While it’s a cute and fun movie, it’s not for really young kids; ParaNorman is very dark, fairly scary and totally deserving of its PG rating.
Cinema Fearité presents Deathdream (Dir. Bob Clark 1974)
W.W. Jacobs’ short story about wishes-gone-bad, “The Monkey’s Paw,” has been adapted into several effective films, but most of them stop when the story ends, when the mother has wished her dead son back to life and he knocks on the door. Although it draws inspiration from the same place, director Bob Clark’s 1974 film […]
Cinema Fearité presents Trauma (Dir. Robert M. Young 1962)
When a film has a bit of success, it’s inevitable that other films will try to ride the coattails and cash in on the windfall. The best example is John Carpenter’s Halloween and its ushering in of the golden age of the slasher film. Years before, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho inspired scores of filmmakers to pump […]
Film Review: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Synopsis: Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Release Date: July 20, 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Thriller Film Review Production As the final film in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises picks up eight years after […]
Cinema Fearité presents Patrick (Dir. Richard Franklin 1978 AUS)
As a horror movie device, the power of telekinesis has always been popular. Brian De Palma made two films about it, Carrie and The Fury, before he even grew out of his Hitchcock phase. As overused as it is, the ability to move things with one’s mind is still an understated and misunderstood skill, and […]