To its credit, “The Taking of Deborah Logan” is a horror film that’s generally remained in the public consciousness mainly for its memorable imagery. As a horror movie it’s just an okay experience that probably would have been so much more effective as a filmed feature. In the end, it’s mainly an okay found footage horror movie that comes out pretty golden mainly for two or three really memorable moments that have become internet memes and are still widely circulated to this day.
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Welcome to Mercy (2018) [Screamfest LA 2018]
A young mother takes the long trip from the US ot her native land with her daughter at her sick father’s urging request in a letter. There she discovers truths about her past and her parents following a supernatural event that sends her to a nunnery for care and help.
“The Haunting of Hill House” is the Best Horror Series of 2018
Warning: Mild Spoilers to the Series Included.
Take a look at any and all supernatural tales, and you’ll find that they are deep down about three things: They’re either about family, about death, or about mental illness. From “The Babadook,” and “The Conjuring,” to “The Haunting” or “Rebecca,” every great ghost story deep down is about those core themes. “The Haunting of Hill House” is the most riveting ghost story and horror series I’ve seen all year, and I say that as someone who has seen the supernatural sub-genre reduced to nothing but a series of shocks and bumps on the wall when films like “The Ring” and “Grudge” were popularized in the early aughts. To their credit, they are fine ghost films, but I missed the more humanistic elements.
Five Great Horror Movie Sidekicks
Horror Movie Sidekicks can be some of the best aspects of a horror movie. Sometimes the can be the last thread of redemption for our hero, sometimes they help the final girl see the end, sometimes they can cause a big realization, and sometimes they can simply sacrifice themselves to help our hero or heroine battle the villain. On rare occasions they can even be more memorable than the heroes. In the end, a good side kick is everything, and these are five particularly good ones.
Open 24 Hours (2018) [Screamfest LA 2018]
A young woman who is recently out of treatment following her setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire finds a job at a 24 hours gas station where her hallucinations, or something else, are making her survival unsure.
A Selection of Shorts from Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2018 Day 3 [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2018]
On the last day of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, a new bundle of shorts awaited the audience to delight, scare, and weird out. Here are a few highlights from these.
Shorts Round Up of the Week: Halloween Horror Month Edition
It’s the Halloween Horror Month Edition of “Shorts Round Up” as I review some of the short films that have hit our inbox from some of the most interesting up and coming filmmakers in cinema. These are five horror short films that you should be on the look out when they premiere in festivals or online very soon.
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