Month: June 2015

True Detective – Season 2, Episode 2: “Night Finds You”

On By C.H. NewellIn HBO, Nic Pizzolatto, Night Finds You, Reviews, Season Two, Television, True Detective, TV ShowsLeave a comment

HBO's True Detective Season 2, Episode 2: "Night Finds You" Directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the next episode, "Maybe Tomorrow" - click here * For a review of the previous episode, "The Western Book of the Dead" - click here I thought the opening of …

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True Detective – Season 2, Episode 1: The Western Book of the Dead

On By C.H. NewellIn Colin Farrell, HBO, HBO Original, Justin Lin, Nic Pizzolatto, Premiere Episode, Rachel McAdams, Reviews, Season Two, Taylor Kitsch, Television Shows, The Western Book of the Dead, True Detective, TV Shows, Vince VaughnLeave a comment

HBO's True Detective Season 2, Episode 1: "The Western Book of the Dead" Directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the next episode, "Night Finds You" - click here To start, this is NOT a repeat of True Detective True Detective Season 1 - the show is trying to …

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POLTERGEIST: Ghost of a Remake

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Ghost Story, Haunted House, Horror, Movies, Poltergeist, Reimagining, Remake, Sam Raimi, Sam Rockwell, Steven SpielbergLeave a comment

You can skip the POLTERGEIST remake. Stick to the Hooper/Spielberg original.

BOUND TO VENGEANCE Subverts Typical Rape-Revenge Constructs

On By C.H. NewellIn Bound to Vengeance, Charles Bronson, Death Wish, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Film, Gender Issues, Horror, I Spit on Your Grave, Jose Manuel Cravioto, Last House on the Left, Meninist, Rape, Rape-Revenge, Revenge Thriller, Richard Tyson, Role Reversal, The Hills Have Eyes, Thriller, Tina IvlevLeave a comment

Bound to Vengeance. 2015. Directed by Jose Manuel Cravioto. Written by Keith Kjornes and Rock Shaink Jr. Starring Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson. Dark Factory Entertainment. Unrated. 80 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★ For the so-called "meninists" out there (which is a stupid term to begin with because feminist is derived from feminine, the male term being …

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APOCALYPTIC(ally Bad)

On By C.H. NewellIn Apocalyptic, Cult, Dark Epic Films, David Macrae, Drama, Found Footage, Gareth Evans, Geoff Pinfield, Glen Triggs, Handheld, Horror, Indie Film, Jane Elizabeth Barry, Jim Jones, Jonestown, Jonestown Massacre, Michael Parks, Red State, Religious Sect, Safe Haven, The Sacrament, Ti West, Timo Tjahjanto, Unrated, V/H/S 2Leave a comment

Apocalyptic. 2014. Directed & Written by Glen Triggs. Starring Jane Elizabeth Barry, David Macrae, and Geoff Pinfield. Dark Epic Films. Unrated. 84 minutes. Drama/Horror ★ A lot of people seem to have had more than their fill of found footage. Me - I'm not quite done with the sub-genre. Of course, that's me, I like …

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Mark Duplass is CREEP(y)

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Baghead, Blumhouse Productions, Comedy, Craigslist, Creep, Duplass Brothers, Found Footage, Horror, Indie Film, Indie Horror, iTunes, Jason Blum, Mark Duplass, Mask, Mumblegore, Murder, New Release, Paranormal Activity, Stalker, The League, The Purge, VOD, Wolf3 Comments

Creep. 2015. Directed by Patrick Brice. Written by Patrick Brice & Mark Duplass. Starring Patrick Brice & Mark Duplass. Blumhouse Productions. Rated R. 82 minutes. Comedy/Horror ★★★★★I know Mark Duplass mainly from two sources - his amazing portrayal of Pete on FX's raunchy fantasy-football comedy The League, and the film Baghead which he co-directed with his brother …

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SOAKED IN BLEACH Exposes the Bullshit of Cobain’s “Suicide”

On By C.H. NewellIn Benjamin Statler, Celebrity, Courtney Love, Crime, Crime Documentary, Docudrama, Documentary, Fake Suicide, Heroin, Hole, Kurt and Courtney, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Cobain murder, Kurt Cobain suicide, Montage of Heck, Nick Broomfield, Nirvana, Police Incompetence, Private Investigator, Rock n Roll, Soaked in Bleach, Tom Grant35 Comments

Soaked in Bleach. 2015. Directed by Benjamin Statler. Written by Donnie Eichar, Richard Middleton, and Benjamin Statler. Starring Tyler Bryan as Kurt Cobain, Sarah Scott as Courtney Love; featuring, as themselves, Tom Grant, Brett Ball, Max Wallace, and Norm Stamper. Daredevil Films. Rated PG. 100 minutes. Documentary/Drama/Crime. ★★★★★ Admittedly, even though I've always thought Courtney …

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WE ARE STILL HERE Channels Fulci

On By C.H. NewellIn Andrew Sensenig, Barbara Crampton, Cinematography, Dark Sky Films, Gen X, Ghosts, Haunted House, Horror, Independent Film, Indie Film, Larry Fessenden, Lisa Marie, Millenials, Murder, Paranormal Activity, Subgenre, Ted Geoghegan, VOD, We Are Still HereLeave a comment

We Are Still Here. 2015. Directed by Ted Geoghegan. Written by Ted Geoghegan & based on a concept by Richard Griffin. Starring Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie, and Larry Fessenden. Dark Sky Films. Unrated. 84 minutes. Horror. 3.5 out of 5 stars I'm a big fan of horror, big fan of Barbara Crampton, so …

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