HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS
(March 2006)
RED EYE (PG-13) DREAMWORKS SKG (2005)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays, Angela Paton & more.
This is Horror director Wes Craven's attempt to break away from being just a Horror director. He does a
great job on this intense suspense thriller. Mcadam is headed home to Miami to see her dad, when she is
taken hostage by a passanger, who initially was very friendly. They want here to call the hotel she works
for & switch a politician to another room, that will then be asasinated. If she does not cooperate then they
will kill her father. Rachel McAdams has played some very good roles & this is another one. She is going to
be Hollywood's next big female star. The movie has a lot of intense on the edge of your seat parts. I didn't
think I was going to like this as much as I did, but it was really good & another good film from Wes Craven.
www.REDEYE-themovie.com
ALL SOULS DAY (R) ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT (2005)
Starring: Laz Alonso, Danielle Burgio, Marisa Ramirez, David Keith, Jeffrey Combs & more.
This film takes place over 3 time periods in a small Mexican village. A man discovers a cave that holds
hidden treasures. He forces the town folks to help uncover it & promises to share it with them. Once he has
it all he kills all the town folks. Every year on "The Day Of The Dead" (a Mexican holiday) the dead return
from the graves as zombies to try & kill this man & his family. Present day time, a young couple are driving
through Mexico when their car breaks down in the village. They are caoght up in the weird goings on in the
village as well, forced to fight off the zombies to save their own lives! The film was a little annoying at times,
because of some of the acting. The zombies looked cool, but that's about all. There are better zombie movies
out there!!!
THE CAVE (PG-13) LAKESHORE ENT. / SCREEM GEMS, INC. (2005)
Starring: Cola Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Rick Rauanello, Lena Heady, Piper Perabo & more.
A group of underwater cave explorers hear about an unexplored cave dwelling in the waters of Romania.
They head out to the area & start their expidition. They set up camp & send out a scout to check out the
next section of the cave. Once there he is attacked by some unknown creature. The rest of the group heads
out & discovers all these new creatures living there. One creature infects you with it's parasites & the
parasite slowly takes over your body & mutats you into one of them. This film looked like an ALIENS rip
off, but this was actually quite good & really didn't have anything too much in common with ALIENS.
The effects as well as the story & acting were really good. This film didn't do to well in the theaters, but
should get some buzz on DVD!!!
www.sonypictures.com/movies/THECAVE
ALONE IN THE DARK (R) LIONS GATE FILMS (2004)
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C Turner, Matthew Walker & more.
When this movie came out I thought it looked pretty bad. When I found out it was based on a video game I
figured I would check it out. I really wish I didn't. The movie plot was very hard to follow & there was a lot
of pointless stuff in the film. 20 kids from an orphanage are used in some government experiment, but one
escapes. 20 something years later those kids (now adults) all disappear. Slater is a parinormal investigator
who gets attacked by some zombie/human & then by some ALIEN/GODZILLA hybrid looking thing. More
start showing up & attacking him & his girlfriend (Reid). Along with the help of his government friend
(Dorff) & his forces they try to kill all of these beast before they kill everyone. This movie was pretty bad,
from the acting, directing, story & more. The only thing good was the Death Metal soundtrack!!!
www.ALONEINTHEDARKthemovie.com
DARK WATER (PG-13) TOUCHSTONE PICTURES (2005)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reily, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Perla Haney Jardine & more.
This is a remake of a Japanese horror movie of the same name. A run down mother & her daughter are
forced to live in a run down apartment complex after a tough divorce & custody battle. Once they move in
& fix up their apartment, they are haunted by a young girls ghost. The girl used to be the daughter of the
upstairs neighbors. They hear footsteps & see water dripping through the ceiling. As they start to
investigate they slowly unravel the truth of this young girl. The movie looked pretty creepy when it was in
theaters, but I was a little disappointed with this film. It was very slow in the beginning & wasn't really
scary. It's worth at least one viewing if your into films like this, though!!!
