MMFF Review: 'Shake Rattle and Roll 14' - Inept

Chito S. Roño ( The Healing )  beckons the directing duties to all three segments of this year's Shake Rattle and Roll  (aka The Invasio...

MMFF Review: 'The Strangers' - Built Up For Corrosion

More than what is on the surface - handsome visuals and imposing cinematography - Lawrence Fajardo's The Strangers  boasts of formidable...

Review: 'Excision' - A Rewarding Fare to the Oddball

"And my mother," greasy-haired Pauline converses with God. "Kill her." Little or no explanation is required on Richard ...

Horror Retrospect: 'Re-Animator' (1985) Movie Review

Notwithstanding its ludicrous premise, Stuart Gordon's ( King of the Ants ) earlier horror journey,  Re-Animator , is a wickedly fun rid...

Horror Retrospect: 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974) Movie Review

There is a fortune of gore and suspense in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre  where a group of teenagers ultimately falls in the arms of a family ...

Review: 'Silent Night' - Murderous Yuletide

Beats me why the need to remake 80's slashers is still around. They rarely work -  Nightmare on the Elm Street  and Friday the 13th  rem...

Review: 'House at the End of the Street' - Lifelessly Executed

I guarantee you've seen House at the End of the Street  before. A different title might appear on the screen, but it's the same film...

(Kind-Of) Horror Retrospect: 'Strangers on a Train' (1951) Movie Review

In lieu of elucidating my fascination with Alfred Hitchcock's movies, which about now should be tired as hell because I always say it, I...

Review: 'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D' - Spider Mannequins and Deformed Creatures

There are two things that Michael J. Bassett's Silent Hill: Revelation 3D  seem to have done accurate. For one, it lives up to its title...

Horror Retrospect: 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999) Movie Review

Pioneered movies that we all either loathed or embraced. Paranormal Activity , Cloverfield , The Devil Inside , V/H/S , The Bay  and who kno...

Horror Retrospect: 'Sleepaway Camp' (1983) Movie Review

Sleepaway Camp belonged to the throng of slasher generics where kids go to camp then die. One can't really blame the movie. It was from ...

Review: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2' Ends With Bloods Dry

"I thought we would be safe forever, but 'forever' isn't as long as I'd hoped," the red-eyed Bella Swan-Cullen shr...

Horror Retrospect: 'The Descent' (2005) Movie Review

"Love each day."  I would, if B-horrors are this tasteful. And while I have long accepted this to be too good for reality, I belie...

Review: 'The Apparition' - Tacky and Empty

Slap me hard in the face if you haven't heard this kind of ghost story: a young couple moves to a suburban home. Paranormal entities tor...

Review: 'The Bay' - You Don't Dump Chicken Shit in the Waters!

How much you'd bitch out over the growing numbers of found-footage movies is not of importance right now. Found-footage is here to stay....

Review: The Jaded Game of 'Truth Or Dare'

I would bet my sexy ass that you've already heard this plot before (especially if you've browse through a movie archives of the ...

Review: 'Dead Mine' - Yamashita Treasure Hunting Gone Wrong

I found out about this movie a few weeks ago as HBO Asia's debut feature. Today I found this showing on theaters so I took entrance, ful...

REVIEW: 'V/H/S' - Formidable Core in a Flimsy Coat

Odds are, if a film is a horror anthology, say comprised of six short films, one or two of them are better than the others. Our fellow blogg...

REVIEW: 'Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles' - Creeping Twisted Humor

Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicle s  is without excuse the type of movie that I enjoy whatever in-between flaws may appear. One other popcorn mov...

REVIEW: 'Bait 3D' Trumps Many Hollywood Tripe - Grim and Inventive

The premise in the core of Bait 3D  is equally enticing as it is silly, which is to tsunami the entire shore area of an Aussie beach, and fl...