The Ritual 2017 Dir: David Bruckner Perhaps i'm a little biased, but Brits are definitely making the best horror movies at the minute. Maybe not the best ever, (after extensive scientific research I've concluded that Koreans make the best ever), but we are getting considerably better. More importantly directors have stopped using stupid british stereotypes and taking the … Continue reading CAMPING; part two
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Black Mess
Black Mass (2015) Dir: Scott Cooper Slightly off topic, (mainly because there aren't enough horror movies around to warrant an hour of thought), I've opted for Johnny Depp horrifying us all with his rotton front tooth and deeply dehydrated skin. Theres been more gangster biopics lately then we've had in a while. After Legend I … Continue reading Black Mess
Deliver us from tired scripts
Sometimes I go and watch horror movies and I'm all like "meh". The usual haunted house/scary Japanese chick with long hair/young possessed catholic girl/ hillbillies who eat people situation. As a horror fan you get so used to these formulas then eventually you're just like immune...and often jaded...and that's fine I guess, just a bit … Continue reading Deliver us from tired scripts
Newness: Only Lovers Left Alive
I'm gonna be frank, what I expected was not what I got. That's not to suggest that what I got was bad, because I did enjoy this film, and most importantly it didn't leave me angry, which is an unusal turnaround of events. Based on anger not being the dominant emotion, and based on the … Continue reading Newness: Only Lovers Left Alive