Horror > Ironside, Michael Horror

Reeking of quality or rubbish?

Advantages: Interesting ending...if you get it
Disadvantages: Generally not that memorable

A group of five teenagers are sharing a ride to a party in the desert. On the way, Trip admits that he has a huge stash of ecstasy tablets on him and the driver, Gretchen, who is anti-drugs, tells him he must find another ride - just as well because the dealer Trip stole them from is following him with revenge on his mind. Gretchen agrees to drive him back to a diner where he can arrange another lift...but on arrival, they find the diner is deserted ...
...strange things start to happen - there is a weird smell in the air and very strange people appear and then disappear. What is causing the smell, and who are all the strangers? Will the dealer catch up with Trip? And will any of them survive the experience? As with many horror movies that involve teenagers, few of the characters are very likeable, although there is an attempt to give them more background than most films of this type. Gretchen can ...

sunmeilan 17.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Reeker (DVD)

Paranormal Activity: A shocker

Advantages: Natural scary effects, Realistic
Disadvantages: Low budget

...first saw the previews for Paranormal Activity, I knew I would see this movie. The movie in my opinion, was really good. It was a low budget film, but thats how the producer wanted it. With that, There wasn't very many special effects, but it used natural horror to get the audience. The characters seemed like everyday people to add to the effect of it being realistic. Throughout the movie, there were little things that seemed to scare me, or make ...

trevn08 09.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Paranormal Activity

The sheep are revolting!

Advantages: Zombies, horror, were-sheep, gore
Disadvantages: May be too violent for some people

...the violence of the lambs", Black Sheep is an 87 minute long 2006 B-movie style film that is New Zealand's answer to Shaun of the Dead and an American Werewolf in London. Part zombie, part were-sheep movie, it is a darkly comedic horror film with a bit of a political message against genetic modification and other such "Frankenstein" science. The film features man-eating zombie sheep, were-sheep (who were once human), mad scientists, a sadistic megalomaniac ...
...hippy vegan activists, a gun toting little old lady, a jovial farm hand and bucketloads of blood, intestines and violence. Don't expect an intellectual film, but if you like nasty funny horror films, then give this one a go. It has a 15 rating in the UK so it's not too extreme in the gore, but don't watch it if you don't like gratuitous violence, frequent swear words or references to indelicate topics like bestiality. Fortunately for me, I love video ...

beckyXX 09.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Black Sheep (Blu-ray)

Black, blue and red Christmas

Advantages: Most of them die horribly!!
Disadvantages: Been done before, nothing new

...because it is very similar. Black Christmas is a re-make of a 1974 film of the same name, although I don't know how similar the re-make is to the original. The story is incredibly unoriginal; so much so that it is possible to guess what is going to happen before it happens. It could perhaps have been saved by the characters, but unfortunately, the girls all look quite similar, speak in a similar way, and generally merge into one big pile of killer ...
...stand out - and that isn't entirely for honorable reasons. Katie Cassidy plays Kelli Presley, the sister who probably has the most screen-time. There really is very little of merit to say about her though. She isn't a bad actress - I'm sure she did exactly what was expected of her - but she doesn't stand out in any way at all. And this is one of the reasons this film fails so miserably - it really is impossible to care what happens to any of the ...

sunmeilan 08.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Black Christmas (DVD)

Drag Me to Hell- Will drag you to hell with its weak story!

Advantages: Decent performance from Alison Lohman,good visuals at times.
Disadvantages: Weak story,illogical writing.not scary at all.

Director Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell stars Alison Lohman and Justin Long and is a horror film that made much buzz.I am not a fan of horror flicks and hardly watch any film of this genre.After hearing great things about the film i finally decided to give it a watch.And boy,was I disappointed! Christine works in a bank and is vying for the assistant manager's position when an old lady comes to her for her loan extension. When his boss tells her she ...
...to work as the assistant manager,she rejects the old lady's extension against her own will. What follows is a dreadful series of events after she is been cursed by the old lady. The film is all about the curse and how she tries to get rid of it.The devil wants to take away her soul and she has to somehow think of getting away from it. Between all this,the screen space is divided between her boyfriend and a couple of fortune tellers who try to help ...

aadnan613 08.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Drag Me To Hell