Baddie: One large, bitter shark. Lesson: Surfing can be dangerous if you let it be? If you’ve followed Rooster Illusion and /horror [SciFridays] for a while, you’ll know I like shark movies. I’m tempted to say the last theatrical shark movie release was Shark Night? (Internet, help?) In 2011. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting,…
Baddie: Probably the flesh eating virus. Lesson: Never ignore the creepy locals. If you’ve been reading /horror [SciFridays], you may know how I feel about Eli Roth. Hint: The feeling is not warm fuzzies. However, when a director has the gall to remake his own campy horror movie not even fifteen years later as a…
Baddie: Pride Lesson: Don’t…move to…the woods? I’ve been excited for The Witch since its successful premier at Sundance last year, receiving high accolades and earning Robert Eggers ‘Best Director:Dramatic’. Eggers is able to successfully present a film that it is able to examine and provide a nuanced criticism of Puritan values. Spoilers ahead, so please proceed with caution. To dismiss The Witch as…
Baddie: Lazy naming conventions. Lesson: Sometimes music lessons pay off in unconventional ways. The version of the film I’m about to watch, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, is a remake of a 1976 film of the same name. I have not seen the original as of this review – I know, I’m a terrible horror movie fan.…
Baddie: Swamps! Never trust one. Lesson: That tour is probably as cheap as it looks. A few weeks ago I watched the disappointing Digging Up The Marrow directed by horror cult pseudo-legend Adam Green who is probably most famous for his Hatchet series, so I finally decided to check it out. It’s a no-holds barred sort of movie, launching in…
Baddie: It’s always the quiet ones, amIright? Lesson: Have a long engagement. I spent a lot of time preparing myself for Audition because it has…a reputation. Regardless, I am ready. The film opens immediately with heartbreak as a boy brings his very very sick mother presents in the hospital. “Get well soon Mom” reads the card. He arrives as…
Baddie: Nature v. Nurture Lesson: Have a long engagement. NOTE: Chris, of Second Breakfast, has written a rebuttal post to my critique of Crimson Peak. Read it here. In the time that has passed since I watched Crimson Peak, it’s been very difficult to pin down exactly how I felt about it. I love Guillermo del…
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