Misguided adaptation reduces the novel’s complex themes to horror cliché. Everything in the film has been done before, and done better, but its greatest sin is in how dreadfully boring it is.
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Jordan Peele reels all of “US” into his newest horror film
Written, produced and directed by Peele himself, “Us” is the latest addition to Peele’s horror movie family. This time around, he brings us a predominantly black cast starring Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex and “Black Panther” stars Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o as the Wilson family, a casting direction that is often unheard of in Hollywood.
‘Overlord’ is a bloody thrill ride from start to finish
For the past few years, World War II dramas have taken a very conventional approach to their storytelling, focusing on either a key political figure fighting from an office, a few boots on the ground or planes in the sky. Finally, a movie has come along that seeks to break[Read More…]
Set course straight ahead toward Dark Harbor
An ominous fog hovered a few inches above the ground and visitors patiently waited for the gates of Dark Harbor to open Sunday night. As the banging from the harbor got louder, evil clowns with sinister smiles reaching ear-to-ear barged through the doors to terrorize the unsuspecting victims. Queen Mary’s[Read More…]
Horror Nights delivers fear-inducing attractions
LOS ANGELES – Terrified screams and roaring chainsaws could be heard in the Universal Studios backlot, as visitors of Halloween Horror Nights ran for their lives. Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights is going into its 12th year, delivering fresh doses of fear this season with mazes inspired by horror movie classics such[Read More…]
‘The Nun’ is an effectively creepy, albeit narratively flawed, spin-off
Since its inception in 2013, “The Conjuring” franchise has been one of the most successful and well-crafted series in the horror genre, with the first film still standing the scariest movie of all-time, for me personally. The rest of the franchise has, for the most part, done well to remain[Read More…]