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…
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – Review
In 2011 director Rupert Wyatt gave us Rise of the Planet of the Apes a prequel/reboot of the classic Planet of the Apes series, we will gleefully ignore Tim Burton’s messy attempt, and in doing so created an excellent film that looked to be the beginning of an amazing saga. Now it’s 2014 and Matt Reeves is at the…
The Car (1977) – Review
In 1975 Steven Spielberg changed the face of modern cinema when he unleashed Jaws, the father of the modern blockbuster. Still, a twenty-five-foot man-eating shark was not the only monster Mister Spielberg is at least partially responsible for as his film led to countless rip-offs that have populated cinemas for decades. Now, some of these…