All Things HORROR



They did a sorta pseudo industry screening for this last night at Cinefamily...I am hoping they do at least another midniter. If you haven't seent he first one, DO. And with some friends and some mind altering substances of choice. If you get a chance to see this one in a theater I highly recommend it.
 
Review: 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' Starts With Promise, But Winds Up Just Another Dumb Slasher Movie

If Gomez-Rejon had stuck to his guns and made the movie that he initially set out to make (and in the post-screening Q&A he lamented being forced to cut fifteen minutes of the film's running time, including a number of meta-textual flourishes), then we would be heralding "Town That Dreaded Sundown" as an envelope-pushing confection, a dizzyingly inventive horror film on the level of "Cabin in the Woods." Instead, it feels like something half-formed; a first draft of a much better movie. Maybe at some point the original director's cut will be released. But it's much more likely that, like the original movie, it will gently fade into obscurity. Maybe it will inspire an equally rabid cult audience. But we doubt it. [C+]
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Still got to watch the original.
 
adgy-san said:
Review: 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' Starts With Promise, But Winds Up Just Another Dumb Slasher Movie



Still got to watch the original.
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Tried the other day. OOOf it ain't what I remember. First off, it's panavision or whatever so, due to the transfer(on either Netflix or Epix on demand...I forget which) the image is completely stretched out. And it is more or less a tv movie. Just looks extremely dated. Adds an air of lurid-ness to it...but it's a tough watch and hasn't aged well at all.
 
jerseydevil said:
Tried the other day. OOOf it ain't what I remember. First off, it's panavision or whatever so, due to the transfer(on either Netflix or Epix on demand...I forget which) the image is completely stretched out. And it is more or less a tv movie. Just looks extremely dated. Adds an air of lurid-ness to it...but it's a tough watch and hasn't aged well at all.
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Well, that's disappointing.
 
AFI Fest 2014: IT FOLLOWS Review

This and Starry Eyes(and the Babadook) are three upcoming horror releases that come highly recommended. All three will get arthouse rollouts probably so keep your eyes peeled.
 
Review: 'Ouija' Starring Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff and Douglas Smith

After sitting through the film, why would you spend $19.99 to contact evil spirits and watch your friends die? It’s marginally more worthwhile as a film but brings nothing interesting to the table. Ouija boards are a fixture in horror movies, but are rarely the sole focus. Here the boards are at the center —and proclaimed as such in an overly ominous title sequence— but giving the toy a few more scenes than they’d merit elsewhere brings nothing to the film. Other than the constant presence of the board, there’s nothing particularly special about "Ouija." The standard ghost/evil spirit tropes are all present, and there are few surprises (other than the jump scenes’ efficacy). With its young protagonists and PG-13 rating, “Ouija” is clearly aiming for teens as its intended audience, and hopefully they haven’t seen enough horror movies to realize how bland this one is. [C]
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Shocking.
 
Review: Alexandre Aja’s ‘Horns’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple & Max Minghella

Disastrously misjudging all would-be authentic moments of grief, longing or affection, “Horns” has all the emotional sophistication of a toddler. And while the black comedy elements occasionally hit their marks, the negotiations of all these disparate moods is anything but seamless. Meant to be a romantic story of sacrifice, iniquity and tragedy set to the allegories of demons literal and metaphorical, the film demonstrates that Alexandre Aja is far too out of his depth to handle anything beyond simile. When “Horns” thankfully concludes, relief sets in; this hellishly misguided effort concludes with an inferno and sequels are never sprung from the equivalent of a mouthful of ash. [D-]
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Ooof.
 
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