It takes a lot to make a truly terrifying film, and in this day and age, where horror is starting to run out of ideas (or rather, choosing to only focus on cheap thrills and jump scares), the possession or haunted house storyline is getting a bit too cliched and obvious – and with the…
Category: Horror
Man Bites Dog (1992)
I am someone who adores dark comedy, and I can pretty much stomach nearly anything, as long as it is obviously not real or questionably fictional (looking at you, Cannibal Holocaust) – but even I found it incredibly difficult to watch Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous), and I will be the…
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Independent horror films are becoming increasingly common, especially with the outbreak of found-footage horror films, they are becoming increasingly easy to make, and thus they lose a bit of their edge. However, saying this, there are still ample opportunities for a truly surprising horror film to arise, and while I won’t pretend that 10 Cloverfield…
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Anthology films – what ever happened to them? They have seemed to have gone out of popularity, which is a shame because I think they were remarkable. Instead of having to sit through one long story, the audience instead experiences a few different stories, all centered around a specific theme. Perhaps the only bastion of anthology…
The Shining (1980)
Of all the films I’ve seen as a film-lover, The Shining is most certainly the one that I have the most complex and bizarre relationship with. It is very likely my favorite film, yet it is also a film that terrifies me and often repulses me beyond everything else. It is a film that I…
The Visit (2015)
Has there ever been a name in filmmaking that went from being the sign of a brilliantly minded young auteur to being synonymous with absolute trash than M. Night Shyamalan? His breakthrough film, The Sixth Sense, was a masterpiece and showed a young filmmaker with an abundance of talent. Slowly but steadily, his abilities seemed…
Unfriended (2014)
Horror films are the only genre of cinema where there is a huge gap in regards to originality. Many horror films stick to the same cliched conventional tropes, while others are entirely original and unique and revolutionary. Unfriended definitely belongs in the realm of the latter, and is one of the most impressive horror films…
The Final Girls (2015)
Its becoming a bit of a trend for me to only review horror comedy films lately, but can you blame me? I think there is no better way of showing a director’s skill than through having him or her be able to balance the two most contradictory genres in film history. It is odd to…
Excision (2012)
Excision is one of the most bizarre, grotesque and gory films I have ever seen…and I loved it. I am not someone who particularly likes gory body horror films, but Excision was a wonderfully strange film that is a brilliant combination of gruesome horror and teen comedy, and achieves all it tries to attempt without…
Suburban Gothic (2014)
I love horror, but I adore silly horror. Unfortunately, a lot of the more brilliant horror comedies flow under the radar, and remain obscure for far too long. Suburban Gothic was a fantastic discovery, and while it is in absolutely no way a brilliant film, as it is very flawed, it is a fantastic piece…
The Postmodern Pelican 