Zombieland Review

Comedy, Films, Horror

Zombieland Review

No Comments 12 January 2010

Sitting somewhere between Max Brook’s Zombie Survival Guide and Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland is an entertaining albeit over-hyped action rom zom com. Narrated by misanthropic college student, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) the film takes place in a post-apocalyptic America, where a virulent form of mad cow disease has turned most of the populous into flesh-eating, fast [...]

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An American Werewolf Review

Comedy, Films, Horror

An American Werewolf Review

No Comments 02 September 2009

An American Werewolf in London is that rarest of beasts: a horror/comedy that delivers both gasps and guffaws in equal measure. The story is pretty simple: two American students David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) tour the English countryside and are attacked by a werewolf during a full moon. Jack is torn to pieces and David barely [...]

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Martyrs Review (Updated)

Films, Horror

Martyrs Review (Updated)

No Comments 21 April 2009

French film Martyrs is one of the most horrifying movies I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a whole lot. Director Pascal Laugier delivers a tale that comes on fast and shakes you to the core on a primal, visceral and intellectual level. Gore hounds will be happy as there’s plenty of nasty graphic violence on display, but it’s [...]

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Rob Zombie’s Halloween Review (Updated)

Films, Horror

Rob Zombie’s Halloween Review (Updated)

No Comments 31 October 2008

This 2007 remake of the 1978 classic confirms a few things: 1) Rob Zombie can direct effective and wince-inducing hardcore horror without the camp trimmings of House of 1000 Corpses or the misguided antihero road movie rape-and-kill romp that was The Devil’s Rejects. 2) However Zombie should not write his movies, especially a remake of one of [...]

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