Holy Fatma’s Please Love Me Forever takes place in a surreal world. Lili (Isabelle Carlean-Jones), a 14-year-old albino, lives alone with her 50-year-old mother, Claudie (Annick Christiaens), who overprotects her from the outside world. Obsessed with her own appearance, Lili dreams of Lyesse (Carl Malapa), her 16-year-old handsome neighbor whom …
Read More »The Dog Days of Summer: The Plausible Horror of ‘Cujo’ (1983)
Directed by Lewis Teague (who went on to direct Cat’s Eye) and originally written by Stephen King, Cujo (read our interview with Dee Wallace – here) is most impressive for its realism. Rather than being cursed by magic or something inexplicable, a St. Bernard named Cujo contracts rabies after getting bit …
Read More »‘Thelma’ (2017) Review – Captivating and Tragically Grim
Everyone always thinks it would be so cool to have superpowers. To do the impossible. But what if you couldn’t control it? In the new thriller, Thelma, the main character discovers a hidden truth about herself that will change her life forever. Thelma was directed by Joachim Trier and was co-written by …
Read More »Book Review: Unmasked: The Kane Hodder Autobiography
In horror circles, Kane Hodder is kind of a big deal. From his lengthy career as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, to his iconic portrayals of Jason Voorhees, Victor Crowley, Ed Gein, and more, Kane has seen and done pretty much everything in the filmmaking industry. His autobiography, Unmasked: The …
Read More »‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8 Premiere: Mercy Review
The cast and crew celebrated their 100th episode with AMC’s The Walking Dead Season 8 Premiere! This episode started off strong and continued for the duration. Just to recap, the show picks up where season 7 ended. One key point to remember is when Dwight pleaded with Rick and Daryl to trust him. …
Read More »Inevitable Death and Insanity in Werner Herzog’s ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’
Every vampire story is a little bit different. Werner Herzog’s 1979 classic Nosferatu the Vampyre is no exception. For one thing, it doesn’t take place in Transylvania, but in Wismar, Germany, and Herzog’s Dracula (Klaus Kinski) somehow comes across not as mythical but as an inevitable force of nature — …
Read More »‘Imitation Girl’ (2017) Movie Review
Imitation Girl has been one of my most anticipated films of 2017 and I couldn’t wait to finally see it. I’m a big fan of whatever Lauren Ashley Carter is in, and I was excited to see her star in something a bit different from her other films I’ve seen so …
Read More »‘Gantz’ (2010) – A Japanese Manga Adaptation
“Fight against the aliens.” I’m an huge fan of Japanese cinema, and the film Gantz (2010) is at the top of my list. If you thought that Hollywood was the only one tapping into comic books to gather their inspiration and material for films, you’re highly mistaken. Japan has a rich culture …
Read More »Retro Review For The 1995 Thriller ‘Murder In The First’
Murder In The First is a 1995 thriller directed by the late Marc Rosso (Where The Day Takes You, Dream A Little Dream) and starring Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, and Gary Oldman. The film is about an eager and idealistic young attorney (Slater) defending an Alcatraz prisoner (Bacon) accused of murdering a fellow …
Read More »A Ghost Story (2017) Movie Review
I saw Requiem for a Dream when I was 13 years old. My sister had just gone away to college and she was telling me about this great movie and how I needed to see it. I begged my dad to take me to the mall to get the DVD at …
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