I’ve been a fan of Hammer for a long time now, enjoying both their ‘heyday’ films and their more recent output – I loved The Woman in Black, liked Let Me In, and even The Resident had its charm. So I’ve been looking forward to The Quiet Ones for a while now – and I […]
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[Film Review] Insidious Chapter 2
I’ll be upfront with you, I genuinely had no idea how James Wan intended to continue his 2011 film, Insidious. With the seeming possession of the main protagonist, Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson), the death of the psychic hired to help his son, and the house in confusion following an astral travelling jaunt into the Further […]
[Film Review] The Conjuring
Nearly every horror film that is released nowadays bills itself as “the scariest movie”, either of all time, or that particular year. It’s hardly surprising – after all, horror is one of the few genres that is focused on how they make the audience feel, as opposed to being clustered according to theme or iconography. […]
[Film Review] The World’s End
It’s hard to believe that it’s some nine years since the first of the so-called ‘Cornetto trilogy’ was released, with Shaun of the Dead providing a British take on the zombie genre. Some three years later, in 2007, Hot Fuzz did the honours with its combination of action movie heroism and Midsomer Murders ‘weird village’. […]
[Review] World War Z
I’ll be honest, since I first started seeing trailers for World War Z, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to see it – mainly because I really enjoyed the book and could see it was going to be nothing like it. In many ways, I think the biggest problem that the film faces is comparisons […]
A to Z – Zoolander
I was really tempted to choose Zombieland for my final entry, but I’ve already featured zombies and not much comedy, so I thought I’d go instead for something silly that features a cameo by David Bowie – the one and only Zoolander (2001). Zoolander is named for Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), the egotistical and implausibly […]
