Scanners

Scanners

Perhaps the most iconographic film in his oeuvre, Scanners is Canadian director David Cronenberg’s first steadfast effort as the work serves as his first transitional film in many, many respects: Its anticipates his shift to his mature, middle period by foregoing a...
Savage Harvest 2: October Moon

Savage Harvest 2: October Moon

Savage Harvest 2? I had no clue there was a Savage Harvest 1! Seriously though folks in a word of independent horror and digital video it’s no wonder a film like Savage Harvest 2 can be made and released on DVD by a distributor like Elite. My thing is this...
Saw: The Final Chapter

Saw: The Final Chapter

One of the most successful franchises on the past ten years, and of all time, is about to come full circle, or so they allege. The Saw franchise has been a big hit since the first film hit theaters in 2004. Since then, it spawned six sequels, including the latest...
Saw VI

Saw VI

The Saw franchise is, without a doubt, the most successful horror franchise of the past decade. The first film is a modern day horror classic. I didn’t care much for the second and third films, but I really enjoyed the fourth. I skipped the fifth in theaters and have...
Saw VI

Saw VI

In box office terms, after an unprecedented run of five major international hits in five years, the SAW franchise appears to have finally grown tired : this film’s opening weekend (while still rendering the film instantly profitable) halved the initial take of its...
SAW V

SAW V

The fifth SAW movie in five consecutive years – with a now-expected $30million opening weekend confirming the series as the genre’s most successful franchise ever – is all too clearly the work of an ongoing franchise that wishes its third entry (evidently...