Whilst perhaps not as smooth and taut in its execution as the similarly-themed 2016 survivalist thriller The Shallows - which pitted a resourceful Blake Lively against a very, very hungry great white shark - Alexandre Aja's Crawl is comparative in its approach, milking a tired and true formula for all its worth with effective tension, healthy smatterings of gore, and a neat … [Read more...] about Crawl – Film Review
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Annabelle Comes Home – Film Review
Though they've earned their share of sizeable box office figures, critically the films encompassing the Conjuring universe - save for the original and its sequel - haven't exactly justified their success. Annabelle, it's sequel Creation, The Nun, and The Curse of the Weeping Woman all project an air of creepiness thanks to their titular characters but fail to summon much … [Read more...] about Annabelle Comes Home – Film Review
Child’s Play – Film Review
A franchise that's been steadily pumping out components for over 30 years now, the Child's Play films have been synonymous with the killer doll horror audiences have come to love: Chucky. Voiced by character actor Brad Dourif, the psychotic "good guy" doll has maintained his blood-thirsty rampage as recently as 2017 (the straight-to-home market Cult of Chucky being the 7th … [Read more...] about Child’s Play – Film Review
Hellboy – Film Review
Even if one was able to cast aside in their mind the Guillermo del Toro-helmed Hellboy (2004) and its sequel The Golden Army (2008), Neil Marshall's excessive 2019 take would still be considered a trash fire of epic proportions. Serving as a reboot of the cult Dark Horse Comics character rather than a continuation, Marshall's hot mess of a movie touches a similar base as to … [Read more...] about Hellboy – Film Review
Pet Sematary – Film Review
Those who have kept their eyes close to the advertising material for the 2019 edition of Pet Sematary will well be aware that directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (the duo behind 2014's praised but little seen horror outing Starry Eyes) have deviated drastically from Stephen King's original source material. So drastically in fact that enthusiasts were heavily divided on … [Read more...] about Pet Sematary – Film Review