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,...
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...
Confessions of a Fear Junkie: The Blair Witch Project
Mar 23
I understand why a lot of people hated The Blair Witch Project. When it was first released over a decade ago I didn’t understand the negativity, but it didn’t take long for me to figure it out. And no, I’m not blaming it on “Hype Backlash,” though that was probably a part of it. Truth is, it’s not a very good film. It was, upon initial viewing, a...
