As horror fans may know, Australian genre director James Wan burst onto the horror scene with his breakout low budget hit Saw (2004), the franchise-spawning sleeper that follows two people trapped in a dilapidated bathroom, forced to play a sadistic ...
Read More »Insidious: Chapter 2 (Film Review)
The horror genre can be a varied sort when it comes to the development and execution of sequels, especially to properties that are revered beyond a cult audience. One approach is to go “business as usual,” hitting the beats of ...
Read More »Talking Terror: Robert Kelly
Horror. To some, the genre is that of cheap thrills, startles and nightmare fodder to allow entertainment to be entertaining without the need to turn on one’s brain. To others, Horror is a conduit that our deepest fears, anxieties and ...
Read More »Calgary Horror Con: Linnea Quigley
Collectively deemed “the Queen of B-Movie Horror” by the horror film community, the stunning Ms. Linnea Quigley was recently given the honorary title of Ambassador-at-Large for the Third Annual Calgary Horror Convention in Calgary, AB. The Calgary-based Con, which is ...
Read More »The Conjuring (Film Review)
There is a certain brilliance in the execution of The Conjuring that must be considered in that director James Wan successfully takes elements of genre films that appear to be familiar without appearing to be repetitive, generic or derivative. And ...
Read More »They Don’t Build ‘Em Like They Used To: The Decline of the Haunted House Movie
The new Jennifer Lawrence vehicle House at the End of the Street is just what you’re hoping it’s not: a bad amalgamation of all the slasher movie clichés that can be crammed into an hour and a half. Plucky heroine ...
Read More »Review: The Apparition
Dark Castle Entertainment’s new supernatural film, The Apparition, boasts stars from Twilight, Gossip Girl, and the Harry Potter series. It also represents itself with an awful poster design depicting a young woman covered in creepy hands. Dark Castle has a ...
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