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The Last Exorcism (2010; Daniel Stamm)
Published on 2010-08-09 20:19:00
How could I have passed up a screening of this? Knowing my tendency towards all things Eli Roth and mockumentary, the idea of combining the two was just too sweet for me to pass up. I needed a few days to reflect on my exact reactions, but now I think I got them reined up.Raised to be a minister, Cotton Marcus has been deeply seated in the church community for almost his entire life. Events have unfolded over the years that make him question whether or not being a pastor is his true calling, but
8 1/2 (1963; Federico Fellini)
Published on 2010-06-30 21:04:00
I have been struggling to find the inspiration to put more work into this site. In a sort of strange coincidence, I managed to find my inspiration in Fellini's 8 1/2. This is a film so strongly built on incoherency of inspiration that it fit perfectly with my conundrum.To try and define 8 1/2 in simple descriptions such as mine seems like it would do more harm than good. In the most concrete form, it is a character study about a famous director who wishes to create a film that acts as his autobi
The Last House on the Left (2009; Dennis Iliadis)
Published on 2010-06-04 16:37:00
Let me set something straight. I hate remakes, but I also hate Craven. As far as I am concerned, almost (stress almost) every single Craven film could be improved with a remake so my expectations for this were a little higher than other remakes (i.e. higher than no expectations at all). Just needed to make sure I got that out in the open before I started talking anything in detail.Two dumb girls get kidnapped by psychos who are on the run. Pretty sure we all know the rest.The first thing I noti
Man on Wire (2008; James Marsh)
Published on 2010-03-26 23:42:00
I have finally decided to take a step back from my never ending mountain of work to write another review. I have had a lot of films mulling in my head, but I just haven't had the time to make anything concrete. So here you go.A documentary that explores the life and achievement of one man's dream.Like most of you, I have never given a second thought to tightrope walking. I went to a circus once when I was little, but I never really ever gave the concept a chance. So coming into a film about a ma
Pandorum (2009; Christian Alvart)
Published on 2010-01-15 15:57:00
My life is once again filled with classes and stress, so the intervals between reviews will increase. On the bright side, however, a few friends and myself decided to sit down and make a pact between us. During the year 2010, we will all watch three hundred films we've never seen and no less. This also gives us motive enough to do the other thing we wanted which is to try and be a little more fair. We've always neglected certain areas of cinema and skipped releases we "knew" were going to be awf
The Lovely Bones (2009; Peter Jackson)
Published on 2010-01-04 02:36:00
My feelings behind the announcement of this title were very strong. The idea that Peter Jackson might start honoring his humble beginnings by giving us another Heavenly Creatures was just blowing my mind. I just kept thinking to myself how nothing could go wrong, because obviously Peter Jackson is immune to the trends of the spotlight...A very young teenage girl gets murdered. However she refuses to leave the land between the living and dead so she can observe what is happening to the people who
Eli Roth
Published on 2010-01-02 18:57:00
It has been an obnoxiously long time since I did a director column so I figured now is as good a time as any (I'm right between two films. Also no, I doubt I'll have time to review them both).Fell in love with film after watching Alien. Went through film school winning an award or two and than was stuck in limbo for a while before finally getting financing for his first piece, Cabin Fever. The rest is history.I figured I was more in the mood for praising someone instead of ripping their careers
Important Horror Films of the Decade
Published on 2009-12-31 22:01:00
I was asked by several people if I was ever going to work on a "Top 10 of the Decade" list or what have you since it is so popular. To be honest I was never considering the idea because I have a terrible memory and deciding an order would be extremely difficult. However, I finally decided I could just craft a general "Important" list that just spits out my favorites of the decade in no special order.Grindhouse (2007; Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez)While not fully horror, it was indeed
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008; Richard Gale)
Published on 2009-12-26 19:51:00
I figured it was about time for another ludicrous short to be posted up on this site, so here you go. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon is probably one of the silliest shorts in recent history. Check it out sometime as it is definitely worth the ten minutes of your time.
Spoorloos (1988; George Sluizer)
Published on 2009-12-26 19:07:00
I've said before that I always use the titles I first heard whenever naming a review for this site, but this title is Spoorloos for another reason on top of that. I don't want anyone thinking I'm talking about Sluizer's American remake under the same English title, The Vanishing.A man goes on a road trip through France with his girlfriend/wife/what-have-you. While stopped at a gas station, she decides to stop in and get them both drinks and never returns. Completely destroyed by this, the man sp