Tag Archives: Horror

NYAFF 2017: Interview with Director Alan Lo and Actress Carrie Ng about Zombiology

Posted on July 17, 2017 by David

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 →

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Review: Seoul Station aka 서울역 (South Korea 2016)

Posted on June 1, 2017 by David

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 →

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Review: Train to Busan (South Korea 2016)

Posted on May 7, 2017 by David

Holy shit, THAT is how you do a zombie movie! I’m not usually a fan of fast zombies, but this mash-up of 28 Days Later’s panicky plague and Snowpiercer’s “class war on a train” is great fun, wasting little time … Continue reading →

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Review: Witching and Bitching (Spain 2013)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by David

Man, I wanted to like this – I generally enjoy Alex de la Iglesia movies, and I like what he’s doing for genre – but this black comedy about a bunch of idiot criminals who wander into a town full … Continue reading →

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Q&A: The Blackcoat’s Daughter with Oz Perkins, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton

Posted on March 30, 2017 by David

Last Thursday, March 23, the new Alamo Drafthouse NYC in Brooklyn hosted a special screening of the well-received first film by Osgood Perkins, The Blackcoat’s Daughter.  The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a psychological horror film set in a girls’ boarding school … Continue reading →

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Review: Phantasm: Ravager (USA 2016)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by David

It breaks my heart to have to give this film a bad review. I love the Phantasm film series. The first one is a freaky trip, and the second one is a campy, action-packed blast – and both do an … Continue reading →

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