Month: February 2016

The Witch: Religious Madness and Persecution in Early America

On By C.H. NewellIn 2016, Anya Taylor-Joy, Film, Horror, Kate Dickie, Mystery, Ralph Ineson, Robert Eggers, WitchcraftLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gud8viI-P7Q The Witch. 2015. Directed & Written by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Julian Richings, & Wahab Chaudhry. Parts and Labor/RT Features/Rooks Nest Entertainment/Code Red Productions/Scythia Films/Maiden Voyage Pictures/Mott Street Pictures/Pulse Films/Special Projects. Rated 14A. 93 minutes. Horror/Mystery ★★★★★ People will …

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Elizabeth Olsen Braves the Silent House

On By C.H. NewellIn 2011, Chris Kentis, Elizabeth Olsen, Film, Horror, La casa muda, Laura Lau, Mystery, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD88EFBFuos Silent House. 2011. Directed by Chris Kentis & Laura Lau. Screenplay by Lau; based on the original screenplay by Oscar Estévez for the film La casa muda. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Adam Barnett, & Haley Murphy. Elle Driver/Tazora Films. Rated R. 86 minutes. Horror/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★ Always a sucker …

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Some Kind of Hate: A Ghostly, Savage Bullying Tale

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Film, Grace Phipps, Horror, Independent Film, Noah Segan, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra McCormickLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07SfDv21Iy4 Some Kind of Hate. 2015. Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. Screenplay by Brian DeLeeuw & Mortimer. Starring Grace Phipps, Spencer Breslin, Andrew Bryniarski, Sierra McCormick, Lexi Atkins, Brando Eaton, Ronen Rubinstein, Maestro Harrell, Noah Segan, Michael Polish, Justin Prentice, & Jasper Polish. Caliber Media Company/Revek Entertainment. Not Rated. 82 minutes. Horror ★★★1/2 Low budget …

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Secret Rural Lives: Uncle John the Protector

On By C.H. NewellIn Alex Moffat, Crime, Drama, Erik Crary, Film, Jenna Lyng, John Ashton, Mike Bove, Mystery, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Steven Piet, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9h7y-kPGs0 Uncle John. 2015. Directed by Steven Piet. Screenplay by Erik Crary & Piet. Starring John Ashton, Alex Moffat, Jenna Lyng, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Cynthia Baker, Andy Cameron, Adria Dawn, Tim Decker, Don Forston, Janet Gilmme, Gary Houston Matt Kozlowski, & Ashleigh LaThrop. Uncle John Productions. Not Rated. 113 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★★ Digital editing technician, …

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Sinister 2: Even More Sinister the 2nd Time Around

On By C.H. NewellIn C. Robert Cargill, Ciarán Foy, Film, Scott Derrickson, Shannyn SossamonLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fChx_YZUAR0 Sinister. 2015. Directed by Ciarán Foy. Screenplay by C. Robert Cargill & Scott Derrickson. Starring James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Lea Coco, Tate Ellington, John Beasley, Lucas Jade Zumann, Jaden Klein, Laila Haley, Caden Marshall Fritz, Olivia Rainey, & Nicholas King. Alliance Films/Automatik Entertainment/Blumhouse Productions/Entertainment One/IM Global/Steady Aim/Tank Caterpillar. Rated 14A. …

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A Lonely Girl Takes Sweet Revenge in The Loved Ones

On By C.H. NewellIn Australian Film, Film, Horror, John Brumpton, Kidnapping, Robin McLeavy, Sean Byrne, Thriller, Xavier SamuelLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7465nwL04z8 The Loved Ones. 2009. Directed & Written by Sean Byrne. Starring Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, Victoria Thaine, Jessica McNamee, Richard Wilson, John Brumpton, Andrew S. Gilbert, Suzi Dougherty, Victoria Eagger, Anne Scott-Pendlebury, Fred Whitlock, & Leo Taylor. Screen Australia/Omnilab Media/Ambience Entertainment/Film Victoria. Rated R. 84 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★1/2 The number of films where women …

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Frankenstein’s Army is Campy and Creepy Nazi Horror Fun

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Found Footage, Frankenstein, Horror, Karel Roden, Mary Shelley, Nazis, Richard Raaphorst, WWIILeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUQ2IMuz8o Frankenstein's Army. 2013. Directed by Richard Raaphorst. Screenplay by Miguel Tejada-Flores & Chris W. Mitchell from a story by Tejada-Flores & Raaphorst. Starring Robert Gwilym, Hon Ping Tang, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry, Joshua Sasse, Mark Stevenson, Andrei Zayats, Karel Roden, Klaus Lucas, Cristina Cataline, Jan de Lukowicz, & Zdenek Barinka. MDI Media Group/Dark Sky …

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Victor Frankenstein: The Emperor in His Same Old Clothes

On By C.H. NewellIn Daniel Radcliffe, Drama, Film, Frankenstein, Horror, James McAvoy, Mary Shelley, Paul McGuigan, Sci-FiLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvESrJ5GdHc Victor Frankenstein. 2015. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Screenplay by Max Landis. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Bronson Webb, Daniel Mays, Spencer Wilding, Robin Pearce, Andrew Scott, & Callum Turner. Davis Entertainment/TSG Entertainment/MPC/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Rated PG. 110 minutes. Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★ As a fan of Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel Frankenstein, …

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