unrefined pseudo-thriller on its own merits, unworthy of seasonal contention.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1980s, Halloween, Horror, Movie Series, Sequel Leave a comment

Why Halloween Ends is Exactly What the Series Needed

December 6, 2022October 19, 2022 by M.C. Myers

Halloween Ends has the power to finish its cluttered horror series meaningfully, even if this isn’t what some of the series’ fans were hoping for.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Halloween, Horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, Sequel Leave a comment

Werewolf by Night – The Middling Macabre

October 11, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night struggles for clarity within the constraints of an homage, sequel, origin story, and TV special in one. But it’s fun to watch it try.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Action, Comic Book Movie, Disney, Horror, Marvel, MCU, Movie Series Leave a comment

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – Imposter Horror

October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers remakes a great B-movie with intellectual terror. It knows that irony makes it even scarier. This is pure horror joy.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1970s, Brooke Adams, Donald Sutherland, Horror, Philip Kaufman, Remake, Science Fiction Leave a comment

Prometheus: Creator’s Angst

July 26, 2022June 1, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Prometheus Michael Fassbender

The much-maligned Prometheus hides an epic sci-fi fable despite failing to satisfy its own ambitions. Fassbender is genre-defining.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Alien, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Horror, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Prequel, Ridley Scott, Science Fiction 1 Comment

Let Me In: Warm Leftovers

June 2, 2022April 20, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Let Me In

Let Me In is an arousing remake that makes a cautionary tale more streamlined, romantic, and cathartic, three things it probably never intended to be.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Chloe Grace Moretz, Greig Fraser, Horror, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Matt Reeves, Vampire Leave a comment

Exorcist II: The Heretic – Horror as Anti-Horror

January 21, 2023April 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Exorcist II Linda Blair

Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1970s, Horror, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Movie Series, Richard Burton, Sequel, Thriller Leave a comment

Why Army of the Dead Should Not Be the Oscars Fan Favorite

July 8, 2022April 8, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Dave Bautista Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead’s ruthless devotion to plagiarization is its most passionate aspect. Less effort was never spent on a film so casually praised.

Categories Features, Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Academy Awards, Action, Dave Bautista, Horror, Netflix, Oscars, Tig Notaro, Zack Snyder, Zombie Leave a comment

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022): Glossy Legacy

March 25, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is exactly what you would expect from rebooting this dirty series into the glossed-up legacy sequel model.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Elsie Fisher, Horror, Movie Series, Sequel, Slasher, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leave a comment

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) – Schlock and Awe

February 22, 2022February 18, 2022 by M.C. Myers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Jessica Biel

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is far more willing to recreate its original than to understand it. The result is vile. And not in a good way.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, Jessica Biel, Movie Series, Remake Leave a comment

Saint Maud: Timid Prophet

March 5, 2022January 6, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Saint Maud Morfydd Clark

Saint Maud is a confident debut from a promising filmmaker, but its self-imposed genre tropes become limitations that hold it back from greatness.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Horror, Jennifer Ehle, Morfydd Clark, Rose Glass Leave a comment

The White Reindeer: A Myth of Innocence

September 9, 2022December 27, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The White Reindeer

The White Reindeer is equal parts history, horror, and fairytale – a myth of innocence, in a landscape of snow and terror.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1950s, Christmas, Fantasy, Horror 1 Comment

Midsommar: The Director’s Cut – Empowerment Horror

February 18, 2022November 21, 2021 by M.C. Myers

Ari Aster’s Midsommar shows the dark side of empowerment, which is its main success. That so many consider it a self-help film is its main curiosity.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2010s, Ari Aster, Florence Pugh, Horror Leave a comment

Alien: The Love of Sex Monsters

April 13, 2022November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Alien Sigourney Weaver

The horror in Alien is as disquietingly personal as any sci-fi epic ever made. This is the genre’s ultimate masterclass in turning style into story.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1970s, Horror, Movie Series, Ridley Scott, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver Leave a comment

Sleepy Hollow: High Homage

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers

Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow is an underappreciated throwback horror gem. Chilly, cheesy, and sometimes completely beautiful.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1990s, Christina Ricci, Emmanuel Lubezki, Fantasy, Horror, Ian McDiarmid, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton Leave a comment

The Happening: Hitchcockian Plodder

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The Happening Mark Wahlberg

The Happening was supposed to be Shyamalan’s take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The only thing that got snatched was more of his own appeal.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Thriller Leave a comment

The Insignificance of Language in It (2017)

December 23, 2021November 1, 2021 by Bryce Jones

It is a movie with no individual voice and, appropriately enough, it treats language as an impediment to be renounced.

Categories Guest Contributors Tags 2010s, Andy Muschietti, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, Remake, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King Leave a comment

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