Haunted house? No, haunted swimming pool. American family the Wallers look for a new home, and come across one that even has a swimming pool. This would help the father, Ray, who is in need of physical therapy… But is there something evil lurking in the waters? With production studio Blumhouse and James Wan’s names…
Tag: horror
Review: Talk to Me
What a frightful bore. Teenagers have an embalmed hand that allows you to become possessed by the dead. But stay possessed too long and the dead can take over. Cinematic debut for directors Danny and Michael Philippou, Talk to Me is a horror film set in Australia, starring Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, and Lord of…
Review: Dream Scenario
One of the weirder, but very consumable, comedies seen in a while. Paul Matthews is your average, everyday man. But his life changes forever when people across the globe, people who don’t even know him, are experiencing dreams with him in them. How does this phenomenon affect him… and the world? A big release by…
Review: Evil Dead Rise
Not to sound prudish, but this entry in the franchise was just a bit… unpleasant. Ellie, a single mother of three after her partner left her, struggles to raise her kids in their soon-to-be-condemned flat in an old city block. When her sister, Beth, visits, a freak earthquake opens up a hidden vault within the…
Review: M3GAN
Haunted doll movie is self-aware, and in more ways than one! A roboticist becomes the legal guardian of her niece at the same time she breaks new ground in robot technology: M3GAN. A robot designed to be part of the family… While Insidious and The Conjuring director James Wan has his name on it, he…
Review: Renfield
You thought vampires were done? Apparently not! Decades after their fateful meeting, Robert M. Renfield is still an immortal familiar of Count Dracula. But even after all these years, Renfield starts to want more out of life than servitude. When studying the DNA of this film, the end result makes a lot of sense. Directed…
Review: Cocaine Bear
That sure was a bear on cocaine! A drug cartel’s supply of cocaine is ejected out of a plane only to scatter across the American Georgian forests, only for a black bear to go on an addiction rampage. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Cocaine Bear is… well, it is what the title implies. Probably up there…
Review: The Black Phone
You know what? This is a solid horror movie. Taking place in the 70s, the film follows Finn and his sister Gwen, in they neighbourhood where children go missing. When Finn finds himself abducted, his only hope of escape is a disconnected black phone in his cell… Director Scott Derrickson, who also made Sinister and…
Review: Nope
There something Human Centipede about this… A family of horse ranchers who have a history in Hollywood, experience strange goings on in their valley after a death in the family… “Academy Award Winner” Jordan Peele, director of horror hits such as Get Out and Us, returns to the big screen with Nope, after a spell…
Review: Men
Possibly the most over-indulgent film by Alex Garland yet… When a woman’s husband kills himself, she rents out an old manor in the English countryside to escape the haunting memories. However, the town doesn’t seem to be all as it appears, and her escape might be taking a completely different route. Alex Garland is something…