One of many genre influences prevalent throughout OUTLANDER is John McTiernan’s peerless 80’s jungle action-horror fest PREDATOR, a fact that is immediately apparent from the very first scene of Howard McCain’s movie. The Moorwen, a dragon-ish creature designed by...
WOW! This has got to be one one of the best independent efforts I have ever seen. A film like this is the reason why I will never be easy on independent filmmakers, mainly because the budget for this movie was only fifteen thousand dollars, but looked like it was made...
The Others is Chilean director Alejandro Amenabar’s first English production, and what a second-viewing head slapper it is. What I mean by this is that after the film’s plot twist is revealed and you go back and rewatch the film, frustrated that you didn’t see it...
You know that creepy guy in high school who’s about the same age as you, but is very overweight, balding and looks like he’s forty. You know, that guy, he wears flannel shirts, tries to act real smart, and smells like beer nuts and ass. That’s who...
Executive produced by Guillermo Del Toro, THE ORPHANAGE (EL ORFANATO) is a beautifully crafted, frightening and ultimately moving ghost story in which restless spirits provoke fear and solace in equal measures for the grieving members of the waking world. Punctuated...
So, when I saw the commercials and trailers for ORPHAN, I was pretty much already writing it off as another predictable “cute kid is evil” kind of thing. I mean really—how many different ways can movieland show us kids that start off all nicey-nice but, as time moves...
