Paranormal Activity 4 Review

Paranormal Activity 4 Review, does the forth instalment offer us anything new?

Directors Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Writers Zack Estrin, Oren Peli

Cast

Katie Featherston, Katie
Kathryn Newton, Alice
Matt Shively, Alex
Brady Allen, Robbie
Tommy Miranda, Jackson

Room 101, Running time 95 minutes.

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A mother and her son move into a new neighbourhood, one night the mother suddenly becomes ill and she is taken away to the hospital, the neighbours agree to take in and care for the young boy until the mother is released from hospital. Shortly after the boy moves in it becomes clear that he is not a normal child, this unsettles certain members of the family, especially when strange and unexplained things begin to happen in the house.

Making a new Paranormal Activity movie has come as no surprise when you consider that the original is one of the most profitable movies ever made.

The first movie was one of my favorite recent horror movies and I was glad to hear that they were releasing a second movie, and even when the third movie was announced. However when I heard about a forth movie I was some what concerned that it was just going to be the same as the last three movies with nothing really new to offer.

Unfortunately my concerns turned out to be reality, apart from a few minor ideas and differences paranormal activity 4 is virtually the same movie as the last 3 movies, the differences and new ideas that they did include just aren't enough to make this film feel flesh. As the film progressed it struggled to keep my attention, I couldn't help but feel that I have seen it all before.

On a plus the film is well made, well acted with likeable characters, some ideas are nice like the scenes with the X-Box display in the living room which worked well and added some tension. If I had never watched the previous paranormal activity movies I think I would of really enjoyed this, if it wasn't for the fact that this is just a rehash of the last 3 movies and that the franchise is becoming tired and predictable it could actually be the best paranormal activity movie.

If you have seen the previous three movies then this forth instalment doesn't really offer anything new, however if you haven't seen the others it may be worth a watch.

5 out of 10

Paranormal Activity 3 Review

Paranormal Activity 3 Review, In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity that inhabits their home.

Directors Henry Joost - Ariel Schulman

Writer Christopher B. Landon

Cast

Chris Smith - Dennis
Lauren Bittner - Julie
Chloe Csengery - Katie
Katie Featherston - Adult Katie
Hallie Foote - Grandma Lois
Dustin Ingram - Randy Rosen
Johanna Braddy - Lisa
Jessica Tyler Brown - Kristi
Sprague Grayden - Adult Kristi

Paramount Pictures, Running time 83 minutes.

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Two young sisters Katie and Kristi live with their mother, Julie (Lauren Bittner) Kristi begins talking to an invisible friend named Toby. Since Toby became known, strange things have started to happen in the house.

Paranormal Activity 3 is a prequel to the first two movies and it answers a few questions about the origin of the demon in the other movies.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this third installment as I felt the concept was getting a bit old. However there are enough new ideas to keep things interesting and the tension high, especially the rotating camera that is set up which rotates between viewing the living room and the kitchen. It's a great tension builder.

If you're looking for a blood and gore horror movie you'll be disappointed, these films effect you by building up tension via creepy sounds effects, camera work and unexplained activities. Personally I find the paranormal activity series terrifying, despite my dislike for the home video first person perspective style movies, it certainly works well in this case. The paranormal activity movies are some of the scariest movies I have seen.

I highly recommend this one and the previous two, this movie triggers so much fear from such a basic low budget film. You may want to avoid if you were not a fan of the previous two films because this is more of the same.

7 out of 10

Pacific Rim Review

Pacific Rim Review. Giant monsters come to earth from another dimension and terrorize the planet. Humans build giant robots to fight them.

Release date 12th July

Director Guillermo del Toro


Writers Travis Beacham - Guillermo del Toro

Cast

Charlie Hunnam - Raleigh Becket
Ron Perlman - Hannibal Chau
Idris Elba - Stacker Pentecost
Rinko Kikuchi - Mako Mori
Robert Maillet - Aleksis Kaidanovsky
Clifton Collins Jr. - Tendo Choi
Charlie Day - Dr. Newton Geiszler
Burn Gorman - Dr. Hermann Gottlieb Warner Bros - Running time 131 minutes

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Giant aliens from another dimension open up portals deep within the pacific ocean and begin to cause havoc upon the earth.

After several years the monsters known as the Kaiju have killed millions of people and they have consumed much of earths natural resources. The humans build giant robots which are called Jaegers to battle the giant alien monsters.

Pacific rim was my most anticipated movie of the year, not only did the trailer look amazing, it also has a good director "Guillermo del Toro" he has been responsible for some of my favourite movies in recent years, movies such as Pan's labyrinth and Hellboy 2. I am glad to say that Pacific Rim didn't disappoint me.

Visually Pacific Rim is fantastic, both the Jeagars and Kaiju look impressive, not just the special effects but the design of these monsters commanded attention. The impressive visuals helped to draw me into the whole experience, I became completely immersed is this world of science fiction.

