[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004UGALGI][/pullquote] It could be said that when you look behind the production of Scream 3, it was doomed from the start. This has, unfortunately been proved true. For one thing, Kevin Williamson, the person who had created and given life to these characters, was … [Read more...]
Review: Scream (1996)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004UGALGI][/pullquote] The horror genre has had many moods and changes in style over the years from monster movies, to psychological thrillers all the way to the latest torture-porn. For fans of horror, if you watch closely enough, there appears a set of common … [Read more...]
Review: Don’t Look Now (1973)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004EMS034][/pullquote] The four movies that Nicolas Roeg directed (or co-directed) in the 1970s are the films on which his reputation is built; Performance, Walkabout, Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth. While all very different, they are all generally … [Read more...]
Review: The Thing (1982)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006W99PRC][/pullquote] John Carpenter is as synonymous with horror as Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he developed memorable horrors like The Fog, Christine and his seminal work Halloween. One of his most enduring … [Read more...]
Review: The Ring (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00AEFYYA8][/pullquote] Japanese horror experienced something of a mainstream exposure in the early 2000s, with various films becoming so successful that they were remade for an English-speaking audience. While most remakes failed to live up to the quality and scare … [Read more...]
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0058N2T3K][/pullquote] There are many visually recognisable icons in horror film history. Whether it's Jason from Friday the 13th in his hockey mask, or Michael Myers sporting a lovely whitened William Shatner mask (yes that's really what it is, check it out), these … [Read more...]
Review: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00DW671HE][/pullquote] Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby, written for screen and directed by Roman Polanski follows the titular Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) as they move into a New York apartment. While there, … [Read more...]
Review: 28 Days Later (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001CRRAGW][/pullquote] Danny Boyle is a master of genre-lead films. There's no denying that the man can direct a engaging, beautifully shot masterpiece regardless of the conventional box that you place it in. He's conquered fantasy realism, romantic comedy and biopic … [Read more...]
Review: The Descent (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002PIUQ2W][/pullquote] Following the shift in horror films (arguably started by Final Destination) towards all out gore and obvious set ups, The Descent, released in 2005, bucked the new trend and relied on implicit horror as much as explicit horror to terrify … [Read more...]
Review: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001XCW6XS][/pullquote] John Landis is an interesting director with a varied list of films to his name, some good, like Blues Brothers, some not so good, like Blues Brothers 2000. But in his golden era of the 1980s he produced a series of high-quality memorable films. … [Read more...]