Tagged with horror

[Review] Housebound (2014)

[Review] Housebound (2014)

The New Zealand film industry is definitely an exciting one to keep an eye on, recently they have produced some quality cinema and in particular for the horror genre. Not afraid to blend horror and comedy, we have seen some absolute classics from the country and HOUSEBOUND is sure to get remembered fondly by those … Continue reading

[Review] The Conjuring 2 (2016)

[Review] The Conjuring 2 (2016)

In 2013 THE CONJURING crept up into cinemas and took audiences on a frightening ride, and raked up some big bucks at the Box Office. It gained mostly positive reviews, and James Wan created a horror film that felt like the classics such as THE EXORCIST and not the gore and blood filled fests that … Continue reading

[Review] Blood Punch (2014)

[Review] Blood Punch (2014)

What do you get when writers for DISNEY and POWER RANGERS R.P.M. decide to branch out and make something completely different? Well you get BLOOD PUNCH, a horror/noir/comedy/thriller that is about as far removed from those two things as possible. Director Madallaine Paxson and writer Eddie Guzelian have crafted a feature that is both strangely … Continue reading

[Review] The Horde (2016)

[Review] The Horde (2016)

Two genres that basically shaped me as a person are action and horror, from my earliest days in watching films to now. They have always been a staple for me, and they seem to be the kinds of films people most associate with me. So when an action/horror film falls into my lap, my interest … Continue reading

[Video Reviews] Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) and The Boy (2016) by Bede Jermyn

[Video Reviews] Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) and The Boy (2016) by Bede Jermyn

  WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (2016) Dir: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbot, Billy Bob Thornton. IMDb Synopsis: A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. My rating: THE BOY (2016) Dir: William Brent Bell Starring: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle. IMDb Synopsis: An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s … Continue reading

Bea’s Reviews: Let Us Prey [2014]

Bea’s Reviews: Let Us Prey [2014]

Dir.: Brian O’Malley Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Liam Cunningham, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Niall Greg Fulton Indie supernatural-based horror and suspense films are as new as Donald Trumps’ countless -isms, but that should never allow aspiring film makers from offering their own spin on a genre that has been done to figurative death year after year. Intimate … Continue reading

[Bea’s Book Reviews] Anno Dracula [by Kim Newman]

[Bea’s Book Reviews] Anno Dracula [by Kim Newman]

First Published: 1992 Publishers: Simon & Schuster It is 1882 and Her Majesty Queen Victoria has remarried Count Vlad Tepes, Voivode of Wallachia, otherwise known as Count Dracula. While Dracula is propagating his tainted bloodline and his get is expanding across the British Empire, a merciless serial killer has arisen in the slums of Whitechapel, … Continue reading