Screening Room: The Grudge and Best Films of 2019
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You’ll Hold a Grudge
Grudge Match by Hope Madden It’s a tough battle. The late-life Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro battle hard. They sweat! They flail! They struggle against the stiff competition – I mean, do you remember RIPD? What about After Earth or Grown Ups 2? But, at long last, De Niro and Stallone walk out of … Continue reading You’ll Hold a Grudge
Fright Club: Best Ghosts in Horror Movies
Ghosts! Maybe the first ever scary idea in all of history, the first thing to haunt our dreams. To give us the word haunt. Ghosts have been a staple of horror for as long as there was such a thing, so it was with great difficulty that we narrowed down our five favorite ghosts in … Continue reading Fright Club: Best Ghosts in Horror Movies
Fright Club: Skeletons in the Closet, Oscar Nominees, 2023
It’s our favorite time of year! This is when we take the Way Back Machine (or this year, the Not-So-Way-Back Machine) to unearth 2023 Oscar nominees’ bad horror movie past. Some nominees have made exceptional horror films. We’re looking at you, Brendan Gleeson (28 Days Later), Bill Nighy (Shaun of the Dead), Austin Butler (The … Continue reading Fright Club: Skeletons in the Closet, Oscar Nominees, 2023
Pop Goes the Scary
0.0 Mhz by George Wolf Imagine it’s 1984. One of the members of Banarama has joined one of the members of Duran Duran in the cast of a new horror movie. That movie is assembled with the ideas and scenes from much better films, but young pop music fans probably haven’t seen any of ’em, … Continue reading Pop Goes the Scary
I Can’t Go Out—Week of March 23
About half of this week’s new releases are hot off their truncated theatrical releases. The other half is the set of movies we’d already expected to come out this week. The result? A boon in home entertainment! (Well, some of these are pretty bad, but still – boon!) Click the title to link to the … Continue reading I Can’t Go Out—Week of March 23
Sister’s Grimm
Gretel & Hansel by Hope Madden It’s still early, but 2020 has not been great in terms of horror. First came Nicolas Pesce’s pointless reboot of The Grudge. Yikes. And I do not mean that in a good way. And then last week we had Floria Sigismondi’s boldly wrong-headed reimagining, The Turning. In keeping with … Continue reading Sister’s Grimm
Trying Not to Hold One
The Grudge by Hope Madden Any time a film is remade, you have to ask why. Not to be cynical, but because it’s a legitimate query. Is there a compelling reason to watch this new one? Nicolas Pesce hopes there’s reason to watch his retooling of The Grudge. The Grudge began in 2000 with Takashi … Continue reading Trying Not to Hold One
Fright Club: Best PG-13 Horror
Who wants to scare your kids? Because there is ample opportunity to do so without breaking any laws. Yes, year after year the cinemas are lousy with God-awful PG-13 horror (Rings, Ouija, Wish Upon, Bye Bye Man) aiming to cash in on the underaged market with jump scares and lazy writing. But, if you look … Continue reading Fright Club: Best PG-13 Horror
Third Time Lacks Charm
Insidious: Chapter 3 by Hope Madden Mid-budget, R-rated horror can land a surprising punch. Sinister, The Purge, Paranormal Activity and others benefitted from filmmakers’ dark imagination and the freedom to explore unsettling territory. Similarly budgeted PG-13 horror is more of a mixed bag. The younger target audience frees filmmakers up to steal from older films, … Continue reading Third Time Lacks Charm