They have tried to fit a lot of story into just one movie, so at times it feels a little rushed, however it still does a decent job of telling us everything that we need to know to follow the story. Apart from the story feeling rushed at times, the pacing overall is good, combine that with solid acting, good dialog and storytelling with amazing visuals and impressive action scenes and this was a very immersive experience.

The fight scenes look fantastic, the fights are great just by themselves, plus the fight locations look truly impressive and we get to see lots of Jeagar and Kaiju action. It maybe silly, evening boarding on ridiculous at times but that's to be expected from a movie about giant robots fighting giant Godzilla sized monsters.

On the surface Pacific Rim looks like just another over the top summer special effects extravaganzas much like Battleship and the last few Transformers movies, even sharing the same type of humour. However Pacific Rim is a much more complete movie which deserves success and I hope they make a sequel.

8 out of 10

Good Old Horror Movies - Classics

See this list of some of the best old horror movies/classics, many of the old horror movies are still some of the greatest.

Despite many of these being original classics, they're before my time, they're too old for me to fully enjoy because I'm use to more modern effects. I do remember watching The Quatermass Xperiment as a child, which I remember finding very scary at the time.

Many of the following old scary movies I haven't actually seen myself, I will make it a goal to watch all of these oldies, contact me if you would like to summit a review.

Good Old Horror Movies

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Dracula 1931

Director Tod Browning

Writers Bram Stoker - Hamilton Deane

Actors Bela Lugosi - Helen Chandler - David Manners

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The Fly 1958

Director Kurt Neumann

Writers George Langelaan

Actors David Hedison - Patricia Owens - Vincent Price

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The Quatermass Xperiment 1955

Director Val Guest

Writers Richard H. Landau

Actors Brian Donlevy - Jack Warner - Margia Dean

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The Haunting 1963

Director Robert Wise

Writers Nelson Gidding - Shirley Jackson

Actors Julie Harris - Claire Bloom - Richard Johnson

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The Exorcist 1973

Director William Friedkin

Writers William Peter Blatty

Actors Ellen Burstyn - Max von Sydow - Linda Blair

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Night of the living dead 1968

Director George A. Romero

Writers John A. Russo

Actors Duane Jones - Judith O'Dea - Karl Hardman

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Phyco 1960

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writers Joseph Stefano - Robert Bloch

Actors Anthony Perkins - Janet Leigh - Vera Miles

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The curse of frankinstein 1957

Director Terence Fisher

Writers Jimmy Sangster

Actors Peter Cushing - Christopher Lee - Hazel Court

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The Wicker Man 1973

Director Robin Hardy

Writers Anthony Shaffer

Actors Edward Woodward - Christopher Lee - Diane Cilento

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The Omen 1976

Director Richard Donner

Writers David Seltzer

Actors Gregory Peck - Lee Remick - Harvey Stephens

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Bride Of Frankinstein 1935

Director James Whale

Writers Mary Shelley - William Hurlbut

Actors Boris Karloff - Elsa Lanchester - Colin Clive

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The Birds 1963

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writers Daphne Du Maurier

Actors Rod Taylor - Tippi Hedren - Suzanne Pleshette

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Body Snatcher 1945

Director Robert Wise

Writers Robert Louis Stevenson - Philip MacDonald

Actors Boris Karloff - Bela Lugosi - Henry Daniell

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Bedlam 1946

Director Mark Robson

Writers William Hogarth

Actors Boris Karloff - Anna Lee - Billy House

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Peeping Tom 1960

Director Michael Powell

Writers Leo Marks

Actors Karlheinz B�hm - Anna Massey - Moira Shearer

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Nosferatu 1922

Director F.W. Murnau

Writers Henrik Galeen

Actors Max Schreck - Greta Schr�der - Ruth Landshoff

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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 1920

Director Robert Wiene

Writers Hans Janowitz - Carl Mayer

Actors Werner Krauss - Conrad Veidt - Friedrich Feher

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The Wolfman 1966

Director George Waggner

Writers Curt Siodmak

Actors Lon Chaney Jr - Claude Rains - Ralph Bellamy

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Horror of Dracula 1958

Director Terence Fisher

Writers Jimmy Sangster

Actors Peter Cushing - Christopher Lee - Michael Gough

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The mummy 1932

Director Karl Freund

Writers Nina Wilcox Putnam

Actors Boris Karloff - Zita Johann - David Manners

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Frankenstein 1931

Director James Whale

Writers John L. Balderston

Actors Colin Clive - Mae Clarke - Boris Karloff

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Dead Of The Night 1945

Directors Alberto Cavalcanti - Charles Crichton

Writers H G Wells - E F Benson

Actors Mervyn Johns - Michael Redgrave - Roland Culver

Underrated List of Scary Movies

This is a list of underrated and forgotten scary movies that you probably haven't seen before, but you should definitely check them out.

