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Horror review: Turistas (2006)

Turistas (also known as both “Paradise Lost” and “Prey”, depending on which country you rent it in), got a hard rap from both the mainstream critics and the devoted horror fans, and for entirely different reasons. While horror fans complained it wasn’t intelligent and progressive enough, critics more used to reviewing romantic comedies moaned about the brutal and needless message it portrayed, highlighting Brazil as a place to avoid unless you wanted to advertise yourself as an organ donor.
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Oh dear me: The Wicker Man (remake)

Nicholas Cage gets a hard time of it, doesn’t he? I’ve often thought that people were being a bit mean by laying into him about his wooden acting and complete inability to…well…act. Then, tragically, every now and again I am reminded that no, these people are not being mean: they are being merely accurate. They are simply realists. And for a realist – or anyone for that matter, even someone who has never seen a film – there is nothing More

The Descent: Part 2

How can you not love The Descent? If I really need to tell you the story – call yourself a horror fan! – then here it is in brief: a group of female friends reunite after a tragedy and decide (well, one of them decides) that it would be a very good idea to do a bit of caving at a place so remote that even the eagles flying overhead look a bit bored and lonely. The cave in More

The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror is a movie based on the book of Jay Anson with the same name and a remake of a movie from 1979 again carrying the same name and made according to the events written by Anson. It is a horror movie that has long been considered one of the most influential productions in the genre and still attracting thousands of fans even though the film was released in 2005. With its proved cast and good director, the More

Movie Review: Sharkman

Sharkman: a film which is so rare that it’s extremely difficult to find, even on the internet. Nobody seems to want to be associated with this enigmatic beast, and it’s quite understandable. Sharman (produced in 2005 and something to do with the Sci-Fi channel, I think, but it’s hard to tell when a film is so rare you can’t find any information about it) is without a doubt one of the worst ’horror'films to have ever been put in to More

Underworld: The Rise of The Lycans

Probably one of the best vampire-lycan movies of all times, Underworld: The Rise of The Lycans is a movie from the Underworld series that focuses primarily on the origin of the war between lycans and vampires with quite a lot of focus on the DNA Tesing aspect of it all. With amazing visual effects, original and interesting plot, the production continues to fascinate the fans all over the world since it was first released in 2009.

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Constantine

Constantine is one of the horror movies that have ben watched with high interest not only because of the amazing scenes that are emminent in the movie industry, but the fascinating plot that has borrowed motives from a comic book (Vertigo Comics “Hellblazer”) and the “Dangerous Habits”story. With stunning special effects (but not enough gore that all you can think about is c fold towels…), meaningful problems solved and a great cast and a director, Constantine is one of More

5 More of the Most God-Awful Horror Movies Ever.

Ever wondered what are worse than pigmented lesions? Here are five more of the very worst Horror movies that I have been unfortunate enough to see over the years.

Read on, but beware; here there be stinkers!!!

· ‘The Exorcist.’

The first time I saw this, it was still banned on video. Somehow, my friend managed to get hold of a copy and we sat up late one night to see what all the fuss was about.

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An Analysis of Horror.

As far as I’m concerned, there are three main types of Horror Movies. But which are the very best? Personally, my money is on number 3. However, I suppose that each of these categories has a right time and place…

1. THE SHLOCKER - Horror for Horror’s Sake.

Back in the days of Betamax and VHS rentals, we used to call them ‘Video Nasties’.

‘Driller Killer’, ‘Microwave Massacre’, ‘The Exorcist’, ‘I Spit on Your Grave’, ‘The Last House on the More

‘Braaiiins!!!’

Just about any true fan of horror movies will have a soft spot for the shambling dead. Yup, I’m talking about zombies. We all love ‘em, don’t we? Okay, so they are slow and dumb and you know that everyone who is locked in that storage space with that guy is going to become a zombie in the end, but this does not stop them from being really bloody scary… if you do a good job of things when More