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Longlegs (2024)

fenrisfil — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:33:11 +0000

It’s Nick Cage time! Nick has been killing it on the indie and B-Movie scene for the last few years making a mixture of art, comedy and horror (Often at once) and clearly having fun with it. He’s been prolific too, you can pretty much count on 2-3 new Nick Cage films every year and …

In A Violent Nature (2024)

fenrisfil — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:09:51 +0000

“In A Violent Nature” is a 2024 slasher film with a twist. The movie takes the killer perspective idea (Used so effectively in the intro of “Halloween” (1978)). The movie is written and directed by Chris Nash and is his feature length debut. Chris previous made short films including one entry for “ABC’s of Death …

The Initiation (1984)

fenrisfil — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:03:06 +0000

Initiations to a sorority crop up relatively frequently in horror, especially in the 80’s. This one goes straight for the obvious with the title “The Initiation”. The movie is mostly directed by Larry Stewart. The original director, Peter Crane was fired a few days into filming but some of his footage remains. Charles Pratt Jr. …

Peeping Tom (1960)

fenrisfil — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:30:53 +0000

1960 was an important year in history of the horror movie. Most importantly it was the year that “Psycho” came out, but it also featured “Eyes Without A Face”, “Village of the Damned”, “The House of Usher” and the less well known “Peeping Tom”. Despite the lower profile, this is a film that heavily influenced …

10 Rillington Place (1971)

fenrisfil — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:56:05 +0000

Many horror films have been made based on true stories. Usually these are embellished and sometimes end up having very little in common with the true story. In the case of 10 Rillington Place from 1971, an attempt was made to present the story of serial killer John Christie as accurately as possible. The focus …

Hannibal Rising (2007)

fenrisfil — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 19:17:29 +0000

The big debate about this film is if Hannibal Lecter should ever have had an origin story/prequel movie. The answer in my view is: Probably not. That said, an origin for the character is absolutely consistent with Thomas Harris’ writing style. Every other character in his novels have their motivations and psychology examined closely. Often, …

Trap (2024)

fenrisfil — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:56:57 +0000

Is there any director more all over the place in quality than M. Night Shyamalan? Most of his movies are divisive with the audience, rejected by most but loved by a solid number. Some of his movies are universally panned and some are universally loved. It could be argued that he is doing exactly what …