Directors who churn out a movie a year are considered prodigiously prolific. Henceforth, Japanese director Takashi Miike , averaging a production of six movies a year, ranks entirely off the nor ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-08-18 22:20 - 0 comments

Deliriously inventive and sadistically cruel, Saw breaths new life into the serial killer genre with its extremely ingenious setup. It begins in a decrepit bathroom occupied by two men, both of ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-03-17 01:00 - 0 comments

A triumph of foreboding atmosphere and gritty style, Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is no doubt one of the most influential horror films of all time. Its status has acquired almost mythical ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-05-03 22:12 - 0 comments

This is a review of the International version of Three... Extremes. The segments are reviewed in the order of appearance for that version. The US version is ordered differently, with Miike's "Box" ...

Movie - Kairo - 2006-04-05 00:00 - 0 comments

The various levels of success, lack thereof included, of John Carpenter 's bigger productions in the 80s triggered his return to the realm of low-budget B-movies. After having made several movies ...

Movie - Kairo - 2004-08-24 00:00 - 0 comments

My favorite movies are the ones I can't forget. J acob's Ladder is such a movie. Disturbing on many levels, it engages all the senses and provokes our thinking in a way that few horror movies can. With ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-03-21 15:19 - 0 comments

In the peaceful fishing community of Berkeley, Australia, former Miss Catch of the Day Renée is about to leave town and head for the big city with her agent. However, a meteorite shower puts ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-05-24 00:00 - 0 comments

What's great about horror flicks like Scream is that, while not being truly original, they take what's been done before and transform it into a refreshing package, infusing new life into th ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-11-28 01:00 - 0 comments

Haute Tension (aka High Tension in the United States) is part of a retrospective trend in horror film, but it’s cuts above its recent fellow genre entries, both in intention and achievement. Retro-h ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-10-19 00:00 - 0 comments

A young man with a wife, young daughter and office job, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a room with only a TV for company. Fifteen years later he’s finally released, but before he can start plotting ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-03-21 01:00 - 0 comments