Tag Archives: Horror
Review: Luz (Germany 2018)
A borderline-experimental possession horror film, Luz straddles the line between arthouse and horror, with enough unsettling atmosphere, blood, and nudity to satisfy gorehounds, but an avant-garde approach that wouldn’t seem out of place in a museum installation. It can take … Continue reading
Review: The Perfection (2019)
I am genuinely uncertain whether what I just watched was terrible terrible, or hilariously awesomely terrible. And I’m not sure if the director and cast know either. But I wasn’t bored. I attended a screening with a Q&A from director … Continue reading
Review: The Ranger (USA 2018)
The Ranger, directed by Jenn Wexler and co-written by Wexler and Giaco Furino, is a fun, tight, modern indie slasher, in the tradition of “roll up your sleeves” regional splatter flicks like The Mutilatorand “punks vs. hicks” schlock like Punk … Continue reading
Review: Satan’s Slaves aka Pengabdi Setan (Indonesia 2017) – Cinepocalypse 2018
I watch a lot of horror movies, and while I love them, I’ve become pretty jaded over the years. Maybe one out of every hundred are actually frightening, and then usually only for a moment or two. So when I … Continue reading
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Spain/Italy 1974)
This Spanish/Italian co-production is surprisingly smart for its era, mingling straight-up Romero-esque zombie action with the anti-authoritarian paranoia and ecological concerns of The Crazies or Grapes of Death.
Review: Daguerreotype (Japan/France 2017)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest horror film represents a major change in at least one respect. Filming in French, with a non-Japanese cast, takes Kurosawa out of his comfort zone, but he demonstrates that his touch with mood and actors remains constant … Continue reading
Trick ‘R Treat (USA/Canada 2007)
Trick ‘R Treat is a interesting recent take on the ’60s and ’80s phenomenon of the horror anthology film with some good points to recommend it. I enjoyed the novelty of an anthology that carefully weaved the threads of its … Continue reading
Review: The Rift (aka Endless Descent) (Spain/USA 1990)
I was poking around in Amazon Prime the other day when I came across a movie I’d never heard of, The Rift. Cause for excitement? Not necessarily, low budget underwater monster flicks are not uncommon, and rarely entertaining enough to … Continue reading
NYAFF 2017: Interview with Director Alan Lo and Actress Carrie Ng about Zombiology
Alan Lo’s first film, Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Hong Kong 2017), starring Carrie Ng (Naked Killer), Alex Man (Rouge), Michael Ning (Port of Call), and Louis Cheung (Ip Man 3), opened July 18 as part of the 16th New York … Continue reading
Review: Seoul Station aka 서울역 (South Korea 2016)
Seoul Station is an animated prequel to one of my favorite genre films of last year, the chaotic zombie thriller Train to Busan (reviewed here). I say prequel, but as a practical matter, Seoul Station is less a prequel than another … Continue reading