Reviewed by GREG KING Director: James Wan Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell. Aussie film making duo of Leigh Whannell and James Wan (who met at RMIT) are best known for giving us the lucrative torture porn franchise Saw. Their 2007 collaboration, the low budget Dead Silence, virtually disappeared without a trace. The pair has …
STAKE LAND
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 recent Zombieland, as well as any number of other …
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 the horror genre has changed, with a slew of torture …
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 Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his …
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. Shot for a paltry $15,000, the first …
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 director who obviously understands and appreciated the tropes of the genre – hormonal …
