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Quarantine

14 Oct

As far as horror movies go, I have to place this one pretty high on the list.

I do love a good horror movie, there are so many more elements that play into making a scary movie than blood, guts, and a little profanity in order to make it a good one.

This one has suspense up the wazoo, blood, guts, and a candor that is rarely seen in the horror genre these days. This movie looked exhausting to make.

I think a few of these actors, particularly Jennifer Carpenter, got a loooong nights’ sleep after wrapping the film.

I got exhausted just watching them freak out. :)

If you’re looking for something that will make you cringe, jump, and possibly squeal, look no further.

This one has just a little something for everyone.

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Carpenter) and her cameraman (Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station.

After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units.

oooohh yeeahhh!! ;) magic

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Director
John Erick Dowdle

Writers
John Erick Dowdle
Drew Dowdle

Release Date
14 November 2008 (UK) 

Genre
Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline
On March 11 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.

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The Strangers

12 Oct

The Strangers

The tension buildup during the movie is incredible.

Some of the scenes are disturbing but not overly gory.

Liv Tyler does a convincing job of making you feel the fright and a lot of the acting is non-verbal.

Scott Speedman also does an excellent and believable job.

With todays crazy headlines, this is the kind of movie that you can actually imagine happening somewhere in this country in real life.

Trust me, at the end of this movie you will be double checking the locks on your doors and windows. :P

After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night.

What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks.

The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.

make some noize at the jumps!! ;) magic

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Director
Bryan Bertino

Writer
Bryan Bertino

Release Date
29 August 2008 (UK) 

Genre
Horror | Thriller 

Tagline
Lock the door. Pretend you’re safe.

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Dance of the Dead

09 Oct

Every once in awhile a film comes along which breaks new ground.

Not to say that I’m a better judge than anyone else, it takes a lot to make my jaw drop. Gregg Bishop’s “Dance of the Dead” did that and more an added bonus is that I love horror movies anyway!! ooooh yeeahhh! :P

On the night of the big high-school Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn’t get dates to the dance … us types always save the day lol :P

have fun and hide behind the cusions! ;) magic

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Director
Gregg Bishop

Writer
Joe Ballarini

Release Date
14 October 2008 (USA)

Genre
Adventure | Horror

Tagline
It’s their night to come alive.

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Lost Boys: The Tribe

29 Sep

This is not really a sequel to 1987’s The Lost Boys, it’s more of a spin off movie.

Unfortunately it’s been getting a lot of bad reviews, and admittedly it could have been better, but that’s not to say it hasn’t any good points.

It tried to be a lost boys movie, It tried to have the same feel and overall the movie successfully stays true with the cinematography but it ended up copying many of the events from the first one.

It takes a few events from the original mixes them up and writes some lines to glue them together.

The “Magic” isn’t there.

The story itself plodded along slowly for the first 40 or 50 minutes picking up as soon as Feldman Entered, in fact I cheered at the T.V when he appeared. ooohh yeahhh!! :)

enjoy! ;) magic

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Director
P.J. Pesce

Writers
Janice Fischer
James Jeremias

Release Date
8 September 2008 (UK)

Genre
Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline
Never grow old. Never die. Never know fear again.

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100 Feet

25 Sep

The acting was really good, and it was great to see Famke Janssen in another horror movie, considering the last one she did (House on Haunted Hill) was nearly 10 years ago and Deep Rising :P .

She was believable, likable, but with a bitchy edge and made sure the vicious ghost wasn’t going to hurt her anymore.

Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick was also good as Famke’s young lover, and Bobby Cannavale nailed the role as the typical, tough NYC cop.

Michael Pare plays the ghost of the husband, and even though he’s CGI throughout most of the movie, he does a good job as the vicious, angry wife beating ghost. :P

A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband – a violent NYC cop – in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence.

Her late husband’s partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she’ll violate probation and he can send her back to prison.

enjoy! ;) magic

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Director
Eric Red

Writer
Eric Red

Release Date
2008 (USA) 

Genre
Horror | Thriller

Tagline
Till Death Do Us Part Wasn’t Enough

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The Omen – Pentology

15 Sep

This bundle includes all the below:

The Omen – 1976

The Omen II – 1978

The Omen III – 1981

The Omen IV – 1991

The Omen – 2006

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Click below for ALL the Goofs :P have fun! ;) magic

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P2

05 Sep

This is a good one to sneak into, after you watch a movie that -  you paid to see!! :D

There are a lot of events which happen that just don’t make sense and don’t ring true.

Initially Wes Bentley irritated me, but eventually I got to like him and his character.

He’s pretty good at playing a dissociative psychopath.

Once the story got going it was easy to forgive the obvious mistakes and just have fun with it.

The setting, a parking garage, is very cold and unforgiving. It’s all concrete.

That aesthetic helps set a tone that Thomas is going to be unforgiving. closed, and cold with people he doesn’t like.

Angela (Rachel Nichols) doesn’t suffer from stupid chick syndrome. :P

She makes a few smart moves, and that makes it easy to root for her and empathize with her.

You want her to kick butt, but Thomas is a pretty strong opponent. ;)

It’s set at Christmas time too!!

Don’t watch Alone!! ;) magic

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Director
Franck Khalfoun

Writers
Alexandre Aja
Grégory Levasseur

Release Date
2 May 2008 (UK)

Genre
Horror | Thriller

Tagline
A new level of fear.

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No Mans Land: The Rise of Reeker

20 Aug

In case anyone doesn’t know, this movie is in fact a sequel (the first simply called ‘Reeker’), and this time it follows the plot, well…almost identical to the first one.

This is a major problem.

In the original film there is a rather large twist at the end, and if you don’t already guess it, it is a great twist.

This film follows the exact same twist, so if you’ve seen the first, then there’s not much to see here.

It’s basically a remake, with slightly different circumstances.

Enjoy! ;) magic

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Director
Dave Payne

Writer
Dave Payne

Release Date
24 July 2008 (Russia)

Genre
Horror

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The Eye

08 Feb

This here is a scary movie, it’s an Asian remake of a film released back in 2002 named Gin gwai.

The low budget scares in this one get old, very quick.

It is a film which tries too hard and doesn’t get anywhere, it has shots of long empty hallways, some other folk have also told us; it doesn’t look like a horror nor a remake either.

A young, blind violinist is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant, but as she adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death itself capturing the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living.

Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, she must discover whose eyes she has inherited, and what secret visions they have held. :)

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Directors
David Moreau
Xavier Palud

Writer
Sebastian Gutierrez

Release Date
1 February 2008 (USA)

Genre
Drama / Horror / Thriller

Tagline
How can you believe your eyes when they’re not yours?

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Storm Warning

20 Jan

I was asked to do a write up on Wolf Creek, but I found this, which is a new horror.

This Australian movie is brought to you by the same producers who brought you Wolf Creek and Urban Legend

“Storm Warning” begins slowly with our two main characters out fishing on their boat. They soon become lost on their way home and end up on a small island as rain clouds fill the sky above. Once they discover a seemingly abandoned house and the storm arrives, all hell then breaks loose.

Storm Warning” manages to combine elements from movies such as “Deliverance” and “Straw Dogs” to create something that is scary, gory and even funny at times.

Despite being directed by the same man behind such awful movies as “Valentine”, it’s one of the better horror movies.

Yes, it’s not original but it’s unsettling, well-acted, very gory in places and ultimately fun.

Warning:- this post doesn’t contain the films Goofs.

Post updated: 20th January 2008. Link updated.

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Director
Jamie Blanks

Writer
Everett De Roche

Genre
Horror

Tagline
A yuppie couple lost in a swamp seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they’ve jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.

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