The Quick and the Dead

"...slipping the word “dead” into yet another of his films, though) lies with Simon Moore's patchwork script, which manages..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cat

"...who narrates this tale of extraterrestrial visitors and giant killer mushrooms. The cat in question is actually an alien..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killing Zoe

"...Killing Zoe is essentially a paean to previous genre films, with the killer's lust for heroin being the only..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Dog and Glory

"...1989 with the unforgettable Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, word came out that McNaughton's next project would be..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leprechaun

A greed-addled leprechaun goes on a killing spree in search of his pot o' gold.

"...diminutive Warwick Davis (Willow) is cast here as a killer, greed-addled leprechaun in search of his stolen pot o'..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Boat

"...where he has completed over 40 feature-length and short films and is known, largely outside of this country, as..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited

With the 2016 lineup here, time for VOD and DVD reruns

"...Festival films have a life cycle. Some drop by for a..."

Aug. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prince Avalanche

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch co-star in David Gordon Green's pleasing backcounty dramady, whose tone is heightened by its setting in burned-out Bastrop, Texas.

"...in stitches.) Meanwhile, Prince Avalanche (like his turn in Killer Joe) gives Hirsch a break from the cerebral millennials..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Juarez: Stages of Fear

This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico – a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.

"...of the murders are being committed by a serial killer, possibly an American citizen (a modus operandi Alejandro attributes..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Alien: Romulus

Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel

"...not a remake of any of the other eight films in the franchise but of his debut feature, 2016’s..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...has hopped up and dropped its first wave of films, with the headline news that JoJo Rabbit, the latest..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...Most cult films become cult films. But once in a while film..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Immortals

There's lots of numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting in this megabudget picture about the Greek gods by the visual stylist Tarsem Singh.

"...What Tarsem Singh's first two films, 2000's The Cell and 2006's The Fall, lacked in..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Life Before Her Eyes

Although Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood deliver strong performances, this film from the director of House of Sand and Fog is a muddled affront.

"...shooting starts, the two girls come face-to-face with the killer, whose slugs to the plumbing creates a spray of..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gozu

Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.

"...Starring: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa and Shohei Hino. The films of Japanese director Takashi Miike are not to everybody’s..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino goes into overdrive with this story about the bride who was left for dead on her wedding day and seeks revenge against them that done her wrong.

"...proverb borrowed from one of Tarantino’s all-time favorite vendetta films, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It’s the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale bares her fangs as a vampire assassin in in a shaggy werewolf story.

"...debut feature with the sure, dark footing of a killer born to privilege, while all around her the other..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Firestorm

"...job, made even tougher by the fact that mad-dog killer Earl Shaye (Forsythe) has started a huge wildfire to..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Shorty

"...can be a tough and ruthless town, a real killer. Therefore, who better to grab all that bull by..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Action Hero

Overflowing with stunts, one-liners, and cameos, this would-be blockbuster overflows with unfulfilled potential.

"...buff engrossed in the “Jack Slater” series of action films. Slater, a fictional cross between Bruce Willis, Van Damme,..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Posse

"...is startling, beginning with Jessie Lee (Van Peebles), a killer sentenced to life in the army, fighting in the..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...raucous laughs to nerve-jangling terror, the first wave of films for Fantastic Fest 2017 (Sept. 21-28) announced this morning..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation

Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors

"...of outlets for them. So for fans of such films, the big question has been: Whatever happened to Artsploitation?..."

June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...former Spider Baby Sid Haig as the Marx Brothers-loving killer clown Captain Spaulding. Haig and the Captain are back..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

New adaptation of the MMORPG anime

"...movie to be based around the idea of a killer video game, but it's intriguing because it's a feature,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...has had enough box office momentum to sustain seven films over 20 years; and so, inevitably, here comes the..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The House That Jack Built

Lars von Trier, back pushing buttons, to little response

"...at all like Matt Dillon, is Jack, a serial killer whose exploits are exposed in a series of incidents..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hell Fest

Murder at the amusement park, but this time it's horror themed

"...In the history of slasher films, there are rules, rules that become untenable, until of..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Blood Fest

Comedy-horror provides plenty of GIF-able gags

"...of years ago, the studio branched out to feature-length films, and their latest is Blood Fest...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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