Fright Club: Best Zombie Movies
Ever since Romero reimagined the mindless monster in 1968, horror cinema’s go-to beast has been the zombie. Perfect for true terror or splatter comedy – or, hell, even a romantic…read more →
Archive For November, 2015
#NotBlessed
#Horror by Hope Madden Simultaneously spoiled and neglected, handed every luxury imaginable and then abandoned to do with their time what they will, a group of 12-year-old girls at a…read more →
Bad Doctor
Victor Frankenstein by Hope Madden As Daniel Radcliffe’s Igor begins to spin his Gothic yarn in voiceover, he tells us that everyone knows about the monster, but too few people…read more →
Startlingly Relevant
Trumbo by Hope Madden “We are going to have to do some things that we never did before, and some people are going to get upset about it. But I…read more →
Where the Heart Is
Brooklyn by George Wolf Intimate but universal, heartbreaking but hopeful, Brooklyn is a rich, wonderful tale of a young woman learning about life and love. In the early 1950s, young…read more →
Walk the Dinosaur
The Good Dinosaur by Hope Madden Is there any name in filmmaking more reliable, any surer bet, than Pixar? Maybe not. The Good Dinosaur, as is always the way with…read more →
Creed is Good
Creed by George Wolf When your debut feature film was a powerfully moving achievement that heralded limitless filmmaking potential, what’s your next move? Yo, Rocky! Yes, the film is called…read more →
Unlikely Oscar Contender
For the first time in – perhaps ever – a full-on horror short appears to be in the running for an Oscar nomination. Shant Hamassian’s one-take wonder Night of the…read more →
Fright Club Live: Inside
Inside (2007) Holy shit. Inside is not for the squeamish. Beatrice Dalle’s insidious performance is hard to shake. Fearless, predatory, pitiless and able to take an enormous amount of abuse,…read more →
Fright Club: Not Quite Zombies
Zombie films are legion, easily becoming the go-to monster of our generation. Part of the draw is that the horde can represent almost anything, like a modern tech-addicted population that’s…read more →