Category: Directors

William Friedkin’s Cruising: Serial Murder on the Margins

On By C.H. NewellIn 1980, Blogs, Cinematography, Crime, Cruising, Directors, Drama, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Gay Bar, Joe Spinell, Movies, Mystery, Reviews, S&M, Serial Killer, Thriller, William FriedkinLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpJ5K8Vt5V8 Cruising. 1980. Directed & Written by William Friedkin; adapted from the novel by Gerald Walker. Starring Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, and Joe Spinell. Warner Brothers. Rated R. 102 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery ★★★★★ (Film) ★★★1/2 (DVD release) Cruising came about for William Friedkin in a number of ways: through his own observations …

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John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13: Action on a Sweet Soundtrack

On By C.H. NewellIn 1976, Assault on Precinct 13, Crime, Criminals, Directors, DVD, Film, John Carpenter, Movies, Reviews, Thriller3 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaA3Sy_zbtM Assault on Precinct 13. 1976.  Directed & Written by John Carpenter.  Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charlie Cyphers, and Nancy Kyes.  Image Entertainment.  Rated R.  91 minutes.  Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★★ (Movie) ★★★★ (DVD release)Assault on Precinct 13 is one of the best action thrillers of all-time. It's probably my personal favourite if …

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Find Pure Terror on THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES

On By C.H. NewellIn 2007, Blogs, Cinematography, Directors, FBI, Film, Filmmakers, Found Footage, Horror, John E Douglas, John Erick Dowdle, Movies, Mystery, Plague Doctor, Reviews, Serial Killer, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, ThrillerLeave a comment

Found footage isn't always as unsettling as it hopes to be, but this one strikes at the heart of fear in such visceral ways it's hard to imagine until you've seen it.

V/H/S: Viral is a Weird, Wild Ride

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Blogs, Blood, Cinematography, Directors, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Found Footage, Gore, Horror, Horror Anthology, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, Thriller, Trilogy, V/H/S, V/H/S: Viral, VHS, VHS Viral, VODLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cFewDDEP_M V/H/S: Viral. 2014. Directors: Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, and Nacho Vigalondo (the Blu ray release will include the segment "Gorgeous Vortex" directed by Todd Lincoln). Starring Emmy Argo, Emilia Ares Zoryan, Justin Welborn, Amanda Baker, Gregg Bishop, Nick Blanco, Dan Caudill, Stephen Caudill. Magnet Releasing. Rated R. 82 minutes. Horror/Thriller …

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V/H/S/2: A Mixed Bag of Nasty Tricks

On By C.H. NewellIn 2013, Adam Wingard, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Bluray, Cinematography, Directors, Eduardo Sanchez, Effects, Film, Filmmakers, Found Footage, Gareth Evans, Gore, Gregg Hale, Horror, Horror Anthology, Jason Eisener, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, V/H/S, V/H/S/2Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Tv0lhD1fw V/H/S 2. 2013. Directors: Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, and Jason Eisener. Magnet Releasing. Rated 18A. 96 minutes. Horror. ★★★1/2 (Movie) ★★ (Blu ray release) For my review of the first V/H/S on Blu ray, click here.  For a review of the third installment in the trilogy, V/H/S: Viral, …

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The Sacrament: Found Footage in Jonestown

On By C.H. NewellIn 2013, 2014, A.J Bowen, Blogs, Blood, Cinematography, Directors, Eden Parish, Eli Roth, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Found Footage, Horror, Jim Jones, Jonestown Massacre, Movies, Reviews, The Sacrament, Thriller, Ti WestLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM56RubwTHg The Sacrament. 2014. Directed & Written by Ti West. Starring Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil, Gene Jones, and Kentucker Audley. Magnet Releasing. Rated R. 95 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★★ Previously I discussed The Sacrament in my 15 Found Footage Films Worth Watching. Here, I'll go much more in-depth on why I think this …

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Fulci’s Zombie: Because a Zombie Had to Fight a Shark Someday

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, B-Movie, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Blue Underground, Bluray, Cinematography, Classic Horror, Directors, Effects, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Gore, Horror, Lucio Fulci, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, Special Features, Zombi 2, Zombie, Zombie Flesh EatersLeave a comment

A classic zombie flick if there ever were one! All hail Fulci!

Refn Looks Back on the Criminal Life in PUSHER III: I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH

On By C.H. NewellIn 2005, Blogs, Cinematography, Cooking, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Kim Bodnia, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Pusher III: I Am the Angel of Death, Reviews, Sequel, Thriller, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

The second sequel to Refn's groundbreaking PUSHER is a bleak look at the end of the road for one Copenhagen druglord, as he juggles recovery, family, and business on a very special day for his daughter.