After a sojourn in the U.S. for a predictably needless PUMPKINHEAD sequel, Brit horror filmmaker Jake West returns to home territory for DOGHOUSE, the latest in the post-SHAUN OF THE DEAD cycle of British comedy-horrors. Like so many of the pretenders to SHAUN’s...
Horror comedies over the past few years have been either dumbed down to pointless entertainment where the film is more stupid than funny. They poke fun at the clichés of the genre and don’t really offer anything better than Scary Movie did when it first came out more...
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is my favorite film of all time. So when I see a film with a similar plot to that of Hitchcock’s masterpiece; I get really excited to check out if the film will be as good as Hitchcock’s.. While Disturbia is not the...
This has not been a very good year for the horror film. Two of the best horror-related films I have seen this year were more science fiction films with excellent horror elements that made them stand out from the pack in 2009. District 9 is one of those films. It’s a...
Alex Turner’s second short film, Disposal, is a scathing critique and black humor examination upon contemporary ethics. In truly Hitchcockian fashion, the director scrutinizes, no one, but two pairs of juxtaposed individuals and, as a consequence, the film’s tagline...
Finally someone has sent me and Indie horror film that I did not feel like 2 hours of my life was taken away from me. “Director’s Cut” is an Indie film with style, it’s got all the perks of a b-movie but does it in good taste. Of course...