Underrated List of Scary Movies

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Dead End 2003

It's Christmas and Frank is driving his family to his mother in laws, he has made the same trip with his family for the last 20 years, but this time Frank decides to try a short cut which turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. They discover a women dressed in white walking through the forest who seems to attract death. The family have to fight for survival and every road seems to lead to a dead end.

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Stake Land 2009

The country has fallen into disarray after suffering serious political and economic problems, much of the country is abandoned and is infested with vampires.

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Session 9 2001

A team of asbestos specialists win a contract to clean out and old mental asylum. What should be a straight forward job soon develops problems as the team start to fall out with each other and they start to discover clues to the history of the insane asylum.

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Trick 'r Treat 2007

Four stories all take place in the same area, a school principle has a dark alternate life as a serial killer. Some kids play a nasty trick on someone that goes too far. A couple discover what happens when you blow out a jack o' lantern. A person living in solitude is visited by a trick or treater.

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The Collector 2009

An ex-con is seeking the repay his ex-wife, he plans to break into the home of his new employer, however someone else has their eye on the property and they have placed deadly traps around the house.

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A Tale of Two Sisters 2003

The two sisters return home to their father and step mother after spending time in a mental hospital. The two sisters struggle to get along with their step mother as she seems to have mental problems of her own, a ghost also seems to be inhabiting the house which makes things even worse for the sisters.

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Mirrors 2008

Ben Carson gets a job as a night watch man in a large department store which was damaged in a fire, he discovers all the mirrors in the department store are in perfect condition and he begins to wonder why. While investigating the mirrors he starts to see disturbing images in the reflection, an evil entity then starts to become a danger to him and his family.

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Mute Witness 1994

While working on a horror movie in Russia a make-up artist who happens to be a mute gets locked inside the movie set after hours and then she witnesses a brutal murder. She must escape the movie set and convince the police of what she saw before being tracked down by the murderers.

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The Revenant 2009

A solder that was killed in Iraq suddenly awakens the day after his funeral, he seeks out his friend and they come to the conclusion that he is a revenant, a type of zombie which retains much of his humanity. Between them they aim to clean up crime in the city.

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The Mist 2007

A strange mist consumes the town, at first the towns folk are not concerned believing it to be just thick fog. The town's population soon realise that something very dangerous lurks in the mist, whenever someone goes into the mist they're attacked by strange and vicious creatures. Many of the towns folk become stranded in a supermarket where many people are being influenced by a mentally imbalanced women who claims people are being punished for their sins.

Land Of The Dead Review

Land Of The Dead Review, the final movie from the zombie master, George A. Romero.

Director George A. Romero

Writer George A. Romero

Cast

Simon Baker - Riley
John Leguizamo - Cholo
Dennis Hopper - Kaufman
Asia Argento - Slack
Robert Joy - Charlie
Eugene Clark - Big Daddy
Joanne Boland - Pretty Boy
Jasmin Geljo - Tambourine man
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos - Mouse
Tony Munch - Anchor
Tony Nappo - Foxy
Jennifer Baxter - Number 9
Boyd Banks - Butcher

Universal Pictures, Running time 93 minutes.

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Zombies have taken over the world, the last humans alive live in a walled city. Zombies are becoming more intelligent and a revolution in the city is becoming likely. (Dennis Hopper) Leader of the (CEO) looks after the rich while everyone else has to look out for themselves.

Land of the Dead has a lot of violence and a fair amount of blood and gore, which is what you would expect from a Zombie film. We get to see a few new characteristics from the zombies, like a zombie using a gun for example, plus the zombies have a leader, a zombie with more intelligence than the rest.

Again George A. Romero has done a lot with a small budget. There are some good effects, good action scenes, the film as a whole is solid with good performances from the actors with effective dialog. While this movie is not particularly scary it's very entertaining and well worth a watch.

Overall Land of the Dead is not a master piece, but it does provide us with some decent zombie action and original zombie moments. George A. Romero provides us with another entertaining zombie movie to keep us zombie movie lovers fulfilled for a while.

6.5 out of 10

Good Japanese Horror Movies

List of good Japanese horror films, the Japanese have made some great scary movies that have inspired Hollywood to create many remakes.

This page will be continually updated with films and details I find, plus new releases and upcoming Japanese movies.

I haven't currently watched any of these films listed on this page, when I have I will post reviews and recommend the best ones. Anybody viewing this page that is an expert on Japanese horror and would like to submit a review or add new films to the list, feel free to send me a message and I can publish your submissions.

Good Japanese Horror Movies

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Ring 1998

Director Hideo Nakata

Writers Hiroshi Takahashi - Koji Suzuki

Stars Nanako Matsushima - Miki Nakatani - Y�ko Takeuchi

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Cyclops 1987

Director Joji Iida

Writers

Stars

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Grotesque 2009

Director Koji Shiraishi

Writers Koji Shiraishi.

