The Visit
Many might suggest that The Visit is basically M. Night Shyamalan does Paranormal Activity. And they wouldn’t be that far wrong.
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Many might suggest that The Visit is basically M. Night Shyamalan does Paranormal Activity. And they wouldn’t be that far wrong.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading The Visit
A love of all things heavy metal seeps through the pores of Deathgasm, and since this is an R-rated comedy horror, said pores are most likely also oozing pus and blood.
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The trailer really doesn’t do this film justice. The performances are wonderfully naturalistic and the creepy events come thick and fast.
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Simply put, this is the best horror film I’ve seen in years. It throws our heroine and her friends into an impossible situation and keeps us on the edge of our seats for the entirety of the running time.
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The score feels like it was lifted wholesale from Insidious – all screeching, discordant violins – and it’s just as effective/unpleasant as it was back in 2010.
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Taking German expressionism and the likes of Nosferatu as a starting point, the film has a wonderfully old fashioned approach to the supernatural, so that we’re seeing in-camera effects, for the most part.
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To be honest, this doesn’t feel like a straight continuation of Blood-C. Since that series was such a diversion from the original set-up of Blood: The Last Vampire, this tone is more similar to Saya’s original outing.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Blood-C: The Last Dark
Jarratt mugs at the camera and provides us with an ample number of potential catchphrases. Mick Taylor has gone directly from unique, menacing villain to the pantomime killer we’re all supposed to love.
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The Marked Ones plods along amiably enough, feeling like a bit of a crossover with both End of Watch and Chronicle, but then kicks into high gear during the climax. This is where the film really starts to tie together the threads left dangling from the previous entries.
Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
It’s Peirce’s direction that really makes this film work. Keeping the camera right up in the actor’s faces, she elicits some brilliant performances from all involved. As an analysis of teenage bullying, the film is a masterstroke.
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