Horror Rated R
“Of all the fright flicks that came out in the last 12 months, this is the one that made us hardened critics in the screening room literally jump in our seats.
Horror Rated PG-13
“The monsters … look like cartoonish, drooling mannequins. It’s like being chased through the Macy’s men’s department.
“…could have been a fantastic, 80-minute B movie – it certainly has the appropriately shlocky special effects – if it weren’t directed by Frank ‘Stephen King’ Darabont.
David Cronenberg remakes a B movie from the 1950s into one of his signature exercises in ickiness. The Fly seems fairly sane for awhile, offering little hint of the grotesqueries to come. Jeff Goldblum stars as Seth Brundle, a reclusive scientist on the verge of perfecting a teleportation device. The guy seems to know his
This does its best to reach new levels of grisliness in a series that has made grisliness its calling card. As the serial killer Jigsaw plays his usual sadistic mind games – this time from beyond the grave – we’re treated to a gruesomely detailed autopsy, a deadly game of tug of war and a
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An arresting milieu can go a long way toward distinguishing your average, B-grade horror exercise, and Resident Evil: Extinction has just that with its post-apocalyptic landscapes of Utah and Nevada. This is Mad Max with zombies. Actually, it’s Mad Maxine, as Milla Jovovich reprises her Resident Evil role of Alice. A mythical lone figure battling
“…most compelling as a metaphorical manifestation of Laurie Strode’s sexual fears.”
“…trades insinuation for obviousness.”
“If you’ve read The Ruins, you can probably guess there will come a point at which the movie succumbs to silliness. And sure enough, that moment arrives…
