I’m getting a little tired of all the franchise horror movies out there. Yes, it’s perfectly natural to return to a formula that has proven successful. When you’ve got a box office winner, why not duplicate some of the elements...
One of the things we tend to forget when reading reviews is that everything’s subjective. If you’re a fan of slapstick comedy, you might not be overly enthused by sly, snarky humor. Conversely, if you own every slasher film known...
Well, it’s happened: Hollywood has given us a zombie love story. I guess that means they’re not scary anymore. No, not “a love story…with zombies,” as Shaun of the Dead so brilliantly marketed itself. We have a real, breathing (or...
The end of the Mayan calendar has come and gone. As far as I can tell, everyone is still here, which makes me wonder what the next apocalyptic hoopla is going to entail—and if all the apocalyptic movies we’ve been...
How do you know if your movie calls for a sequel? On the surface, sequels are one of the more enjoyable aspects of going to the movies. Sequels provide wonderful opportunities to deepen character development and flesh out other aspects...
It’s the end of the world, guys and gals. Have you seen your insane dictator? Turn on any movie that puts humanity in peril and you will see people lashing out at each other. Oh, they might talk about uniting...
If you line up reviews of every B-movie horror flick produced since (probably) the dawn of man, you’ll probably see a couple of running themes among the complaints: Poor special effects Not believable Stupid characters Poor effects and believability will...
Just about everyone has seen some sort of film featuring an ultimate bad guy. We discussed him at length a few months ago in “Bad Guy vs. Antagonist,” and we’re going to touch on him again today—or rather, what happens...
Marvel recently announced that Spider-Man would be receiving a sidekick for his 50th birthday, prompting some speculation over what, exactly, being a sidekick entailed. Is a sidekick a friend? A servant? How do you tell when you’ve got a sidekick...
We’re going to step out on a limb here and assume everyone reading this has seen or at least heard of The Blair Witch Project. If you haven’t, this ’99 horror film followed three individuals of questionable intelligence as they...