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- Last House on the Left (1972)
There are many words to describe Wes Craven’s first horror effort: repulsive, jarring, unnerving, even sadistic. All words relative to the film’s content, to be sure, but that’s o ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-04-24 00:00 - 0 comments
- Child's Play 3 (1991)
It happens to every successful horror franchise: the one film that creators and fans alike wish never found its way to celluloid; a black cinematic hole so deep, even other lackluster entries in a ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-03-30 17:23 - 0 comments
- Hostel (2005)
Hostel is a film so ridiculous, so filled with unbearable lapses in logic, and so devoid of anything remotely based in reality that it exists in my mind solely as a tawdry blueprint of how not to construct a horror film. The amazing box ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-07-19 00:00 - 0 comments
- Seed of Chucky (2004)
It’s hard to take a film seriously when the tagline is “Get a Load of Chucky.” But the good thing about Seed of Chucky , I suppose, is that it doesn’t ask you to take it all that seriou ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2005-04-06 00:00 - 0 comments
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
The Nightmare on Elm Street films, whether frightfully good or laughably bad, are seminal entries in any young horror fan’s viewing repertoire. Although nary an 80s American horror film can ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2005-05-31 17:29 - 0 comments
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Director Rachel Talalay ( Tank Girl ) helms the sixth and supposedly final entry in the traditional Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Amazingly, the film is fairly successful despite itself. ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-01-05 17:29 - 0 comments
- Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
If Canada's surprise 2000 horror hit Ginger Snaps was Ginger's story, then Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed belongs to Brigitte. As a fan of the original Ginger Snaps, one of the best werewolf ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2005-04-13 00:00 - 0 comments
- Bride of Chucky (1998)
This may be as hard to believe as a doll come to life, but Bride of Chucky is one of the best horror films of the 1990s. Gory, trashy, funny, and truly entertaining, the film pays homage to the ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-03-08 01:00 - 0 comments
- The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999) is a horror film that examines the very nature of fright. Directors Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez seem to understand that what scares people - what truly, u ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2004-10-31 15:19 - 0 comments
- Child's Play (1988)
I can safely assume that anyone who's ever uttered "dolls aren't scary" did not grow up with a sister who played with dolls. Not Barbie, mind you, but dolls: those of plastic skin, life-like ...
Movie - Dana Gravesen - 2006-01-01 19:56 - 0 comments