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Contracted: Phase 2

Posted on 18 Feb 201612 Nov 2017 by Lackey

Considering it largely disregards the ideas that made its predecessor so interesting, Contracted: Phase 2 works much better than expected.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged body horror, Contracted, horror movies, independent movies, Phase 2, supernatural horror, zombies1 Comment

Unfriended

Posted on 23 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from UNFRIENDED.

A fun slasher with a neat gimmick that keeps the audience engaged when the story sags.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged found footage, horror movies, slasher movies, supernatural horror, teen horror, Unfriended5 Comments

Starry Eyes

Posted on 9 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Alex Essoe stars in STARRY EYES.

Show-biz satire gets a twist that's part Satanic and part venereal body-horror.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Hollywood, horror movies, independent movies, Pat Healy, Satanism, Starry Eyes, supernatural horror3 Comments

It Follows

Posted on 6 Apr 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Maika Monroe stars in IT FOLLOWS.

Despite a willingness to poke at and dissect the occasional trope here or there, It Follows bears very little resemblance to its assumed slasher/teen-screamer forebears.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged horror movies, independent movies, It Follows, supernatural horror, teen horror, teen movies3 Comments

Beneath

Posted on 6 Feb 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Kelly Noonan, Jeff Fahey and Joey Kern star in BENEATH.

The Thing and The Descent: two great tastes that go great together? Not really.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged horror movies, independent movies, Jeff Fahey, supernatural horror1 Comment

Honeymoon

Posted on 2 Feb 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Rose Leslie stars in HONEYMOON.

Honeymoon is kind of like the Little Horror Movie that Could. Well...maybe it's more like the Little Horror Movie that Tried.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Honeymoon, horror movies, independent movies, Rose Leslie, supernatural horror1 Comment

At the Devil’s Door

Posted on 29 Dec 201417 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR

I'll give At the Devil's Door some credit: at least it takes the hoary and overused and tries to employ it in a slightly different way. But story development ends up being a huge problem.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged At the Devil's Door, horror movies, independent movies, Nicholas McCarthy, religious horror, supernatural horror1 Comment

Come Back to Me

Posted on 22 Dec 201417 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from COME BACK TO ME

Crappy performances, overused shock tactics and poorly-developed characters result in a film impossible to take seriously.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Come Back to Me, horror movies, independent movies, Paul Leyden, supernatural horrorLeave a comment

The Babadook

Posted on 5 Dec 201417 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from THE BABADOOK

The Babadook knows what the monster under the bed really means.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Australian movies, horror movies, independent movies, Jennifer Kent, monster movies, supernatural horror, The Babadook1 Comment

Animosity

Posted on 1 Dec 201417 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from ANIMOSITY

A specimen of insidious, creeping terror that burrows its way into your brain and haunts your nightmares for weeks.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Animosity, horror movies, independent movies, supernatural horrorLeave a comment

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