Monthly Archive: December 2018

Terrified (2017)

Directed by Demian Rugna

Viewed on Shudder

Summary: Abundant scares and quick pacing make this Argentinian horror instantly accessible to all horror fans, even though it is a bit uneven.

I try to watch as much foreign horror as I can. There are so many great movies out there that I just haven’t seen because not all f them are dubbed/subtitled or even get distribution where I live, so when I’m able to see a movie from a country I’ve never seen one from before, I get pretty excited! I had just that opportunity today with the movie Terrified, a horror film from Argentina that I’ve heard quite a few good things about! And I should watch this before the American remake comes out… I would normally not be thrilled about such a new movie getting remade, but this remake is being produced by a filmmaker I love, Guillermo Del Toro, so bring it on! Woah, got really off track there. On to Terrified!

Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

Directed by John McPhail

Viewed in Theatre

Some of you may be wondering, “What the hell is Anna and the Apocalypse, I’ve never heard of it?” That is a perfectly good question, because frankly I hadn’t heard of it until days before it came to a theatre near me, and even then it’s only because I follow people on Twitter who talk about horror movies. I saw no posters at the movie theatre I go to regularly, no trailers or anything to let me know it was coming, it just arrived one day! I guess I can’t be too surprised about that, given that this movie may not have the most cross genre appeal given that this is a Scottish Christmas Zombie Musical, perhaps the first film in that very specific subgenre. Before I get into the good and ill of this movie, I will just say this, if the idea of seeing a Christmas Zombie Musical sounds at all interesting, go see the movie. It might not be playing near you right now, but I get the feeling it’s making the rounds through select markets, so it could show up at any moment. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dig a little deeper into Anna and the Apocalypse!

You Might Be The Killer (2018)

Directed by Brett Simmons

Viewed on Shudder

You Might Be The Killer may be the best example of why you should never judge a movie by its plot summary. The summary here basically says that Sam, our main character, flees from a masked killer at camp and slowly realizes that he may be the killer, and that he has to have his friend Chuck help guide him through horror movie tropes to try and survive the night. I figured this would be a really hokey tongue in cheek tribute to 80s slasher movies and I am not a huge fan of those kind of nostalgia trips but I decided to watch this because it was featured on Shudder and thought I may as well give this a chance and boy, am I glad I did because I don’t think I have ever been as surprised by a movie as much as this one.