Annabelle: Creation (2017)
“Forgive me Father, for I’m about to sin.” There’s no question that director David F. Sandberg knows what the hell he is doing. With last year’s fantastic Lights Out and now with Annabelle: […]
Category Archives: Horror
47 Meters Down (2017)
“I don’t know about this.” I fear that too many of us take simple-minded and daring movies like 47 Meters Down for granted, especially because when they’re done well – as this […]
It Comes at Night (2017)
“Do you have any idea what’s going on out there?” It Comes at Night drills itself into your psyche with a rusty, diseased tip, unfolding in the likeness of a great Shakespearean […]
Alien: Covenant (2017)
“We need your faith.” To pull apart Ridley Scott’s latest – a frustratingly uneven piece of near science fiction genius – we must first dive into its messy nature whilst understanding the purpose […]
Life (2017)
“We never trained for this.” Much to the detriment of the story’s squandered B-movie material, Life takes itself far too seriously, and in direct contrast to that solemn approach, is oblivious of […]
Get Out (2017)
“Black is in fashion.” After a shower and a neck-nicking shave while Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” plays in the background, Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) welcomes his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) into his […]
Split (2016)
“The broken are the more evolved.” With the movie Split, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s ambition tends to exceed his grasp, but that doesn’t mean the blind grabs for thrills are altogether out […]
Blair Witch (2016)
“We faked it because it’s real.” If somebody was to ask me to describe Blair Witch, I’d say that it’s the type I normally liken to gridlock traffic. All stop […]
Morgan (2016)
“Morgan is no longer viable.” How to describe Morgan? I could say any number of things. Flippantly shallow, hysterically self-serious, a distasteful mix of pea-brained and moronic ideas. And that’s just the […]
Don’t Breathe (2016)
“If we do this right, we never have to do it again.” We start at the end. Rocky (Jane Levy) is being dragged down a desolate Detroit street by her […]
