Director: James DeMonaco Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield Written by James DeMonaco Running Time: 85 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 31st May 2013 Isn’t it annoying when a premise comes along that sounds really interesting and then you see the movie and that premise is kind of…
Tag: horror
Evil Dead
Director: Fede Alvarez Starring: Jane Levy, Shoiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore Written by Fede Alvarez, Diablo Cody, Rodo Sayagues Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th April 2013 Most modern horror films leave me cold. They rely to much on the same old quiet, quiet, quiet, LOUD school of…
Dark Skies
Director: Scott Stewart Starring: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kaden Rockett, J.K. Simmons Written by: Scott Stewart Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2013 There are several things to learn when watching trailers: they are made to make a film look inviting and interesting and they have all the best…
Stoker
Director: Chan-wook Park Starring: Mia Wasikowski, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Ralph Brown. Written by: Wentworth Miller Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 1st March 2013 There has been much excitement buzzing around this first English language film from the director of Oldboy. The trailer looks incredibly weird yet enticing, while…
Mama
Director: Andy Muschietti Starring: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse, Daniel Kash Written by: Neil Cross (and story) Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd February 2013 There is nothing more creepy in a horror than a child or two. Look back in history and the…
Warm Bodies
Director: Jonathan Levine Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Analeigh Tipton, Rob Corddry Wrtitten by: Jonathan Levine and (novel) Isaac Marion Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th February 2013 I was a little skeptical when entering to see Warm Bodies. Was this to do to zombies what Twilight has done to vampires…
Hitchcock
Director: Sacha Gervasi Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlet Johansson, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel. Written by: John J. McLaughlin and (based on his book) Stephen Rebello. Running time:98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th February 2013 Isn’t it typical? You wait for a film about Alfred Hitchcock to come along and like buses, two come…
Texas Chainsaw
Director: John Luessenhop Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trez Songz, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde Written by: Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Kirsty Elms, (story) Stephen Susco, (based on the characters created by) Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel. Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 4th January 2013 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, in my books,…
Room 237
Director: Rodney Ascher Starring: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner, Buffy Visick. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th October 2012 The Shining is regarded as one of the best horror films of all time. You will find it in most best film lists. Strange, really, for a…
Excision
Director: Richard Bates Jr Starring: Annalynn McCord, Traci Lord, Ariel Ward, Roger Bart, John Waters, Marlee Matlin Written by: Richard Bates Jr Running Time: 81 mins Cert: 18 Released date: 28th October 2012 I have always had a problem with modern horror films. Very few of them really know what the meaning of the word…
Frankenweenie
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer. Written by: John August, (based on a screenplay) Leonard Ripps and (based on an original idea) Tim Burton Running Time: 87 mins Cert: PG Release date: 17th October 2012 In 1984 a young film maker took a short animation…
Sinister
Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Vincent D’Onofino. Written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th October 2012 When a film company puts on a screening where you are given disclaimers stating that they will be filming the audience in order to…
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