Jordan Peele really just made me have a nightmare from just seeing the trailer for Us. I’m going to explain how and why but first you need to know some things about me. I am a horror fan who comes from 4 generations of horror fans. My parents took me to the movies to see…
Whenever a horror movie trailer starts off with all their awards and accolades, I involuntarily roll my eyes, because as of late it’s just festival hipster ish. Then they hit you with the “scariest movie of the year” and I become even more skeptical. However the biggest bs of all, is the blurb from some…
Ordinarily I post the trailer of the movie being reviewed at the top of my post. However, I feel that the trailer spoils some great scenes in this movie, so I really advise against watching the trailer. I respect this movie too much to spoil anything, which is surprising because I was underwhelmed by the trailer. The…
This movie starts out pointing out problems in horror movies, kind of the way Scream was self-referencial. This continues throughout the movie and I like it. The screenwriting is pretty good. I loved the dialog. The way in which the teenage boys spoke with each other was believable and entertaining. I love how realistic some of…
As a fan of Ringu and Ju-On (aka The Ring and The Grudge), I was super excited about this movie. In 2016 Ju-On and the Ring may seem predictable and not so scary after so many sequels and common knowledge of what both Sadako and Kayako were capable of. However Ringu was released 18 years…
I recently wrote in an earlier post that “When just the trailer freaks you out, there is a good probability that the movie can too. It’s from the creators of Insidious, a movie that wrecked my life for a week. I mean, I seriously had to sleep with the cartoon network on every night for…
I was originally interested in seeing this because of the back story. I had seen House of the Devil, and was impressed with the early 80’s feel slow burn quality of the film. I lived in Connecticut for most of my life, and took summer classes at Central Connecticut State University, so seeing that area…
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