Tagged: Movie Review

Underwater (2020)
Directed by William Eubank
Viewed in Theatre

Another January week, another horror movie release to be dumped in theatres and quickly abandoned. But wait, could this one be different? I will admit, the trailer looked pretty good and Kristen Stewart is usually pretty good, despite everyone telling the same stale Twilight jokes whenever she is brought up, so I was excited going in. Did Underwater live up to my expectations? Let’s dive in (I’m so sorry) and find out!

The Grudge (2020)
Directed & Written by Nicholas Pesce
Viewed in Theatre

I am going to do my best not to dunk too hard on The Grudge. Lord knows it’s already getting that from the audiences that gave it an ‘F’ on CinemaScore, so I don’t need to pile on this negativity bandwagon for the first horror film to be released in 2020. I’ll try to be as fair as possible and point out positives when they come up. That won’t be too often though, because The Grudge is not even close to a good movie.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

Today we’ll be tackling a film from my favorite sub-genre of horror, body horror. I’m not sure what exactly it was that grabbed me about these types of horror films years ago, but there’s something primal and unnerving about even subpar body horror. Before I get too far into psychoanalyzing myself, let’s talk about a notable piece of the body horror film tapestry, Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

Directed by Robert Eggers

For all the hand-wringing over the fate of modern horror, there have been some insanely good horror directors appearing seemingly out of nowhere these past few years. Ari Aster, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Kent, these people all caused waves in the horror community when they arrived, just the same as Robert Eggers did with his first film, The Witch. An effortlessly tense period piece, The Witch stunned audiences with how easily Eggers seemed to figure out exactly what to do to make everyone super uncomfortable. Great speculation followed as to how Eggers would follow up such a movie. Now that The Lighthouse is here, does it live up to the strong start of The Witch? Read on to find out…but the answer is yes.

Directed by Mike Flanagan

Doctor Sleep is one of the most difficult to discuss movies I’ve ever watched for this website. Not because it’s experimental or challenging or I didn’t know what was happening, but because so much of what I feel towards the movie is based on my feelings towards Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the film that this movie is (kind of) a sequel to. The Shining is one of the greatest and classiest horror films ever made, following that without seeming bad by comparison would be a nigh-impossible task. To be frank, I don’t think we ever needed a sequel to The Shining but I will do my best to be fair and discuss Doctor Sleep with an open mind.