Category: Reviews
Movie Review ~ The Raven
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 comment he makes when he walks […]
Movie Review ~ Underworld & Underworld Evolution
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. I enjoy the character of Selene […]
Movie Review ~ The Devil Inside
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 of possession that were exceedingly well […]
Movie Review ~ Creature
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 voices that kept the movie chugging […]
Movie Review ~ Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
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 flopped. Despite the fact that they […]
Movie Review ~ The Woman in Black
Title: The Woman in Black Director: James Watkins Genre: Horror/Supernatural suspense Rating: 5 bats Kudos to Director James Watkins for putting out a stellar supernatural suspense! I was a bit leery going in to this movie because of Daniel Radcliff as the lead – he just doesn’t do it for me. I watched it anyway, drawn to […]
Movie Review ~ Underworld, Rise of the Lycans
Title: Underworld, Rise of the Lycans Director: Patrick Tatopoulos Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror Rating: 4 Bats First, let me state that I’m not generally a fan of prequels. And to be completely honest, this was an unnecessary prequel because the flashbacks and info we received in the first two Underworld movies about summed up this entire movie. So does […]
Movie Review ~ Grave Encounters
Title: Grave Encounters Director: The Vicious Brothers Genre: Horror/Supernatural Rating: 5 bats For a budget of $50k The Vicious Brothers pulled off one banger of a supernatural film! The characters were well drawn and interesting, they argued but it was about valid issues they were facing, not the often childish arguments that are unfortunately so common in some horror […]
Movie Review ~ Deep Sea, IMAX
Title: Deep Sea Director: Howard Hall Genre: Documentary Rating: 4 Bats This documentary is partially narrated by Johnny Depp, need I say more? Okay, okay fine. Loved the visuals in it, great work! I really liked how they focused on the relationship between predator and prey. It was also intriguing how they introduced some of the stranger species that […]
Book Review – Sea Lord by Virginia Kantra
AuthoTitle: Sea Lord Author: Virginia Kantra Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Series: Yes, The Children of the Sea Rating: 5 Bats Heat Level: 4 flames Sea Lord jumps back to the quality of Kantra’s first book in this series, Sea Witch. Writing quality is spot on with a fast and interesting plot. The characters in this […]