Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jim Mickle Stars: Nick Damici, Connor Paolo,Kelly McGillis, Sean Nelson, Danielle Harris. Seemingly inspired by George A Romero’s cycle of zombie films, Stake Land is a low-budget independent American horror film that comes across as an aggressive cross between The Road, Near Dark, The Book Of Eli, and even the… Read More »
SCREAM 4
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Wes Craven Stars: David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell, Rory Culkin, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Emma Roberts. With the original Scream, and its two sequels, writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven deconstructed the cliches of the horror genre, and subverted the usual cliches. In the ten years since though… Read More »
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Yates Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall, Jason Isaacs, Rhys Ifans, John Hurt, Helen McCrory, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Peter Mullan . “These are dark times,” remarks a character in this seventh installment of the lucrative Harry Potter franchise. Indeed, it’s time for… Read More »
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Stars: Katie Featherstone, Sprague Garden, Chloe Cserngey, Jessica Tyler Brown, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Johanna Braddy, Dennis Ingram. Audiences can expect more of the same from this third instalment of the ultra low budget horror franchise that has kicked goals at the box office.… Read More »
THE LOVED ONES -interview with Sean Byrne
by GREG KING “The Loved Ones has its own irreverent sensibility and total Australian wild streak,” enthuses writer/director Sean Byrne about his debut feature film. “This is the kind of film that I wanted to watch as a young guy in Australia.” The Loved Ones is a grisly and depraved horror film from a… Read More »
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – interview with THOMAS ALFREDSON
By GREG KING. From Sweden, the home of ABBA, Volvo, IKEA and SAAB, comes this unusual vampire tale. Based on the best selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let The Right One In tells the story of the connection between Oskar, a 12 year old who is being bullied at school, and Eli, a… Read More »