As a horror franchises go the Howling films are of a very different breed of dog as they’re mostly a series of fairly unconnected film that has the barest amount of loose continuity between them just so that the producers can claim they are all part of a franchise and not just a collection of…
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The Cat and the Canary (1939) – Review
When it comes to playing cowardly leading men Bob Hope is at the top of the list – Lou Costello is disqualified as he rarely gets the girl in the end – and with the 1939 remake of The Cat and the Canary, we have on hand one of the best horror comedies to date,…
House on Haunted Hill (1999) – Review
In 1999 Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis teamed up to form Dark Castle Entertainment a production company designed to pay homage to the works of legendary filmmaker William Castle; their first project was a remake of the 1960 classic House on Haunted Hill, yet after just two remakes they stopped and went on to make…
Haunter (2013) – Review
The best ghost stories have a central mystery at their heart, with the protagonist trying to figure out who the ghost is and what it wants, but with 2013’s Haunter, director Vincenzo Natali gives us a more unique point of view as this teenage protagonist believes she is stuck in some kind of time loop,…
Upgrade (2018) – Review
With advances in computer/human interactions reaching levels that surpass even what we saw on shows like The Jetsons, with Siri, Google, and Alexa invading millions of lives, it’s not surprising that we are going to get more “fear of technology” themed movies. In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey gave us the chilling HAL…