I had heard much about this new sci-fi horror from French director Coraline Fargeat, who gave us the 2017 horror Revenge. This award-winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, taking best screenplay, had quite a few walkouts due to the nature of the content. The talk was a body horror that goes to the extreme…
Tag: John Carpenter
Halloween Ends
In 2018, co-writer and director David Gordon Green gave us a new sequel to John Carpenter’s classic horror, Halloween. What made this film different from other sequels was that it dismissed everything that happened after the original and that this was going to finally close the book on Michael Myers. We all thought it ended…
Free Guy
Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Taiki Waititi Written by: Zak Penn and (also story) Matt Lieberman Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th August 2021 Free Guy is unique in the world of blockbusters. It’s an original movie that’s not part of a franchise, a…
Halloween
Director: David Gordon Green Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, Haluk Bliginer, Will Patton, Rhian Rees Written by: David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jeff Fradley, (based on the characters created) John Carpenter and Debra Hill Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th October 2018 It is…
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Bill Camp, Scott Haze, Sam Shepard Written by: Jeff Nichols Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th April 2016 Midnight Special, the fourth film from independent filmmaker, Jeff Nichols, comes at you like a film stuck in the 1970’s. A…
It Follows
Director: David Robert Mitchell Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary Written by: David Robert Mitchell Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th February 2015 There was a common denominator during the slasher horrors of the late 70’s and early 80’s, that if a character went to…
The Guest
Director: Adam Wingard Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser Written by: Simon Barrett Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th September 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZIgRIEjFL8 Last year, director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett reinvented the siege horror with the brilliantly inventive You’re Next. This year, they have managed to…
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