Category: Movies

The Bride of Frankenstein is a Horror Sequel Classic

On By C.H. NewellIn 1935, Blu ray, Boris Karloff, Classic Horror, Film, Filmmaking, Frankenstein, Horror, James Whale, Literature, Mary Shelley, Movies, Novels, Reviews, Sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein, Universal Monsters, Universal PicturesLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYD3-pIF9jQ The Bride of Frankenstein.  1935. Dir. James Whale. Screenplay by William Hurlbut. Starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, and Una O'Connor. Universal Pictures. Rated G.  75 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Horror ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★ (Blu ray release) For my earlier Blu ray review of James Whale's original Frankenstein click …

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Music Heals All in Metalhead

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Film, Foreign Films, Heavy Metal, Iceland, Málmhaus, Metalhead, Movies, ReviewsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyxhcNsjWKI Málmhaus (English title: Metalhead). 2013. Directed & Written by Ragnar Bragason. Starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Thora Bjorg Helga, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson, and Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson. Unrated. 97 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2 Hera, as a young girl on her family's farm, witnesses her older brother Baldur die in a freak accident while riding a tractor. Later, as …

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Feed the Gods Leaves Everyone Hungry

On By C.H. NewellIn Backwoods Horror, Bigfoot, Blogs, Braden Croft, Feed the Gods, Film, Horror, Movies, Reviews, Sasquatch, Thriller, VODLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSalMwfHn_I Feed the Gods. 2014. Dir. Braden Croft. Starring Shawn Roberts, Emily Tennant, Britt Irvin, Tyler Johnston, and Aleks Paunovic. Compound B. Unrated. 84 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★1/2 There are times I'll admit I am fooled by an interesting title. When I first heard of Feed the Gods I've got to say, I was absolutely hooked. Just …

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Nightcrawler & the Vulture-like News Media

On By C.H. NewellIn Blogs, Crime, Dan Gilroy, Film, Filmmaking, Jake Gyllenhaal, Media, Movies, Nightcrawler, Reviews, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1uP_8VJkDQ Nightcrawler. 2014. Directed & Written by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, and Riz Ahmed. Elevation Pictures. Rated 14A. 117 minutes. Crime/Thriller ★★★★★ Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler is a bit of an unusual film. First off, Gilroy has never directed a feature film, or anything else to my knowledge. His start came with screenwriting. …

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Claire Denis Proves They’re All Bastards

On By C.H. NewellIn Bastards, Beatrice Dalle, Claire Denis, Female Filmmakers, Film, Foreign Films, Les Salauds, Movies, Reviews, Thriller, Trouble Every Day, Vincent Gallo, Vincent LindonLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGhcrmn86E Les Salauds (English title: Bastards). 2013. Dir. Claire Denis. Screenplay by Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau. Starring Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni. Wild Bunch. Unrated. 100 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2 Marco (Lindon) is a sailor. A well-known one at that. He's long cut off any ties with his family. After his brother-in-law commits suicide, Marco's sister …

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Frankenstein: Fun But Less Penetrating Shelley

On By C.H. NewellIn Blogs, Blu ray, Classic Horror, Film, Frankenstein, Horror, James Whale, Literature, Movies, Novels, ReviewsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkSbwiKP3mo Frankenstein. 1931. Dir.  James Whale. Screenplay by Garrett Fort & Francis Edward Faragoh. Starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff. Universal Pictures. Unrated. 70 minutes. Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) For my review of the excellent sequel, 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, click here. I won't bore anyone by recounting …

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The Invasion of Family in You’re Next

On By C.H. NewellIn 2011, 2013, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Film, Filmmaking, Horror, Larry Fessenden, Movies, Reviews, Slasher, Thriller, You're NextLeave a comment

Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett deliver the home invasion horror goods with YOU'RE NEXT.

Jug Face is a Fever Dream of Religious Backwoods America

On By C.H. NewellIn Blu ray, Film, Horror, Jug Face, Larry Fessenden, Movies, ReviewsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGSvhDcimJg Jug Face. 2013. Directed & Written by Chad Crawford Kinkle. Starring Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, Sean Young, and Larry Fessenden. Modern Distributors. Rated R. 81 minutes. Horror ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) When I'd first heard the premise of Jug Face I absolutely knew I wanted to see it. Then of course …

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