Let me start by saying I love a good action thriller, and there have been many great adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” over the years, but this one misses the mark entirely. While this entry tries so hard to be intense and suspenseful it still somehow ends up feeling like…
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The Haunting (1999) – Review
In 1963 Robert Wise helmed an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, which was a wonderfully executed psychological thriller with subtle horror aspects, flash forward to 1999 when Jan de Bont, the director of Twister, helmed a new take on the novel, one that didn’t bother with pesky little things like subtlety.
Black Sunday (1977) – Review
One of America’s greatest pastimes is under threat in director John Frankenheimer’s thriller Black Sunday; based on the novel by Thomas Harris which itself was inspired by the Munich massacre perpetrated by the Black September Group during the 1972 Summer Olympics Games.
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) – Review
The 70s were a time of terrible fashions as the public had to deal with the beginning of Disco and exploitation films that came and went at the local Drive-In with haunting regularity, but good or bad teenagers flocked to these films in droves.
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…