DAY OF THE DEAD
To many horror fans DAY OF THE DEAD, the third in George Romero’s “Dead” saga, is a genre masterpiece. Not me!
To many horror fans DAY OF THE DEAD, the third in George Romero’s “Dead” saga, is a genre masterpiece. Not me!
One of the great vampire films, a dreamy, seductive evocation of undead sensuality
A powerful and fascinating piece of work, and one of the absolute finest films of 2002
A recent, and quite possibly final, horror film from Juraj Herz, the Czech Republic’s master of all things horrific and fantastic
I’ve never made peace with this film. I admire it, certainly, as it’s an extremely skilled mood piece that isn’t a parody, tribute or outright rip-off of something else. For all that, though, I’m just not sure DARK WATERS is all that good
This 2010 Norwegian chiller looks and often feels like a run-of-the-mill slasher, but branches out in some weird and provocative directions
The Italian sex film is an industry in itself. Here’s one of the genre’s more interesting entries, from Salvatore Sempari, one of its key directors
An above-average British-made mind-bender starring the terrific Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY, GHOST WORLD)
I know many of you hold this film in high regard, but to me it’s the essence of pseudo-cult moviemaking: annoying, overwrought and obnoxiously self-satisfied
Some serious weirdness from the late Raul Ruiz, who delivered a wildly inventive satire about the walking dead, soul transference, prosthetic limbs, miracles and magic paintings