by: Obaid K
Posted on 05.21.10 in All Horror Films > Exploitation > Slasher

Maladjusted characters and plenty of 70s-style sleaze and violence are what make this modern send-up of the classic exploitation film worth a watch, but only if you’re a fan of the genre. Aside from a vague religious theme there isn’t too much going on, but what it lacks in substance it makes up for with some good interplay between its cast of (for lack of a better word) scum – an armed …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 04.24.10 in All Horror Films > Slasher

In his review of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, film critic Roger Ebert called the film “an immoral and reprehensible piece of trash” for the way it depicted the indiscriminate slaying of teenagers, and added that it sent a nihilistic message to young people (“It’s just mindless bloody violence.”). Since that unintentional plug the series has worked its way into horror movie history and become one of the longest running horror …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 04.21.10 in All Horror Films > Mystery > Supernatural

Even with a nice build up, The Last Broadcast leaves viewers with an incompetent conclusion that ruins everything it had going for it. I try not to judge movies solely by their ending but I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this disappointed especially since the build-up to the climax is very good. I’ve seen plenty that were far worse but those movies were a little more self-conscious and didn’t …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 04.01.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Thriller/Suspense > Zombie

I still remember my first time on a rollercoaster. It was at a Six Flags near Chicago in 2000 and the ride was called “Shockwave”. The monstrous blue coils near the entrance (forming a total of seven inversions) were scary enough from the car park, but none of the heckling from my cousins or the grainy rollercoaster videos I’d seen could have prepared me for what I was in for. I screamed …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.28.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Monster > Sci-Fi > Thriller/Suspense

You know exactly what you’re going to get with this movie just by looking at the DVD cover, but the cheesy title belies the fact that Alien Raiders is a pretty decent low-budget monster flick. It has no pretensions about what it’s trying to accomplish and succeeds at providing the basics for a nice little movie that promises to entertain even if it does little else.
Discerning viewers will find plenty of flaws …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.18.10 in All Horror Films > Sci-Fi > Thriller/Suspense > Zombie

Since the release of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, I don’t think there’s been a time that zombie movies have been unpopular, and over the last 10 years the genre has seen a resurgence of sorts with some excellent offerings overshadowing the low-budget trash that’s usually churned out. After watching The Crazies, I felt this film fell somewhere in between: it’s not bad but not great either. I should also …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.11.10 in All Horror Films > Slasher > Thriller/Suspense

Despite a great premise, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare suffers from poor execution of an intriguing concept and ultimately disappoints. This is basically a “movie-within-a-movie” the story being that Craven (playing himself) is working on a new Nightmare on Elm Street film and is trying to recruit the original actors for the “return of Freddy”.
This sounds like a gimmick that would have worked beautifully in a movie about a killer who stalks you …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.11.10 in All Horror Films > Slasher > Thriller/Suspense

Despite a great premise, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare suffers from poor execution of an intriguing concept and ultimately disappoints. This is basically a “movie-within-a-movie” the story being that Craven (playing himself) is working on a new Nightmare on Elm Street film and is trying to recruit the original actors for the “return of Freddy”.
This sounds like a gimmick that would have worked beautifully in a movie about a killer who stalks you …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 02.25.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Supernatural > Thriller/Suspense

For those of you who love Halloween and don’t mind your horror served with a wicked sense of humor, you need to watch Trick ‘r Treat. This film was released “straight-to-video” last October after two years of delays, but I couldn’t tell you why. Did Warner Bros. drop the ball on this one? I think they could have made a ton of money off a proper theatrical release (think of all the …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 02.25.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Supernatural > Thriller/Suspense

For those of you who love Halloween and don’t mind your horror served with a wicked sense of humor, you need to watch Trick ‘r Treat. This film was released “straight-to-video” last October after two years of delays, but I couldn’t tell you why. Did Warner Bros. drop the ball on this one? I think they could have made a ton of money off a proper theatrical release (think of all the …