Carl Theodor Dreyer's experimental Vampyr is an exercise in audacity. Watching certain scenes in the film reminds one of shorts produced in university film classes that are full of daring, cunn ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2005-05-02 00:00 - 0 comments

Made on a shoestring budget with bad actors and painted backdrops, this early horror classic still holds up as an entrancing and spooky masterpiece of sorts. White Zombie is the first zombie ho ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-10-13 00:00 - 0 comments

Also going by the name The Phantom Ship , The Mystery of the Mary Celeste is one of the more sought-after, hard-to-find Hammer horror films. As one of the very first films by Hammer, and mor ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-07-03 00:00 - 0 comments

Writing a review lauding the merits of Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho is like writing an essay on why breathing is important. Or better yet, why sex feels good. Talk about begging the question. ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2005-05-26 00:00 - 0 comments

As Roger Corman's Tomb of Ligeia opens, one striking difference between this film and Corman's other Edgar Allan Poe films becomes immediately apparent. Shooting on location, in the honest-to-gosh ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2005-08-01 00:00 - 0 comments

From the moment Lon Chaney Jr 's craggy voice begins crooning about the maddest story ever told over the opening credits, it's apparent that Spider Baby is going to be something different fr ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2005-10-05 00:00 - 0 comments

Let's start with my conclusion. This is a wonderful movie. It's horror, drama and psychological thriller, all brilliantly compiled into a two hours movie. Superb cinematography, intricate plotting, ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-02-16 01:00 - 0 comments

Many peaks and valleys punctuate John Carpenter 's directorial career. The peaks are capped with classics such as Halloween (1978) and The Thing (1982); underachievers such as Gh ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2005-07-02 00:00 - 0 comments

There are two types of movie suspense. The first is cinematic suspense which is simply designed to keep the audience interested in the picture. All movies, regardless of genre, use this brand of su ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-12-14 01:00 - 0 comments

One of Hollywood's most endearing strengths is its ability to survive its own cannibalistic impulses. While film is certainly not the first medium to successfully criticize itself, Hollywood's cadre ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2005-03-19 01:00 - 0 comments