Blair Witch
Blair Witch isn’t as raw or low budget as the original, but now we have a decent script with some good character development.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Blair Witch
Blair Witch isn’t as raw or low budget as the original, but now we have a decent script with some good character development.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Blair Witch
What we essentially have here is an inversion of Audrey Hepburn’s 1967 film, Wait Until Dark, where she played a blind woman traumatised by a trio of thieves.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Don’t Breathe
Unsurprisingly, the camera gets a little male-gazey, particularly in the opening half hour. At least it is vaguely contextual, since Nancy’s at the beach.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Shallows
There are a handful of scary moments that got to me here, and whilst it doesn’t come close to Insidious, it’s certainly scarier than the first Conjuring.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Conjuring 2
The beautiful, dreamlike quality of The Returned is down to two things: the stunning cinematography, including some majestic panoramic vistas, and Mogwai’s tense and haunting soundtrack.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Returned Season One & Two
This is a powerful tale well-told, but I can’t say that I’d rush out to see it again.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Witch
Of course, it helps that The Cellar was indeed a great script to begin with.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading 10 Cloverfield Lane
There’s barely any humour, and the further you get into season 1, the darker the show becomes.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Tokyo Ghoul Complete Season 1 Uncut
After five films of keeping the scary stuff hidden, it’s fair enough that they decided to finally show us something.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
There are some genuinely frightening moments, but they’re almost all jump scares.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Crimson Peak