A WILD time in EVERY sense of the word. 1989's 'Dr. Caligari' is quite literally everything I could want in a movie and more. What started as an initial attempt at writing a 'Nightdreams' sequel quite quickly evolved into a softer and MUCH more melodramatic beast thats as captivating as it is absolutley barmy.
The whole film seems to be some kind of a comment on the pharmacutical industry and mental illness at large. But honestly, the whole thing is…
I've had 'The Haunting' sat in my 'To watch' pile now for the better part of 2 and a half years, and having never seen it, coupled with the fact that Halloween upon us yet again. I decided to bite the bullet and check it out.
Plot wise, the film is a pretty generic 'Haunted House' picture, with one Dr. Markway, leading a scientifically driven paranormal hunt at the infamous 'Hill House' the location some 90 years previously of several…
A quite decent little subversion of the standard 'modern horror' tropes, 'Tucker and Dale Vs Evil' is basically 'Cabin in the Woods' by way of 'Abbot and Costello'. And I have ALL the time for those kind of shenanigans.
The film follows Tucker and Dale, two of the worlds unluckiest hillbillies, as they head out into the sticks after purchasing a log cabin that's to become their new holiday home. Unfortunately for them, a group of college folks are also…
After the first film did gangbusters at the boxoffice, it was only a matter of time before a sequel to 'Friday the 13th' made its way up to the big screen. And basically? this is simultaineously probably one of the laziest sequels in the mainstream slasher genre, and one of the most defining.
Because 'Friday the 13th Part 2' is basically just a tightened up rerun of the first movie, only insteady of Mrs. Vorhees being the killer, this time,…
'Friday the 13th' as a franchise has, over the years, more than established itself as a cornerstone of the 'Slasher' genre. The series has been parodied, riffed, ripped off, copied and homaged more times than I could care to mention. And as any horror afficionado worth their salt knows, the opening entry in the series is quite different to anything that would follow on from it.
Its a bit of a guilty admission here, but while I love the rest…
