Since 1999’s The Blair Witch Project found footage films have increased in quantity, if not always quality, and the fact that they can be made on the cheap, relatively speaking of course, this format will probably never die. The Paranormal Activity series has turned into a multi-million dollar franchise, even though each film has increased in budget…
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The Wizard (1989) – Review
If you’re a video game nerd that grew up in the 80’s you probably have a love for either the Nintendo Entertainment System or Sega Genesis (or both). I was a big Nintendo (NES) fan, and one of the films that came out at the height of the Nintendo craze is The Wizard. Some…
The Hole (2009) – Review
Director Joe Dante has been responsible for some of my favourite horror films such as Piranha and The Howling while films like Gremlins and The Hole could be classified as being part of that rare subgenre of Horror/Family films. These are films that have very scary elements, intense thematic moments but are able to dance close to…
Deadly Eyes (1982) – Review
The eighties were a great time to be a lover of horror movies and when I was a kid going down to the local video store was a weekly treat that more often than not resulted in at least one horror film, and as I was not old enough to see them in the theatre…
Noah (2014) – Review
There have been several adaptations of the Genesis flood myth and as religious pictures tend to make for good box office dollars I’m sure we will see more, but this latest version by Darren Aronofsky is easily the grimmest yet. I’m not a biblical scholar so I certainly won’t rain on this movie’s bona fides by…