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Crimson Peak: A Beautiful, Ambitious Letdown; Rating: 3/4

October 15th, 2015 at 2:27 am » Comments (2)

October is the time of year when an abundance of horror films invade the movie theaters. The great majority of them are either slasher gore-fests, clichéd haunted house stories, or ...more »

Carrie: Rating: 3/4

October 25th, 2013 at 1:41 am » Comments (1)

This is the age of CGI; a period in movie history when filmmakers are able to fully convey complicated visuals, due to advances in technology. As a result, the trend ...more »

Let the Right One In, Rating: 4/4; Let Me In, Rating: 3.5/4

October 16th, 2013 at 2:56 am » Comments (0)

In honor of Halloween, coming in a little more than two weeks, I decided to write a post concerning horror movies. Specifically, I will be discussing two films: "Let the ...more »

V/H/S and V/H/S/2; Rating: 3/4

July 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 am » Comments (0)

The style of "found footage" has been around for decades, but was made most popular by the cult hit The Blair Witch Project. This soon led to the Paranormal Activity ...more »

World War Z; Rating: 3/4

July 2nd, 2013 at 1:33 am » Comments (0)

Within the last few years, our continued fascination with zombies has only gotten stronger. First made popular by George A. Romero in The Night of the Living Dead; we have ...more »

Evil Dead; Rating: 3/4

April 9th, 2013 at 2:04 am » Comments (0)

Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" is often cited as one of the most endearing classic horror films of all time. Made with a very low budget, when Raimi himself was ...more »