Horrorthon Reviews

The Invasion

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 Horrorthon Posts / Horrorthon Reviews

2007 (***) This movie flopped completely about two months ago (it only made $5 million). Which means that almost nobody will ever see it, ever…which is a shame. Am I recommending it? Not as such. Is it “bad”? We’ll get into that below. The important consideration here is that this is the real thing—a Body […]

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Dawn of the Dead

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 Horrorthon Posts / Horrorthon Reviews

Well, this was the dessert course that nobody expected, wasn’t it? A big slice of cappucino cheesecake sent over compliments of the chef and on the house—with brandy, espresso and a Cuban cigar. Yeah. For me, these zombie movies turned out to be a roundabout re-introduction to what makes right now, the present moment, such […]

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Saw II

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 Horrorthon Posts / Horrorthon Reviews

Very clever indeed. This definitely kept me guessing until the end, and (unlike its predecessor) was put together with a cinematic flair that actually justified a lot of its more garish features (like those stacatto montages that octopunk complained about so hilariously). I’m glad somebody decided to just write James Wan a check, thank him […]

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