There are a handful of ways that a horror movie can get a reaction. The most obvious way is for it to be absolutely horrifying, as is the case with films like The Exorcist and The Omen. Another way is to make the film as gory as possible, as with Hostel and Saw. Other films, […]
2013
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Blood Rage’, A Turkey Of A Slasher For Your Thanksgiving Enjoyment
When it comes to holiday themed horror movies, Thanksgiving really gets the short end of the stick. Of course, Halloween has all of the really good movies, and rightfully so, seeing as how John Carpenter’s Halloween essentially kickstarted the modern slasher genre. Christmas has a pretty long list of entertaining films about it as well, […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Class of 1984’, A Violent Look At The Future Of High School That Never Came True
For a time in the nineteen eighties, the big pop culture threat in the world was punk music. Studded leather jackets and Mohawk hairstyles became symbols of danger and aggression, and antagonists clad in these fashions populated violent movies like Tuff Turf and Savage Streets. Television shows like “Quincy” and “Silver Spoons” even had punk […]
AFI FEST 2013 Movie Review: The Frigid And Soulless ‘Exhibition’
A title at the end reveals that Joanna Hogg’s third feature, Exhibition, is dedicated to the recently-late architect James Melvin, which should come as no surprise since the film is as much a portrait of the sleek, modernist Kensington townhouse in which it is almost exclusively set, as of the mildly dysfunctional marriage that resides […]
AFI FEST 2013 Movie Review: ‘When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism’
Chistian Porumboiu ups the formal rigour of his last, Police, Adjective (2009), with When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism; a film composed of 17 shots, most capturing conversations for a full reel’s 11 minutes, and filmed with an almost entirely static camera. His subjects are film director Paul and his actor and new bedmate […]