| MOVIE REVIEWS (January 2008) |
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| 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (R) GHOST HOUSE PICTURES (2007) Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Megan Franich & more. This film is based on a graphic novel comic book about a small town in Alaska. The town is a normal little town until some unwanted visitors ivade. These visitors are some wandering vampires who go from town to town & suck the town dry. These vampires are very rutless, brutal & violent as hell. They don't eat just because they need to, they do it because they want to. There was a lot of action & horror all through out the film. The vampires here are very blood thirsty & very very vicious. This is not the typical wimpy & romantic vampires we have seen of lately! If you can handle the blood, then you maybe able to handle this film. It's highly recommended! www.30DAYSOFNIGHT.com |
| CAPTIVITY (R) AFTER DARK FILMS (2007) Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso & more. Elishae Cutbert is a famous up & coming model, who is starting to have her image plastered all over the place. She is hanging out a night club & when she leaves she is kidnapped. She wakes up in a small cell & has no idea where she is. She soons realizes that she is not alone & that there is another victim in the cell next to her. Her capture keeps giving her notes through the wall making her do stuff. The two of them find a way to escape, sort of. There is a big twist at the end of the movie. It's a little like the SAW film series, but with a different kind of vibe! If you like the new wave of torture, gore, horror type films with a bit of suspense & mystery then watch this film! http://CAPTIVITYthemovie.com |
| FIDO (R) LIONS GATE FILMS (2006) Starring: Carrie Ann Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, K'sun Ray, Time Blake Nelson & more. Taken place in the 1950's things are bit different this time around. People no longer have pets or servants, they have Zombies. The scientists have created a collar for them to wear to keep them under control & civil. They will do anything they are asked, until FIDO's collar malfunctions & he goes on a killing spree. He attacks some of the neighbors & this causes the other zombies to go berserk. The government comes in to exterminate all the zombies when all hell erupts! If you mixed LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD & SHAUN OF THE DEAD together you'd get this very cool film! www.FIDOthemovie.com |
| FRIDAY THE 13TH (R) PARAMOUNT PICTURES (1980) Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon & more. Everyone by now should have seen this film already, if not, shame on you. This is a classic that helped start the whole slasher genre. A bunch of teenagers are going to camp Crystal Lake aka Camp Blood to help get the camp ready for the new summer visitors. What they don't know is that someone is taking revenge on anyone who comes into the camp & killing them all. They kill them in many different gruesome & horrible ways. This is the best film in the whole series if you ask me. If you never seen this film, do yourself a favor & watch it. This is a classic that every fan of horror has to see! Thank God It's Friday!!! |
| HALLOWEEN 2007 (R) DIMENSION FILMS (2007) Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Brad Douriff, Tyler Mane, Deeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie & more. This was one of the most anticipated remakes I was looking forward to this year, but was a little let down. I actually liked how Rob Zombie spent a lot of time with the young Michael Myers & showed how it built up to the insane killer we all know & love. The story pretty much follows the original, but there were some added things tossed in. I felt a little like some of the story didn't flow too well either, but all in all it was a decent horror flick. I think I like the original a bit better though. I'm a sucker for the classics & have not been a big fan of too many of the remakes that have been flooding the movie market lately! www.HALLOWEEN-themovie.com |
| I AM LEGEND (PG-13) WARNER BROS. (2007) Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith & more. Here is another remake I wasn't too sure about, because it could have gone either way. I figured it would be good, just about everything Will Smith is in has been. There is a virus that has swept the whole country & Will Smith's character is emmune to it. He goes out during the day hunting for food & any other survivors he can. He is also a military scientists trying to find a cure. The virus turns people into vicious & violent creatures with immense strength. As food gets less 7 less they have turned to eating people & each other. There was not much horror or gore, but a lot of mystery, suspense & action. This is worth checking out if your into the action horror genre. http://IAMLEGEND.warnerbros.com |
| RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (R) SONY PICTURES (2007) Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti & more. This is the 3rd part of the RESIDENT EVIL film series. This one takes the series in a different direction. This time the zombie virus has spread past Racoon City & has infected most of the world. There is a bunch of cloning of Alice (Mila's character) to help fight the zombies & also to fight Alice. She wanders the country looking for survivors & killing many zombies along the way. She finds a convoy of survivors & hooks up with them. They end up in Las Vegas for a final showdown with a horde of zombie warriors. This film was more of an action film with Zombies, then a Zombie film with some action. If you dig the others then you'll most likely dig this one too. www.sonypictures.com/movies/RESIDENTEVILEXTINCTION |
| RISE: BLOOD HUNTER (R) MANDATE PICTURES (2007) Starring: Lucy Liu, Robert Forster, Cameron Richardson, Allan Rich, Samantha Shelton & more. Lucy Liu is an assassin who gets caught up in a whole under world of Vampires who survive on innocent victims & turn them into vampires too. She gets kidnapped by their leader who has his way with her & transforms her into a vampires. She teams with a police officer, who's daughter was taken by them. She tries to rescue his daughter, but it's too late. She has been turned so now they will bot try to take down the whole vampire group. The story was a little slow moving in spots, but the bloody & gory parts make up for it! Not the best Vampire film out there, but there are plenty of more that are worst! www.sonypictures.com/movies/RISE |
| SAW IV (R) LIONS GATE FILMS (2007) Starring: Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, lyriq Bent, Donnie Wahlberg, Costas Mandylor & more. It looked like we "saw" the last of these films with the 3rd installment, but I guess not. This film is sort of a prequel to the other films as it tells the story of Jigsaw from the beginning & how it led him to become the mastermind killer that he is. The film also revolves around some of the police officers who were all trying to catch him & their evolment with the cases. The film has lots of twists, gore, torture & more answers & confusion that we have all come to know & love from these films. It definately follows the same structure of the other films while taking it in a whole other direction. If you enjoyed the other 3 films, then you will definately enjoy this fourth enstallment. Oh yes, there will be blood!!!! www.SAW4.com |
| WICKED LITTLE THINGS (R) AFTER DARK FILMS (2006) Starring: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor Compton, Chloe Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis, Ben Cross & more. A mother & her two daughters inherit a small house out in the middle of no where in Pennsylvania. The property was owned by her great grandparents who were minors. They used to use little children to go into the mine shafts & do the work. There was a collapse of one of the tunnels & a bunch of children were buried alive. These children have now come back from the dead to rid the world of the family blood line. The film reminded me a little bit like CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED, but not as good. The children start killing the family & anyone else they can from the town. There is a decent story here, with a lot of suspense. There is little gore, but some very cool death scenes. Support independent horror films & especially this one!!! |