Dracula III: Legacy
December 15, 2005
Move over Blade, there is a new vampire franchise in town. Tired of slick, over-produced horror movies like Underworld (2003)? Look no further. Dracula III: Legacy (2005) is the latest installment in a surprisingly durable franchise. Director Patrick...
Hide and Seek
December 4, 2005
Remember when Robert De Niro used to make good movies? Now, he seems content to star in formulaic comedies and cliched thrillers like this “gem.” Hide and Seek (2005) marks a new low for the veteran thespian. You know your career is in trouble when...
Constantine: Deluxe Edition
December 3, 2005
Constantine (2005) marks the feature film debut of music video director Francis Lawrence who, judging by the look of this movie, would like to follow in the footsteps of David Fincher. For his first time out, Lawrence takes on the daunting task of adapting...
The Ring 2
December 2, 2005
After the huge success of the arguably superior Hollywood remake of the hit Japanese chiller Ringu (try saying that after a few pints), comes the predictable sequel. Now, sequels fall into two categories: ones that take the original idea and build on...
Cannibal Apocalypse
November 18, 2005
Previously banned in the UK during the eighties, Cannibal Apocalypse falls into the exact sub-genre where it belongs – the video nasty. These fairly low budget, raw violence, horror flicks were popular all over the world and Cannibal Apocalypse...
Jaws: 30th Anniversary Edition
November 5, 2005
The dominance of the Hollywood summer blockbuster can be attributed (or blamed depending on how you feel about them) to two filmmakers: Steven Spielberg with Jaws (1975) and George Lucas with Star Wars (1977). But Spielberg was there first with Jaws,...
Boogeyman
November 2, 2005
As children, we were all daunted at some point by ghost stories around the campfire; the demon trolls under the bed or the monsters in the wardrobe. Monsters Inc. told us that the monster was big blue and full of the cuddly charm of John Goodman. Boogeyman...
Cursed: Unrated Version
November 1, 2005
“Everybody’s cursed. It’s called life.” – Ellie Cursed (2005) was a highly anticipated movie for fans of the horror genre as it marked the reunion of screenwriter Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven—the creative team behind Scream (1996)....
Open Water
October 25, 2005
Open Water was 2003’s Blair Witch Project (1999) – an independent film shot cheaply with complete unknowns and incorporating actual fear tactics on the cast in order to get authentic reactions. In the case of Open Water, this involved putting the...
Predator 2: Special Edition
October 11, 2005
Want some candy? Ah yes, the early nineties: those were the days. The bigger the hero’s gun, the cooler he was. No worrying about offending people about terrorism as you went about blowing up everything that moved, or how the focus groups would...
