Tag: horrorfilm
TAG ALONG 2: Check out the Official Trailer For Rainie Yang's Horror Sequel
Taiwanese singer and actress Rainie Yang stars in "The Tag Along 2," a sequel to the 2015 hit that's based on a ghostly urban legend in Taiwan about a mysterious little girl in red who appears in the footage of...
Psycho Pompous: Expressionist Horror, Part I: The Man Who Laughs, An Introduction
The most triumphed example of horror film expressionism is the 1920 feature The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari by Robert Wiene, which set the foundation from which all successive expressionist films and horror films of the 1920s would rise. Though the...
Stephen McHattie and The Dark Stranger Give Leah 'Stranger Danger'
Terror films, a film production and distribution house, has slated several films to release, this Halloween season. One of their stand-outs is titled The Dark Stranger. Starring Katie Findlay (After the Dark, 2013) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, 2008), a...
Review: HOLY GHOST PEOPLE Sadly Slips From Scary To Silly
For the first hour or so, Mitchell Altieri's Holy Ghost People is a tense backwoods thriller centered around a small charismatic Christian community somewhere in the Appalachian mountains. Once that hour is up, though, things turn a bit wacky and...
First Trailer For THE PURGE: ANARCHY Throws Fear Outside
Last year's The Purge set up a fairly ridiculous premise for what amounted to a home-invasion movie, but it brought in big bucks at the box office, especially in comparison to its modest budget, and so a sequel is forthcoming....
Hey Chicago! Win Tickets For INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 Screening
I am stoked for three reasons: (1) James Wan makes fun movies that have tons of re-watchability; (2) He has a penchant for paying homage to Mario Bava; (3) I got to interview him and Leigh Whannell for Insidious and...
Fantasia 2013 Interview: Hallucinating and Elucidating MAGIC MAGIC with Director Sebastián Silva
Magic Magic is a tight psychological bit of hysteria on just how far a breach of social contract can go, that sees an awkward Michael Cera terrorizing wilting wallflower Juno Temple at an island cottage in Latin America. After being wowed by...
See More Evil With The Soska Sisters: SEE NO EVIL Getting A Sequel
In all the annals of sequel-dom, is there is a more unlikely candidate for a sequel than a horror movie starring a wrestler-turned actor? A movie that grossed the grand total of $19 million worldwide, a pittance in the modern...
Review: COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES, Brainless, Knockabout Entertainment
After the critical and commercial success of his big screen debut, Severance, it comes as no surprise that screenwriter James Moran would continue to introduce East London geezers into recognisable horror movie settings. Cockneys Vs. Zombies, however, proves as over-reliant...
Sundance NEXT WEEKEND to Kick Off With Cemetery Screening of AMERICAN MOVIE & COVEN
Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Chris Smith's iconic 1999 documentary about aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt knows the true definition of indie spirit. Through the sheer strength of commitment to his craft, Borchardt (hilariously) proves that if...
Review: BENEATH Swims A Line Between Straight-Faced And Winking
Larry Fessenden takes the old fashioned horror-as-allegory approach to his work. Recently (though Beneath is his first feature in nearly seven years) this has meant adapting the environmental horror aesthetic of 70s films like The Boogens to the present decade...
How RESOLUTION Will Help You Have Sex!
Though the home video release is still just under three months away on October 8th I think it wise that Resolution filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead, along with their leads Peter Cilella and Vinny Curran, let you know now...