Category: Film Reviews

REC (2007)SPAIN

Rabid done right! If you spent the 8-14 bucks seeing Quarantine, sorry.  In case you didn’t know it was actually a remake of the Spanish film REC that was still in theaters in Spain as they tossed out a copy here in the States. (Spoiler Alert!) Simple, simple.   A reporter (low on the totem…
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Haute Tention (High Tension) (2005) FRANCE

What would you do to save your best friend? In this intense horror thriller by Alex Aja and Greg Levasseur, two girls Marie and Alexia go to Alex’s parent’s house in the country for the weekend to study. Once there, the family and guest are terrorized by a killer who shows no mercy. When the…
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Frostbitten (2006) vs Let The Right One In (2008) SWEDEN

Scandinavians have been busy with their vampires!    I’m writing this to bring to light TWO great movies from two really cold places. We’ve all heard the hoopla about Let the Right One In. “It’s so amazing!!” or “It’s the best vampire film of the decade!” so on and so forth. But wait a minute.…
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A L’Interieur (Inside) (2007) FRANCE

“Mano y Mano” takes a back seat to “La Femme contre La Femme” What could have been be a slow moving tragic tale of death and birth becomes the most treacherous tale of cat and mouse in the French horror A L’Interieur. Directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, this sadistic tale of envy stars…
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