Stars Tsugumi Nagasawa - Hiroaki Kawatsure

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Kairo 2001

Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writers

Stars Haruhiko Kato � Kumiko Aso � Koyuki

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Audition 1999

Director Takashi Miike

Writers Ryu Murakami

Stars Ryo Ishibashi - Eihi Shiina

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Uzumaki 2000

Director Higuchinsky

Writers Takao Nitta - Chika Yasuo - Kengo Kaji

Stars Eriko Hatsune - Fhi Fan

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Infection 2004

Director Masayuki Ochiai

Writers Ryoichi Kimizuka

Stars Koichi Sato - Michiko Hada - Yoko Maki

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Onibaba 1964

Director Kaneto Shindo

Writers

Stars Nobuko Otowa - Jitsuko Yoshimura

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Ghost Train 2006

Director Takeshi Furusawa

Writers Takeshi Furusawa - Erika Tanaka

Stars Erika Sawajiri Shun Oguri Aya Sugimoto

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Reincarnation 2005

Director Takashi Shimizu

Writers Takashi Shimizu - Masaki Adachi

Stars Yuka - Karina - Keppei Shiina

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Jigoku 1960

Director Nobuo Nakagawa

Writers Nobuo Nakagawa - Ichiro Miyagawa

Stars Utako Mitsuya

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Marebito 2004

Director Takashi Shimizu

Writers

Stars Shinya Tsukamoto - Tomomi Miyashita

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Kuroneko

Director Kaneto Shindo

Writers Kaneto Shindo

Stars Kichiemon Nakamura - Nobuko Otowa - Kiwako Taichi - Kei Sato - Hideo Kanze

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Pulse 2006

Director Jim Sonzero

Writers Wes Craven - Ray Wright

Stars Kristen Bell - Ian Somerhalder - Christina Milian

Comments - This is actually a remake of the Japanese film Kairo.

Insidious Chapter 2 Review

Taking place immediately after the first insidious, is Josh possessed by the women that haunted him as a child.

Director James Wan

Writer James Wan - Leigh Whannell

Cast

Patrick Wilson - Josh Lambert
Rose Byrne - Renai Lambert
Ty Simpkins - Dalton Lambert
Steve Coulter - Carl
Barbara Hershey - Lorraine Lambert
Lin Shaye - Elise Rainier

FilmDistrict - Runtime 106 minutes

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The Lambert family are looking to discover the truth about the haunting and why the family seem connected to the afterlife and to discover whether their nightmare is really over.

Taking place immediately after the first installment with Josh possibly being possessed by the women spirit who haunted him as a child and with Elise mysteriously dying.

As you would expect Insidious Chapter 2 has a very similar look and feel to the first instalment and it's probably best watched immediately after watching the first movie. Insidious chapter 2 continues with the same creepy atmosphere as the first, there is some nice shock scares throughout which managed to be effective even when I was expecting them, all the scary moments were executed well with good timing, many of them were memorable and likely to stick with you for awhile. There is a decent amount of humour which breaks up the tension nicely giving us a break from the terror.

The acting is decent, Patrick Wilson does a great job and so does the rest of the cast, the story is a little more complex than the first movie which requires a bit more concentration from the viewer to keep up with events. It's definitely worth the effort if you give it a chance, however you could easily lose track of the story if you don't concentrate.

While I did enjoy this second instalment, I didn't think it was as scary or as creepy as the first movie. I didn't find the main entity in this anywhere near as terrifying as the demon from the first movie, or the scenes as memorable.

Overall a very good horror movie which should definitely be enjoyed by most people and fans of the original. However I was just a little bit disappointed it wasn't scarier and the main villain wasn't creeper.

6.5 out of 10

I Am Legend Review

I Am Legend review, a virus is turning the population into zombie like creatures, a scientist remains in the infected area to try and find a cure.

Director Francis Lawrence

Writer Mark Protosevich - Akiva Goldsman

Cast

Will Smith - Dr. Robert Neville
Alice Braga - Anna
Charlie Tahan - Ethan
Dash Mihok - Infected alpha male
Salli Richardson - Zoe Neville
Willow Smith - Marley Neville
Abbey & Kona - Sam, the dog
Emma Thompson - Dr. Alice Krippin

Warner Bros, Running time 101 minutes

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Dr. Alice Krippin (Emma Thompson) creates a cure for cancer, but the cure has a terrible side effect, a virus is born that turns those that are infected into vicious fresh eating creatures. Dr. Robert Neville (Will Smith) is immune to the virus and remains in New York which is infested with these creatures, he stays behind to try and find a cure.

I Am Legend creates a great sense of isolation, atmosphere and survival, this is partly due to the very good cinematography. The deserted city looks great, the visuals are impressive which really help set the mood. We also get to see wild animals roaming the city, including lions hunting dear, however the CG on the lions is not the best.

The acting by Will Smith is solid, he does a very believable job of a man spending years in isolation and going slowly insane. The creatures themselves are fast, strong and scary, they're CG creations rather than actors. Using CG seems to work well in this case, it makes them seem less human and also more terrifying.