PLANET OF THE APES (PG) 20TH CENTURY FOX (1968)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Linda Harrison, Maurice Evans & more.
This is the first time I have actually seen this film all the way through. The movie is about a team of
astronauts set out into space & they crash land on a planet 2000 years in the future. they look for any
form of life they can & find out that humans are the lower life form on the planet. The planet is run by
apes & they are the most intelligent species too. They hunt & capture humans for fun & try to study
them. Charlton Heston character tries to work with them & figure out where he is. He is the only human
who can talk & therefore they believe he is some kind of scientific experiment mutant. He rebels against the
apes & discovers he is actually on planet earth & humans have destroyed themselves!!! This was a little
slow for this time, but it was definately good & ahead of it's time for 1968!!!
www.foxhome.com/PLANETOFTHEAPES
DEAD & BREAKFAST (R) ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT (2004)
Starring: Ever Carradine, David Carradine, Portia De Rossi, Jeremy Sisto, Bianca Lawson & more.
This film claimed to be the U.S. answer to SHAUN OF THE DEAD, this was the reason I wanted to see
it. This film has insulted such a great film by making that claim. The movie added in some comedy along
with it's horror. The only problem here, was that the funny parts weren't really funny & the horror parts
were even worst. The film parodies & makes references to a lot of other great horror films, trying to put
itself in their league, but they don't even come close. The only good part was that there were some really
cool bloody gore parts. The story, acting & dialogue were bad.. Ever Carradine was the only one who acted
decent in the film, everyone else was poor & unbelievable. Worth watching once just to see it, but would
never view it again. It tries to be like a TROMA film, but they fail there too. You've been warned!!!
www.DANDBfilm.com
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (G) 20TH CENTURY FOX (1970)
Starring: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Paul Richards & more.
This si the sequal to PLANET OF THE APES. In this film a second astronaut is sent on a rescue mission
to find Taylor & his crew that were in the first film. Brent is the astronaut sent on the mission. When he
crashes on the planet he searches for anyone. He runs into Nova from the first film who takes him to Ape
City. There they get captured & then escape. They set out to the forbidden zone. There they find
underground ruins of old New York city. They encounter some mutant humans who are planing on
eliminated the Apes. This film was just as good as the first one & especially good for the time of it's release.
If you haven't seen these films, check them out, because they were ahead of their time!!!
www.foxhome.com/PLANETOFTHEAPES
CREEP (R) LIONS GATE FILMS (2004)
Starring: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Sean Harris, Paul Rattray, Kelly Scott & more.
A woman falls asleep on a bench in the London Underground & misses her train. She becomes locked in the
station & boards an unexpected train. She is attacked by a rapist, when something mysteriously rips him off
her & kills him. With nowhere to go, she heads in to the many underground tunnels below the city to
escape. She is being chased by some deformed medical experiment victim, who has dwelled in the London
subway system & sewer system. He captures & tortures unsuspected victims. This was a great Horror
film, especially from a first time director. This was done very well, it kept you in suspense all through out
& had a great storyline. The acting was done very well to along with the way it was filmed. It had plenty of
gore too! This is one of the better Horror films that has been put out in the last 5 years. You must check
this one out!!!
www.CREEPthemovie.com
FINAL DESTINATION 3 (R) NEW LINE CINEMA (2006)
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Texas Battle, Amanda Crew & more.
I was a little bit nervous about seeing this film. When a movie franchise goes more than two pictures it's
usually not good, but this film stayed in the same tradition as the first two films. A female gets vision of
her friends dieing on the rollercoaster ride at an amusement park. After they git off & the coaster derails,
they start to be hunted down by death. The girl finds some clues to how they will all die in the photos she
took that night at the amusement park. This film was just as good as the past two, it was a lttle gory in the
death scenes & were quite shocking as well. I would recommend this to anyone who liked the first two, but
if your new to this series, then start at the beginning films first!!! Death is behind you!!!
www.FD3movie.com