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Tags: horror
The Uninvited is a classic ghost story that remains surprisingly timeless due to some well crafted and properly utilized special effects. A man and his sister stumble upon a beautiful abandoned house on a cliff while out for a walk and decide to buy it despite warnings and some peculiar behavior from the house’s current [Read More …] 
I recently had the chance to watch the 1941 Universal classic horror film The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. This film is the creepy atmospheric tale that introduced us to the mythology of the wolf man, a man who changes into a wolf during the full moon and attacks innocent people. Starring Lon Chaney [Read More …] 
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a different view of the traditional horror film. First, it is more of a suspenseful dramatic tension than a slasher who’s next sort of setup. But any film focusing on the unusual Catholic rite of exorcism has a tough act to follow. The 1973 film The Exorcist set a [Read More …] 
The Grudge is a remake of another Japanese horror story, Ju-on: The Grudge, akin to the hit American-remake-of-a-Japanese-film The Ring. Anyone who has seen The Ring is familiar with the genre, creepy disheveled Japanese girls with long hair pop up to startle and scare. And for anyone who has already seen the previews for The [Read More …] 
In the great tradition of zombie films comes the comedy zombie flick Shaun of the Dead. Billed as a ‘romantic comedy with zombies’ or ‘rom zom com,’ this British romance/comedy/zombie flick delivers laughs, gore, and social commentary galore. Though this film is not directly related to the George Romero’s Dead trilogy it does share common [Read More …] |
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