Screenwriter/director Mike Flanagan already has a proven relationship with author Stephen King having successfully adapted Gerald's Game into a particularly unsettling feature. And, of course, he's no stranger to navigating the nature of a haunted dwelling with the acclaimed The Haunting of Hill House series under his belt also. It would seem to reason then that the horror … [Read more...] about Doctor Sleep – Film Review
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Ready or Not – Film Review
"F***ing rich people!" And with that sound statement, one screamed in anger and disbelief by Ready or Not's resilient heroine Grace (a star-making turn from Australia's own Samara Weaving), filmmaking collective Radio Silence's darkly funny horror ride proudly gives the obscenely wealthy one percent the middle finger they deserve. Whilst the Guy Busick/R. Christopher … [Read more...] about Ready or Not – Film Review
Zombieland: Double Tap – Film Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUW5ZYwk2zQ Ten years is a hefty period of time to wait for a sequel. In addition to whether or not audiences are still clamoring for a second telling, you have the interim variables of how humour can evolve, the potential changes in terms of social and political climates, and if any of the original cast are still considered on the same level … [Read more...] about Zombieland: Double Tap – Film Review
It: Chapter Two – Film Review
With the 2017 incarnation of It, director Andy Muschietti managed to do something only a select few have accomplished before him - he successfully adapted a Stephen King novel. Now, two years on, the Argentinian filmmaker is hoping lightning will strike twice as he tackles the latter half of King's epic near-1200-page horror opus with (the appropriately titled) It: Chapter … [Read more...] about It: Chapter Two – Film Review
The Nightingale – Film Review
As cliched a saying as "not for the faint of heart" is, especially when it's thrown around for films that ultimately prove far more accessible than we're led to believe, The Nightingale very much defines the phrase. Somehow bypassing a local R18+ classification in Australia (it honestly baffles me that a film of this ilk that features no less than three rape sequences was … [Read more...] about The Nightingale – Film Review