Malignant's Gabriel could've been one of X-Files best monsters of the week but instead of Dana Scully in a power suit telling Mulder the monster that is about to kidnap her doesnt exist we get bland frightened woman #9,957 and some pretty uninspired writing/directing from James Wan.
Has he lost his touch? Has he run out of tricks? Probably not. But this is by far his least scary not to mention ugliest looking film since his immediate post-Saw days.
This…
To say Candyman was a disappointment implies it deserved to be taken seriously at all, which would be true for most horror remakes. But interestingly, the original Candyman actually deserves to have a bit of a cultural reimagining of it's own; a kind of ungentrifying of sorts that aims to leave the amazing Tony Todd horror character in the hands of people who might have a better understanding of generational trauma and its impact on storytelling, art and deification.
That's…
The word "trainspotting" can mean alot of things.
It literally translates to the phyisical act of watching trains, whether it be for a hobby or for recreation.
It's also commonly used among junkies to signal the track marks it leaves on the arms of addicts.
In the context of Danny Boyle's masterpiece, the word means all of the above. The life of a heroin addict could be summed up as the act of watching trains. You are watching hundreds of…
