Tag: Supernatural

Movie Review: Scream of the Banshee

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IMDB, Scream of the Banshee“Scream of the Banshee” on IMDB

Horror, 90 Minutes, 2011

Way back in the history times people wore metal clothes and everybody lived in the woods at night in a country called “Europe”.  One of the towns in Europe was painted green and populated by bagpipe elves called Limericks.  It was called “Ireland”.  All that remains of this place today is legends and breakfast cereal.

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Movie Review: Evil Dead

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IMDB, Evil Dead [2013]“Evil Dead” on IMDB

Horror, 91 Minutes, 2013

It’s not controversial to say that the original, 1981, “Evil Dead” [IMDB] is one of the hands-down best horror movies of all time.  Forced by it’s budget to take ridiculously successful risks it became a breakout hit and spawned a beloved cult franchise.  It launched the careers of Sam Raimi [IMDB] and turned Bruce Campbell [IMDB] into a geek god.

This remake?  Not so much.  It’s good.  I liked it.  It had some issues.

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Movie Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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IMDB, Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters“Hansel & Gretel: With Hunters” on IMDB

Adventure, 114 Minutes, 2013

This is directly in line with other high-firepower, low-respect updates of old-world classics like 2004’s “Van Helsing” [IMDB] or 2005’s “The Brother’s Grimm” [IMDB].  The formula gets tweaked but is basically the same: a hot guy and a hotter gal take on monsters with completely unrealistic steampunk firepower.

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Movie Review: The Whole Damn Paranormal Activity Franchise

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IMDB, Paranormal ActivityIMDB, Paranormal Activity 2IMDB, Paranormal Activity 3IMDB, Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity on IMDB (Horror, 86 Minutes, 2007)
Paranormal Activity 2 on IMDB (Horror, 91 Minutes, 2010)
Paranormal Activity 3 on IMDB (Horror, 83 Minutes, 2011)
Paranormal Activity 4 on IMDB (Horror, 88 Minutes, 2012)

I, like everybody else, heard amazing things about this series.  The first movie was made on the thinnest of shoestring budgets (less than $15,000) but has since grossed over 100 million.  I had never gotten around to watching it.  With a fifth movie announced, four in the can and a whole day to kill I figured, “why not a marathon?”

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Movie Review: Silent Hill Revelation

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IMDB, Silent Hill Revelation“Silent Hill: Revelation” on IMDB

Horror, 94 Minutes, 2012

This is a sequel to 2006’s underappreciated “Silent Hill” [IMDB].  Where the original movie was more inspired by the video game this movie attempts to merge that mostly original story with the third game.  (The “Silent Hill” video game series tends to vacillate between a loosely contiguous plotline and stand-alone stories set in its universe.  The third game was essentially a direct sequel to the first.  For what it’s worth the second game, which connects to very little, was the best game in the series and one of the best games ever made.)

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