Sigh, another remake of a golden oldie classic. But wait, this one is actually pretty good!
First, let’s start with the obligatory plot line. As you can imagine, it’s nothing brain wracking:
Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out...
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Daybreakers is the latest movie to hit theaters that is looking to stake a claim in the vampire media frenzy that has taken over both the big and small screens. From Twilight (I need an acid bath every time I so much as type that name) to True Blood, the bloodsucking freaks have been...
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Babylon Fields existed only as a pilot episode which has never been officially released. But thanks to people recording and capturing such things we can watch a VHS-style rip of it.
The basic idea behind Babylon Fields is zombies, but not your bog standard brain munching, slow moving, arms extended, falling over things, zombies. By...
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Grindhouse is a 42nd Street style double feature comprising of Rodriguez’s Planet Terror (reviewed here) and Tarantino’s Death Proof (reviewed here). Before, after and between the two films are trailers for (non-existent) movies. Both movies, mainly Planet Terror, have added grain to give them that extra 70’s feel.
This review isn’t about Planet Terror or...
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Planet Terror is the first of a double feature known as Grindhouse. I’m going to review Planet Terror, as a single movie, same with its partner, Death Proof, then review them as a package (with the fake trailers and what-not) as Grindhouse.
The idea behind Grindhouse is to have two films, as a double feature...
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Midnightshowing.com Presents Alex’s Top 10 (+1) movies of 2009 (In no particular order except for the top 2!) from Alex S on Vimeo.
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In keeping with the seasonal theme, here is Tales From the Crypt and the quite festive episode they produced in 1989, I believe. Keep a close eye on the credits, as Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps, Monster Squad) wrote this episode, and Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away, Beowulf, dozens of other big budget Hollywood...
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It has been a while since I have seen a halfway interesting crime drama, and even longer since I’ve seen one so willing to throw caution to the wind and incorporate elements and themes into one movie that are notoriously mutually exclusive. No Right Turn deserves credit for, if nothing else, not making a...
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