Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Trailer Looks Better Than it Has Any Right To…
Feb 14
I’ve never read the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Nor have I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, or A Tale of Two Cities and Innsmouth, or Gone With the Deadites. I shouldn’t make assumptions about works I’ve never read, I know, but I’ve always been skeptical about the entertainment merit of stories that seem to randomly marry literary characters / historical...
The Woman in Black: Then vs. Now
Feb 12
Disclaimer: This post is full of spoilers. Read on at your own risk. The latest version of the Susan Hill novel The Woman in Black arrived in theaters a week ago and made a solid impression at the box office. By no means is it a great film, in fact it might be too generous to even call it “good,” but it’s a solid effort at Gothic, haunted house horror. As a fan of the earlier,...
Good and Terrible: 8 Movies Featuring Exorcisms
Aug 30
In a blatant, shameless attempt to garner more hits, I’m making a topical post referencing the recently released film The Last Exorcism. And so I present to you an entirely subjective list of 4 good (and 4 terrible) movies featuring exorcisms. Exorcisms would seem to be a pretty popular topic in the horror genre, and yet it’s not explored as frequently as other common horror...
The Last of the Saw Flicks? Dare I Dream…?
Jul 23
Quick, somebody give me a top to spin so I can verify that this is reality! Even though it’s likely a lie, much like Friday the 13th’s blatantly false “Final Chapter,” the new teaser trailer for SAW 3D declares that this is the “Final Saw.” I won’t link to the teaser because f*** this movie and all of its predecessors, save the first one which was...
“The Last Exorcism” Poster. What. Is. THIS?
May 16
With the release of a teaser poster, The Last Exorcism has gone from being completely off my radar to squarely within my cross hairs. As my boy over at The Brand New Cool points out, this poster is so creepy it almost makes watching the film pointless. Color me cynical or impressed, perhaps a bit of both, but some part of me thinks this is probably going to be the film’s signature moment...