I became very immersed in the whole experience, this is definitely one of my favorite movies of 2007, and possibly my favourite Will Smith movie to date. I Am Legend may not be a true Zombie movie but it creates the same kind of feel as some of the best Zombie movies, it should be enjoyed by most zombie and horror movie fans.

6.9 out of 10

House At The End Of The Street Review

House at the End of the Street Review, mother and daughter move into a new house near where a family killing occurred.

Release date 21st September 2012

 
Director Mark Tonderai

Writer David Loucka

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence - Elissa
Elisabeth Shue - Sarah
Max Thieriot - Ryan
Nolan Gerard Funk - Tyler Reynolds
Gil Bellows - Weaver
Krista Bridges - Mary Jacobson
Allie MacDonald - Jillian
Relativity Media - Running time 101 minutes

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A mother and her daughter move to another city, while there they discover themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. The daughter soon ends up befriending the one remaining son, it becomes clear what ever happened there is not over.

I have finally got round to watching House at the End of the Street. After seeing mixed reviews online, most of which were not great which led me to having fairly low expectations.

I actually found the first half of this movie immersive and enjoyable, Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) and Ryan (Max Thieriot) are interesting and likeable characters especially Elissa, all of the other characters are underdeveloped with little depth to the characters.

There are a few nice shock scare tactics used which are effective, however they're mostly predictable, much of the movie is in fact predictable. As the movie progresses it just becomes more and more predictable, the characters also make stupid and predictable decisions that makes you want to shout at them. We have just seen this kind of movie so many times now, the writers just haven't made much effort to give us something original.

There is some good tension building going on, the music and sound effects are effective and it does have a fairly good atmosphere throughout the movie, however this becomes less effective because of the predictable plot.

House at the End of the Street is worth watching if you enjoy horror/thriller movies, just don't expect anything great or original.

6 out of 10

10 Greatest Horror Villains

What are the 10 Greatest Horror Villains?, including the most well known and memorable monsters in movie history

There are plenty of great horror villains and we all have our favorites, the best villains are not necessarily the scariest villains. The below list includes many of my favorites, some scary and others not so scary. I would also like to hear from you, you can submit your own Greatest Horror Villains at the bottom of this page.

10 Greatest Horror Villains

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1. Freddy Krueger

Movie - A Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy is a disturbed spirit who attacks his victims while they sleep, he is well known for his disfigured burnt face, red stripy jumper and this razor blade finger glove.

Freddy lived in Springwood and he was known for being a child killer, the victims parents decided to take matters into their own hands, they tracked him down and set him on fire, burning him alive. While Freddy was in hell he was given power by demons which allows him to invade and kill people in their dreams.

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2. Xenomorph

Movie - Alien

The Xenomorph is the perfect killing machine, also referred to as the perfect organism, the xenomorph has many weapons, it has two sets of teeth, four sets of claws, a lethal tail and acid for blood. It's believed the xenomorph was engineered by an alien race known only as the engineers, one of these engineers can be seen in the first Alien movie, it's commonly referred to as the space jockey.

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3. Jason Vorhees

Movie - Friday the 13th

As a child Jason Vorhees was taken to camp crystal lake where he was tormented because of this disfigurement, he ran off to avoid the torment but accidentally fell into the lake, unable to swim he disappeared into the water and his body was never found.

Jasons mother went on a killing spree, killing those she considered responsible for her sons death, eventually Mrs. Voorhees was killed herself. Shortly after her death the towns folk realize Jason is back and out for revenge.

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4. The Thing

Movie - The Thing

The Thing is an Alien which is capable of shape shifting, it tends to take the form of the last thing it killed. The Thing is vulnerable to fire.

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5. Pinhead

Movie - Hellraiser

Pinhead was once human and lost his faith in humanity after witnessing horrific events. He is now one of many extradimensional creatures known as the Cenobites, they seek to harvest souls.

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6. Leather face

Movie - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Leather face suffered from a terrible skin disease which is the result from being inbred, as a child he was tormented and bullied for his appearance.

As an adult he is very disturbed and he has an obsession with mutilation and he wears a mask made out of human skin.

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7. Hannibal Lector

Movie - Silence of the lambs

Hannibal Lector's sister was eaten by starving Nazi's which sparked his own cannibalistic obsession. He's intelligent and articulate but deeply disturbed because of his sisters death.

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8. Michael Myers

Movie - Halloween

Michael Myers murdered his own sister and was committed to a metal hospital. He manages to escape after 15 years and immediately goes on a killing spree.

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9. Jaws

Movie - Jaws

Jaws is simply just a very aggressive larger than normal great white shark with a taste for people. Jaws terrorizes the waters of Amity Island.

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10. Jigsaw

Movie - Saw

Jigsaw (John Kramer) suffers from a terminal illness. One night Johns wife and unborn child were killed by a man breaking into a clinic.

