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Halloween 2 Movie Review 80
Okay, the first thing that I will say about this movie is that I am a huge fan of the originals and I really wasn't crazy about the remake of the first movie. But, I love horror and I like to watch things before I decide what I think. So, we sat down...
The Box Movie Review 79
The Box is a movie starring Frank Langella, Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. It is a psychological thriller and Langella plays a mysterious man called Arlington Steward who one day leaves a box outside the front door of the home of Arthur Lewis(Marsd...
Duel Movie Review 78
This is a made-for-TV movie which also happened to be the first motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. It was released in 1971 and it is based on a short story by Richard Matheson. It stars Dennis Weaver and a large menacing truck. David Mann (...
Sorority Sister Slaughter Movie Review 77
This movie is very low-budget. It is directed by Susan Hippen. There are no stars in it, just a group of actors who could do much better than star in this movie. It ain't great, it ain't good!!!It is just plain BAAAADDDD!!This movie is 'based on a tr...
Lord Of Illusions Movie Review 76
This movie was written and directed by horror novelist and director Clive Barker. It stars Scott Bakula(Remember him from Quantum Leap?), Kevin J. O'Connor and Famke Janssen(from the X-Men movies).The film begins in the Mojave Desert in 1982. There i...
The House By The Cemetery Movie Review 75
This movie is an Italian horror movie released in 1981 and directed by a favourite of mine, Lucio Fulci. This movie was branded a 'video nasty' in the 1980's because there is some gore in it. By today's standards, it wouldn't be considered nasty at ...
Theatre of Blood Movie Review 74
This is one of my favourite horror movies. It is a British horror movie and it stars horror great Vincent Price and Avengers babe Diana Rigg. This movie was released in 1973 and was directed by Douglas Hickox. It is comedic in some ways, but it is Pr...
Rise of the Scarecrows Movie Review 73
Okay, there is a warning about this movie- it is hilarious!!!! I am not sure whether the filmmakers made it this way intentionally or if it just one of the worst movies ever made-but I enjoyed it all the same! It is shockingly bad but it turns out to...
Pontypool Movie Review 72
So, this movie was a surprise to me. I had not heard much about it so I decided to give it a try and I liked it. It is a Canadian movie based on a book by Tony Burgess. It stars Stephen McHattie in the lead role and Lisa Houle. It is directed by Bruc...
Prince Of Darkness Movie Review 71
This 1987 movie was directed by John Carpenter and it is part of a trilogy which began with The Thing and ended with In The Mouth Of Madness. It stars Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun and Jameson Parker. The movie begins with the death of an...
Long Weekend 1978 Movie Review
I have already completed a review of the remake of Long Weekend so now I will do a review of the original. This movie is directed by Colin Eggleston and it stars John Hargreaves and BrionyBehets.This is an Australian movie and it is very good. I woul...
Paranormal Activity Movie Review 70
Well, this movie was a total surprise. I hadn't heard much about it only that it was doing well at the box office. Usually, that means nothing to me anyway. It is kind of like The Blair Witch Project in a lot of ways. The movie is filmed with a hand ...
Jennifer\'s Body Movie Review 69
Okay, the first thing that I will say about this movie is that it is crap. I am going to say that straight away. There is nothing that I liked about it and I would be extremely happy never to see it again.It was totally lacking any sort of imaginatio...
The Skeptic Movie Review 68
First of all, I would like to say that I liked this movie. It hasn't gotten great reviews, but it was a lot better than some movies I have seen lately. It stars Tim Daly and Tom Arnold and it is directed by Tennyson Bardwell(What a name!). The story...
9 Movie Review 65
9 is an animated science fiction movie produced by Tim Burton. It has a good cast with Elijah Wood, John C Reilly, Jennifer Connolly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer. It is CGI animated where 9 rag dolls have been given life by ...
A Perfect Getaway Movie Review 64
A Perfect Getaway is a movie starring Timothy Olyphant(Live Free and Die Hard) and Milla Jovovich(The 5th Element) and Steve Zahn (Roadkill/Joyride). Zahn and Jovovich play the honeymooning couple in Hawaii looking for the perfect getaway as they dri...
The Haunting in Connecticut Movie Review 60
This movie is supposedly based on a true story of some family who moved into a house in the 1980's and saw spooky things, but who knows if it's true or not? This film is directed by Peter Cornwell and it stars Virginia Madsen and Elias Koteas. So, th...
Legend of the Bog A.K.A. Assault of Darkness Movie Review 59
Legend of the Bog or Assault of Darkness as it is also known as is an Irish horror movie, so I had to see it as I am Irish and there hasn't been many Irish horror movies released ever! It stars one person I recognised- Vinnie Jones which intrigued me...
Whatever Works Movie Review 58
Hello All!! Amanda here!! I am a huge Woody Allen fan, so I was looking forward to this movie for some time. I am a Larry David fan too, so this was a match made in heaven. Larry stars as the lead character, Boris and there is a good cast including E...
Assassination of a High School President Movie Review 56
Assassination of A High School President is a movie starring Reece Thompson, Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton and Michael Rapaport. I knew nothing about this movie only the cast so I thought it may be good. It is written by Tim Calpin who worked on Southp...
Superman/Batman:Public Enemies Movie Review 55
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is an animated movie and naturally enough stars Batman and Superman! I was a huge fan of Batman:The Animated Series and this movie will appeal to you if you liked that also. Clancy Brown gets top billing here and I lik...
Zombieland Movie Review 54
Zombieland was a movie I was looking forward to seeing for some time as I saw the trailer and it looked really good and guess what? It was! It is directed by Ruben Fleischer and it stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Bresli...
The Ugly Truth Movie Review 53
The Ugly Truth is a romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler of 300 and P.S. I Love You fame and Katherine Heigl who was in Knocked Up and Grey's Anatomy. Romantic comedies are not usually what I would watch, but I thought that I would see this as I li...
Surrogates Movie Review 51
Surrogates is a science fiction movie starring Bruce Willis who was in the excellent Die Hard. It tells the tale of life in the future society where everybody has a surrogate which is basically a robot that they can control. People can follow their s...
Pig Hunt Movie Review 50
Well, what can I say about this movie? I did not like it and I don't even like doing a review of it, but I want to be fair and let you make up your own mind about it. It is directed by James Isaac.The movie begins with some guy running through the wo...
The Crow Movie Review
This movie is one of my all time favourites. I even bought the special edition on DVD! It stars Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee and of course everyone knows the story about how he died on set and that does tinge the movie with sadness but it is a c...
District 9 Movie Review 49
District 9 is a sci-fi movie produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neil Blomkamp. It stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope and plenty of other actors who are all unknowns. The movie starts off as if in a documentary letting us know how an alien ship a...
Book of Blood Movie Review
Well, I had heard of the short stories by Clive Barker on which this movie was based and I like him as an author. I wasn't sure what this movie would be like, as I hadn't heard anything at all about it. But, I was pleasantly surprised by it. It is di...
Devils Curse A.K.A. Credo Movie Review
This is a British movie and it is directed by Toni Harman. There isn't anyone in this you would know except Stephen Gately from the band Boyzone. He pops up in flashback...It begins with a young woman called Alice(MyAnna Buring) who is studying in th...
Under Still Waters Movie Review
Still Waters a.k.a. Under Still Waters is a movie starring Lake Bell, Jason Clarke (who stars in Brotherhood) and Clifton Collins Jnr. Clifton Collins Jnr. is one of those guys that when you see him you say oh yes, I recognize that guy but I can't t...
