Our insidious opinions on various things from books to movies to products to…whatever suits the fancy.
Ratings: 1 bat = bleh 5 bats = fantastic
Heat levels: (for fiction) 1 flame = tame 5 flames = crackling hot
Title: Tremors Director: Ron Underwood Genre: Horror/Creature Feature Rating: 4 bats This is one of my kids’ favorite movies and for good reason – it’s a blast! The characters are so fun and the story is exciting enough to make any glitches seem more a part of the humor than an actual...
Read more →Title: Demon Hunter Director: Scott Ziehl Genre: Horror, Supernatural Horror, Satanic Rating: 3 bats Generally speaking, I enjoy this genre and the stories portrayed of fell angels infiltrating human society. The movie was fun to watch and the main character, the demon hunter Jacob, was interesting. Sean Patrick Flannery brought realism to...
Read more →Title: Apartment 143 Director: Carles Torrens Genre: Horror, Found Footage, Supernatural Horror Rating: 2 Bats The best word for this movie is – predictable. It’s obvious from the beginning who has issues (sorry, no spoilers here!) and one has a very strong idea of how the movie will unfold. There’s no twists...
Read more →Title: Bait Director: Kimble Rendall Genre: Horror / Creature Feature / action adventure Rating: 5 bats I’m a huge fan of shark movies, but what some directors in this genre are pawning off on their audiences is pure cheese & tripe. Thankfully, that’s not the case with Kimble Rendall’s Bait. There were...
Read more →Title: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Director: Timur Bekmambetov Genre: Horror / Creature Feature / action adventure Rating: 5 bats When I saw that Tim Burton was involved in this movie it became a must see. *loves Burton’s style* Yet, he didn’t direct it so I wasn’t quite sure how well Timur would pull...
Read more →Title: The Raven Director: James McTeigue Genre: Period Horror / Suspense Rating: 5 bats Wonderful movie! If you’re a fan of horror, period movies or Poe this is for you. The casting was stellar – John Cusack as Poe, wow. He did amazing! Poe’s dialog reflected a writer’s soul. I loved the...
Read more →Title: Underworld and Underworld, Evolution Director: Len Wiseman Genre: Urban Fantasy, horror Rating: 5 bats Both of these are so closely related that it was rather moot to do two different reviews. Despite having a few plot holes, they are great fun to watch and I found myself easily sucked into Selene’s world....
Read more →Title: The Devil Inside Director: William Brent Bell Genre: Horror/supernatural suspense Rating: 3 bats This was a good movie, not great but interesting. It was shot documentary style (think the demonic version of The Blair Witch Project) and it ends without any real resolution. There were a few very tense, graphic scenes...
Read more →Title: Creature Director: Fred M. Andrews Genre: Horror/Creature Feature Rating: 3 bats For its budget and lack of good FX, this was a fun movie! It’s set out in the swamps with lots of murky water and mud. The cast played well off of each other and there was a varied set of...
Read more →Title: Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep Director: Tibor Takacs Genre: Horror/Creature Feature Rating: 2 bats I really, really wanted to like this movie. On the surface it has so much going for it that I usually like – a nifty sea creature, diving, watery doom, hidden treasure, nasty bad guys. Unfortunately, it...
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