Back in 2012, I compiled a ranking of all the Halloween films minus the Rob Zombie installments. With Michael Myers now slashing up the box office once again, I thought it’d be a great time to reconsider the list and re-rank the films with a fresh pair of eyeballs. I have since rewatched the entire…
Deciding to recon almost an entire franchise is a risky move, but that’s exactly what Blumhouse Productions did when it greenlit a brand new installment of a 40 year old series: Halloween. The stars seemed to align for Blumhouse: an able director was on board (Stronger‘s David Gordon Green) and helping Green with the script…
Karyn Kusama’s upcoming crime-thriller Destroyer looks extreme. If you’ve seen the director’s 2015 film, The Invitation, that probably comes as no surprise. Per the movie’s synopsis, “LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman), as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later,…
In the process of taking notes for this post, I wrote down the following quote spoken by one of Halloween: Resurrection‘s main characters: “Trick or treat…motherfucker!” If that’s not enough to make you go hmmmm, you should know that line is spoken by none other than Busta Rhymes. Because Halloween: Resurrection is trash. It’s not all…
A Star Is Born (aka the movie where Lady Gaga shows she can actually act) lives up to its promise. A star was born. Though Gaga’s Ally, an unknown singer-songwriter, does step out of the shadows and come into her own, it’s first-time director Bradley Cooper who’s reborn and raised to new heights. Grand-slamming a directorial…
The Pet Sematary teaser trailer is here, giving us a glimpse at Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch‘s (Starry Eyes) take on the Stephen King classic. From this two-minute smattering of clips, it seems the directors have created a unique visual tone, both separating itself from the original 1989 film and remaining true to the source material. Watch…
October is the best time of year. This isn’t up for discussion; it just is. Fall is a way of life that ushers in Halloween, the cult of pumpkin, cooler temps and best of all, horror everything. Between theatrical releases, streaming sites and VOD, there’s an ungodly amount of blood and terror to inflict upon your…
Rape-revenge films can often be problematic (and yes, it’s a real sub-genre. Don’t @ me.). Too often these movies focus on the graphic details in voyeuristic ways, and even worse, through a male lens. While most of the gratuitous sexual violence aims to ensure the payback packs a substantial punch, it almost always feels overly…
Sony Pictures released the first photo of Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in the upcoming film You Are My Friend. The 62-year-old Oscar winner looks dapper in Rogers’ signature lewk: a red sweater with a button-up shirt and tie, and khakis. The movie won’t be out until October of 2019, but surely it will continue proving…
After last year’s fantastic The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe seems destined for Oscar gold. He achieved his third Academy Award nomination (following nods for Platoon and Shadow of the Vampire) playing Bobby Hicks, the manager of a Disney World-area motel in Kissimmee, Fla. who deals with the ins and outs of the drug addicts, prostitutes and…