Demons Never Die centres around a group of kids who, after a young girl commits suicide, decide to form a suicide pact and take their lives together. However, a masked killer starts killing them in brutal ways, effectively doing the very thing they wanted to do in the first place. As each of the group gets killed, the remaining people try to avoid death while trying to figure … [Read more...]
Review: Jeepers Creepers (2001)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B008MU8ZOI][/pullquote] On a routine trip home from college, bickering brother and sister Darry (Justin Long) and Trish (Gina Phillips) make the regrettable mistake of taking the scenic route through the country. Darry catches sight of a mysterious figure, disposing … [Read more...]
Review: Gremlins (1984)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00BMVD04O][/pullquote] Joe Dante is a director who has always understood the link between comedy and horror. In his 2009 film The Hole, the scariest moments often have an element of the ridiculous about them, which was a craft that he perfected in the anarchic 1980s … [Read more...]
Review: The Thing (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006W99PRC][/pullquote] John Carpenter's The Thing, released in 1982 was a commercial flop, but has slowly created a niche for itself as a cult classic. As part of the body shock craze of the 1980s it told the story of a group of scientists, trapped in Antarctica … [Read more...]
Review: The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00699G6AE][/pullquote] Tom Six must be counting his money after a job well done. It is the dream of any horror film-maker these days for their film to be initially banned for 'going too far' before finally getting a certificate. Nothing creates national press and … [Read more...]
Review: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010, Finland)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005D82VM4][/pullquote] Santa. He's a jolly fat man who loves to spread joy and bring gifts to all, right? But what if that's not right? What if there were older, truer myths, where Santa is all about punishing the naughty rather than giving to the nice? What if he's … [Read more...]
Review: Dream House (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00A13OCAA][/pullquote] Sometimes a film comes along that makes you lose all faith in the critics. Dream House has been met with universally negative reviews, but I am determined to defend this intelligent and enjoyable little thriller. A lot of the disappointment may … [Read more...]
Review: The Awakening (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007EBZX14][/pullquote] Ghost stories have always been a popular narrative genre in literature dating back as far as you care to remember. We as an audience like to be scared and nothing is more terrifying than the unknown, or int he case of ghost stories the question … [Read more...]
Review: The Exorcist (1973)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003IHVKRY][/pullquote] Horror films are one of the most consistently popular genres in popular culture. There are slasher films like Friday the 13th, torture-porn like Saw and ˜found footage' like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project. There are more … [Read more...]
Review: The Shining (1980)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0013K11AE][/pullquote] Stanley Kubrick will forever be remembered as one of the most daring and controversial directors of all time. From films like Spartacus, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange his legacy was already assured when he decided to adapt a … [Read more...]