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[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003S4G8RY][/pullquote] A TV film crew, while recording a documentary about firefighters, become trapped in an apartment building during a zombie outbreak. Their attempts to find out what's going on, and hopefully escape, are all shown from the perspective of the … [Read more...]
Review: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
A Mexican-American community in California is rocked by the murder of a reclusive old woman. Friends Hector (Jorge Diaz), Marisol (Gabrielle Walsh) and the recently graduated Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) begin investigating the dead woman's apartment before making a startling discovery that leads back to one of their childhoods and suggests at a dark future ahead. … [Read more...]
Review: In Fear (2013)
Directed by Jeremy Lovering, In Fear revolves around two almost-strangers, Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) who met at a bar and hit it off. A couple of weeks later, Tom invites Lucy to come with him to a music festival with some of his friends. On their way there, he told her that he took the liberty of booking them a hotel for the night, deep in the Cornwall … [Read more...]
Review: Carrie (2013)
Pig's blood, telekinetic powers, a religious mother and the ultimate Prom-gone-wrong. The reboot of the now classic Carrie hits all the right notes without ever really breaking free of the legacy of the original. Like Brian De Palma's original and the Stephen King novella upon which both are based, Kimberley Pierce's somewhat modernised version only really introduces some … [Read more...]
Review: Halloween (1978)
As iconic horror films go, you'll be hard-pressed to find one more influential than John Carpenter's Halloween. Everything from the simple title, to the casting and the format screams classic. The fact that a huge number of films have attempted to copy the story structure in the years following (including its own sequels) remind us just how important the film was for the horror … [Read more...]
Review: Trick r Treat (2007)
Trick 'r Treat is a 2007 anthology horror film featuring several stories which overlap and share characters, and all take place on Halloween night. While it garnered acclaim, it encountered many problems with it's release. Originally being planned for a October 2007 release date, it was delayed repeatedly despite positive reactions from the few public screenings it had. The … [Read more...]
Review: Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Directed by Steve Miner, the director of part 2, Friday the 13th Part III follows the by-now well trodden path of these films, but with the notable difference that this film was part of an early 80's 3D film fad, and life Jaws 3D and The Amityville Horror 3D uses it's part 3 moniker to add 3D 'thrills'. Unfortunately, this is a terrible weakness for the film, with all sorts of … [Read more...]
Review: Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
Following the success of Friday the 13th, a sequel was quickly put into production, but with original director Sean Cunningham unwilling to direct, producer Steve Miner took over the duties. … [Read more...]
Review: Friday the 13th (1980)
That Friday the 13th has an important place in the history of horror films is indisputable; while not the first 'slasher' film (Halloween beat it by two years and undoubtedly inspired this film in many ways), the runaway success of Friday the 13th kick-started the explosion of these type of films that dominated the 80s horror scene. But does that historical significance … [Read more...]
Review: Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0051ZH8CC][/pullquote] Much has been made of the controversy surrounding this Italian-made cult horror: probably a surprise to nobody with a title like that. Banned in several countries due to its graphic violence and sense of amorality, the film even attracted … [Read more...]