Do not rent creepy-ass English manor houses – especially if you are an American family with kids – this is a simple rule that the Curtis family fails to abide by in Disney’s The Watcher in the Woods. Though based on the book by Florence Engel Randall – which bears very little resemblance to the…
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House of Leaves : Mark Z. Danielewski – Book Report
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski. Published 2000 If you haven’t read this book you really should! I am hesitant to write too much about the contents of the book because I firmly believe it should be experienced first hand.
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) – Review
Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a hard movie to classify, it’s not really a musical but it is chock full of music, it’s not a straight horror film because who the actual monster turns out to be is not who you’d expect and it’s darkly satiric, but what Phantom of the Paradise is…
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…
The Car (1977) – Review
In 1975, Steven Spielberg didn’t just change the face of modern cinema with Jaws—he gave birth to an entire subgenre of “nature run amok” and “unstoppable monster” thrillers that studios scrambled to cash in on. Suddenly, predators weren’t just sharks in the ocean; they were everywhere—on land, in the air, sometimes even in places you’d…