Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars boasts a cast that suggests something far more refined than the pulpy thriller it ultimately delivers. Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones do what they can with material that teeters between stylish intrigue and outright absurdity. It all builds toward a twist that feels less like a clever reveal…
Tag: horror
Hellraiser: Judgment (2018) – Review
Having ten films in a franchise may seem impressive at a glance but if said franchise is in the horror genre that’s not necessarily the case, as one successful film can launch countless low budget sequels, and a perfect example of this would be the Hellraiser series as they went direct-to-video after the third installment.
Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017) – Review
The third installment in a horror franchise is always a tricky thing, the filmmakers often having made a quick buck on a sequel to their successful first outing have completely run out of ideas come the third chapter. Now in the case of Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creepers 3 it’s not a matter of being bereft…
Late Phases (2014) – Review
Who would bring a blind man to a werewolf fight? Apparently, director Adrián García Bogliano would, as his film Late Phases pits a blind Vietnam veteran against a group of nasty lycanthropes, and surprisingly, at times, a fair fight.
Man-Thing (2005) From Comic Book to Screen
One of the great mysteries in the history of film is how and why Marvel put into production a film based on the comic book monster Man-Thing, a character with almost no name recognition – outside of comic book fans that is – and as a title it hadn’t been in publication for years, but…