After this, John decides that people who don't value their own lives and the lives of others need to be taught a lesson,which is usually a gruesome lesson. 

Halloween Review (1978)

Halloween Review, this movie inspired many sequels and is one of the best slasher movies ever made.

Director John Carpenter

Writers John Carpenter - Debra Hill

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis - Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence - Dr. Sam Loomis
Nancy Loomis - Annie Brackett
P.J. Soles - Lynda Van Der Klok
Brian Andrews - Tommy Doyle
Charles Cyphers - Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Sandy Johnson - Judith Myers
Tony Moran - Michael Myers
Kyle Richards - Lindsey Wallace
John Michael Graham - Bob Simms

Trancas International Films, Running Time 91 Minutes.

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Michael Myers killed his sister when he was just 6 years old, since then he was held in an insane asylum for 15 years until he escaped. After escaping he begins to stalk a girl and her friends before going on a killing spree. he is a man without remorse or regret, simply put he is pure evil.

Halloween is a great example of how to make a horror movie on a small budget, simple but well told story and a simple but very effective score.

The pacing of the film is perfect, the cast is good with good dialog. Unlike many other slasher films the killings are realistic and believable.

Halloween was the first of the modern day slasher type horror films, which had many sequels and remakes in 2007 and 2009, none of them matched up to the original.

Slasher films are not my favorite type of scary movie, normally I find them quite irritating because of all the stupid decisions the victims make which ruins my enjoyment. However the original Halloween is one of the few exceptions.

8 out of 10

Grave Encounters 2 Review

Grave Encounters 2 review, an obsessed student seeks to spend a night in the hospital where the first movie was filmed.

Director John Poliquin

Writer The Vicious Brothers

Cast

Reese Alexander, Officer
Stephanie Bennett, Tessa Hamill
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, YouTube Guy
Richard Harmon, Alex Wright
Howie Lai, Jared Lee
Sean Rogerson, Lance Preston
Leanne Lapp, Jennifer
Meeshelle Neal, Cop
Dylan Playfair, Trevor Thompson

Death Awaits Cinema.

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A student named Alex Wright is completely obsessed with the original Grave Encounters movie, and he is determined to prove to everybody that the psychiatric hospital that the first movie is based in, is in fact haunted for real. Alex and a group of this friends perform their research and then visit the hospital hoping to find some evidence of a real life haunting. What the group discovered was far worse than anything they could ever imagine.

I was pleasantly surprised by the first grave encounters, it provided some genuinely creepy and scary moments, despite the fact that in recent years we have been inundated with these types of first person perspective, reality type movies.

I liked the idea and approach of this movie with regards to the idea that the first grave encounters was only a movie within grave encounters 2 and that Alex the main character is performing research on the actors and director from the first movie looking for some evidence that the first movie was real and that it showed real footage of the haunted psychiatric hospital. This idea may not be completely original, however I did find it refreshing and different enough to keep me interested and immersed in the movie.

As the film progresses and we get into the psychiatric hospital the movie just goes downhill, the acting and dialog becomes very cheesy and it completely ruins any tension or potential scares. At times it felt like they were trying to make a comedy, a spoof of the original, other times it felt like it was trying to be a genuine horror movie, the whole movie became very confusing and a bit silly. Towards the end of the film I completely lost interest and I couldn't care less how it ended and to be honest I can't actually remember how things finished.

When I first heard about grave encounters 2 I was excited to watch it, I was hoping they would make it scarier than the first, the end result is a confused grave disappointment.

4 out of 10

Grave Enounters Review

Grave Encounters Review, A group of reality show ghost hunters lock themselves in a old hospital.

Director The Vicious Brothers

Writer The Vicious Brothers

Cast

Sean Rogerson - Lance Preston
Juan Riedinger - Matt White
Ashleigh Gryzko - Sasha Parker
Mackenzie Gray - Houston Gray
Shawn Macdonald - Morgan Turner
Arthur Corber - Dr. Friedkin
Merwin Mondesir - T.C Gibson
Michele Cummins - Ghost
Luis Javier - Gardener

Twin Engine Films, Running time 94 minutes.

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A bunch of ghost hunters have their own reality TV show, they're investigating an old hospital that is supposedly haunted. At first the ghost hunters are more interested in creating an entertaining TV show rather than seeking the truth, even bribing staff to say on camera they witnessed a ghostly experience.

The grave encounters team lock themselves in the hospital for the night, hoping to pick up some ghostly activity on camera but they get far more than they were expecting.

Think of Paranormal Activity but set in a large hospital, the film is partly shot using fixed cameras and the rest in the first person perspective. The first person perspective works better in this film than most, mainly because they have a good reason for holding the camera. Although as the film goes on and things get more serious and their lives become at risk, it becomes a bit silly that they're still filming which I feel destroys some of the tension, but this is a flaw all these types of movies have.

The story is simple to follow, the hospital is a great setting, very creepy and atmospheric. The acting and dialog is a little rough around the edges at times but good enough to keep the tension, a nice sense of panic sets in when the cast realise they can't get out of the hospital adding to the tension.

