The “creepy child” is one of the staples of horror films and in writer/director Marina de Van’s Dark Touch we are introduced to a very creepy one indeed.
Tag: horror
Maggie (2015) – Review
What do you do if your parents start to smell delicious? This is one of the key questions that crop up in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Maggie, a film that tackles the zombie genre in a very different light.
The Fury (1978) – Review
People wielding supernatural powers in the movies is certainly nothing new but in the late 70s and early 80s it wasn’t quite old hat yet, and we got some great and some not-so-great films; Carrie (1976) Scanners (1981) Firestarter (1984), which leads to today’s entry The Fury, which not only was helmed by Carrie director Brian…
Plus One (2013) – Review
In the movies Earth has been invaded by alien forces so often that one must wonder if there is a “Must Visit” brochure at some intergalactic Denny’s out there, that or the Earth has a Giant “Kick Me” sign plastered on it that can only be seen from space. Now in Dennis Iliadis’s +1 aka Plus…
Shivers (1975) – Review
When it comes to the movies, sex and horror go together like peanut butter and jelly. In the case of most horror movies, having sex is like painting a target on your forehead for some axe-wielding maniac to come and kill you, but in the Canadian film Shivers the very act itself can lead to…