We have seen a few to many films like this now and I think they're starting to lose there appeal. However this film does offer a few new ideas and some genuine scares, grave encounters is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. If you like paranormal activity you'll probably enjoy this.

6.4 out of 10

Good Zombie Films

Are you looking for good zombie films? these are some of the best zombie films ever made.

Zombie films are a particular type of horror movie genre, an old favorite of mine is the original Dawn of the Dead, there have also been some great recent zombie movies. I am a big fan of the zombie style movie, they create a great sense of survival and isolation that is unmatched by any other type of movie. Zombie movies have a huge following and fan base, they offer a great form of escapism from our daily lives. Modern zombie movies started in the 60s with Night Of The Living dead and they have been very popular ever since, many recent good zombie films have followed the same style and continue to be popular to this day.

What Are Zombies?

They are the living dead, mindless creatures that resemble humans but they have no humanity left in them, their only desire is to eat the flesh of the living.

How To Kill A Zombie?

The brain has to be destroyed, (Gun Shot, Axe, anything that can cause serious brain injury) decapitation will disable the body, however the head will still be alive.

Good Zombie Films

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Dawn of the dead 1978
Director George A Romero
Stars David Emge - Ken Foree - Scott H. Reiniger

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Dawn of the dead 2004
Director Zack Snyder
Stars Sarah Polley - Ving Rhames - Mekhi Phifer

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Day of the dead 1985
Director George A. Romero
Stars Lori Cardille - Joseph Pilato - Terry Alexander

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Land of the dead 2005
Director George A. Romero
Stars John Leguizamo - Asia Argento - Simon Baker

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Night of the living dead 1968
Director George A. Romero
Stars Duane Jones - Judith O'Dea - Karl Hardman

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Night of the living dead 1990
Director Tom Savini
Stars Tony Todd - Patricia Tallman - Tom Towles

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Diary of the dead 2007
Director George A. Romero
Stars Michelle Morgan - Shawn Roberts - Joshua Close

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Flight of the living dead outbreak on a plane 2007
Director Scott Thomas
Stars David Chisum - Kristen Kerr - Kevin J. O'connor

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Shaun of the dead 2004
Director Edgar Wright
Stars Simon Pegg - Nick Frost - Kate Ashfield

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28 days later 2002
Director Danny Boyle
Stars Cillian Murphy - Naomie Harris - Christopher Eccleston

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28 weeks later 2007
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Stars Jeremy Renner - Rose Byrne - Robert Carlyle

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I Am Legend 2007
Director Francis Lawrence
Stars Will Smith - Alice Braga - Charlie Tahan

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Resident Evil 2002
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars Milla Jovovich - Michello Rodriquez - Colin Salmon

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Resident Evil Apocalypse 2004
Director Alexander Witt
Stars Milla Jovovich - Sienna Guillory - Eric Mabius

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Resident Evil Extinction 2007
Director Russell Mulcahy
Stars Milla Jovovich - Ali Larter - Oded Fehr

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Resident Evil Afterlife 2010
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars Milla Jovovich - Ali Larter - Wentworth Miller

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Resident Evil Retribution 2012
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars Milla Jovovich - Sienna Guillory

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Resident Evil Degeneration 2008
Director Makoto Kamiya
Stars Paul Mercier - Alyson Court - Laura Bailey

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Zombieland 2009
Director Ruben Fleischer
Stars Jesse Eisenberg - Emma Stone - Woody Harrelson

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TV Series
The Walking Dead Series
Creator Frank Darabont
Stars Andrew Lincoln - Jon Bernthal - Sarah Wayne Callies

Good Werewolf Movies

This page has a list of some good werewolf movies, werewolves are a very popular mythical creature.

Werewolves are very popular in modern fiction with movies and books based on Werewolves being released all the time. They're a personal favorite of mine, there have been some really good werewolf movies plus TV series in recent years.

What is a Werewolf?
 
Werewolves are humans that have the ability to turn into a Wolf or a Wolf like creature or humanoid Wolf. A Werewolf can also be known as a Lycanthrope or just simply Lycan which is commonly used in the Underworld films. The werewolf myth is originally thought to have originated from Europe, In this modern day world they're well known world wide.

Werewolf Characteristics
 
A Werewolf's transformation can be triggered by a Full Moon or some Werewolves are portrayed with the ability to transform whenever they like, to turn at will. Depending on how they are portrayed in what ever fictional medium, their strengths vary, this normally includes enhanced physical strength and speed, these abilities are normally only apparent in Werewolf form, but sometimes these abilities can be apparent while they're in human form. Some werewolves are shown as immortal creatures that can only be killed by silver, others portray them as mortal creatures that age and die just like normal humans.

Good Werewolf Movies

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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Director John Landis
Stars Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, David Naughton

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An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Director Anthony Waller
Stars Tom Everett Scott, Vince Vieluf, Julie Delpy

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Dog Soldiers (2002)
Director Neil Marshall
Stars Sean Pertwee, Emma Cleasby, Kevin McKidd

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Van Helsing (2004)
Director Stephen Sommers
Stars Hugh Jackman, Richard Roxburgh, Kate Beckinsale

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Underworld (2003)
Director Len Wiseman
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly

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Underworld Evolution (2006)
Director Len Wiseman
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy

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Underworld Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Director Patrick Tatopoulos
Stars Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy

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Underworld Awakening (2012)
Director Bjorn Stein
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley

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The Howling (1981)
Director Joe Dante
Stars Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee

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The Howling Reborn (2011)
Director Joe Nimziki
Stars Landon Liboiron, Ivana Milicevic, Lindsey Shaw

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Ginger Snaps (2000)
Director John Fawcett
Stars Emily Perkins, Kris Lemche, Katharine Isabelle

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The Wolfman (2010)
Director Joe Johnston
Stars Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt

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Silver Bullet (1985)
Director Daniel Attias
Stars Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Everett McGill

Good Vampire Movies

This page has a list of good vampire movies, if you're looking for the best blood sucker films then look no further.

Vampire movies are a very popular type of movie and there have been many of them, some good ones and some not so good. Film companies have been making them for years and they're still going strong.

Vampires are generally represented in the same way, supernatural creatures that live on the blood of the living. Vampires are known to have a certain set of weaknesses like, sunlight, garlic, crosses, silver and wooden stakes to the heart. Other characteristics they have is no reflection, sleeping in coffins, the ability to fly and transform into a bat like creature.

Vampires are known to have a few special abilities, such as super strength and speed, immortal/Immunity to aging, quick healing and even limb regeneration, some are represented as having mental powers like the ability to influence minds as well as other things.

History Of The Vampire

Reports about blood sucking creatures have been around for hundreds and even thousands of years, it wasn't until the 1700s when they were labelled with the name Vampires and become popular in fiction and literature.

I am only including movies which I consider scary or good, or both, I will be leaving out such films like the Twilight series as I consider them to be more Romance movies.

Good Vampire Movies

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The Lost Boys (1987)
Director Joel Schumacher
Stars Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest

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Blade (1998)
Director Stephen Norrington
Stars Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson

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Blade II (2002)
Director Guillermo del Toro
Stars Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

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Blade Trinity (2004)
Director David S. Goyer
Stars Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Parker Posey

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Underworld (2003)
Director Len Wiseman
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly

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Underworld Evolution (2006)
Director Len Wiseman
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy

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Underworld Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Director Patrick Tatopoulos
Stars Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy

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Underworld Awakening (2012)
Director Bjorn Stein
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley

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Vampires (1998)
Director John Carpenter
Stars James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee

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Dracula (1992)
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Stars Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins

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Dracula (2000)
Director Patrick Lussier
Stars Gerard Butler, Justine Waddell, Jonny Lee Miller

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30 Days of Night (2007)
Director David Slade
Stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George

Ginger Snaps Review

Ginger Snaps Review, two outcast sisters get attacked by some kind of animal in the woods.

Director John Fawcett

Writer Karen Walton

Cast

Emily Perkins, Brigitte Fitzgerald
Katharine Isabelle, Ginger Fitzgerald
Danielle Hampton, Trina Sinclair
John Bourgeois, Henry Fitzgerald
Kris Lemche, Sam McDonald
Mimi Rogers, Pamela Fitzgerald
Jesse Moss, Jason McCardy

Copperheart Entertainment, Running time 108 minutes

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Two sisters Ginger and Brigitte are outcasts and struggle to get along with their fellow class mates, one night while they're walking in their local woods the two sisters get attacked, Ginger is bitten by some unknown creature. A few days after, Ginger starts to change physically and her personality begins to shift. Brigitte suspects the creature was a Werewolf and she comes to the conclusion that Ginger is turning into a Werewolf and starts to search for a cure.

I think we have been starved of good Werewolf movies and Ginger Snaps is one of those movies that eluded me for some years, so after doing some research on Werewolf movies I came across this, with good reviews I was very eager to get my hands on this and see what I have been missing out on.

Ginger Snaps is a refreshingly original take on Werewolf movies, it revolves around two teenage girls with low social value, struggling through life, and it deals with the confusion of puberty. The two girls are interesting characters and their lives and troubles are enough to hold the viewers attention, then add Werewolves into the mix and it makes for a very entertaining movie.

The acting is a little weak at times, but for the most part it's solid and believable with some good character development. No CG is used, the director choose to use prosthetics instead, the gore effects look good and gruesome, the Werewolf itself is very ugly and nasty, but the prosthetic model doesn't look all that realistic in a close up view, which will be down to the small budget this movie had.

Overall I enjoyed Ginger Snaps, definitely one of the best Werewolf movies I have seen in recent years.

6.5 out of 10