Horror Movie Reviews from Aug 2008

Reviews

Don't Look In The Basement

The Day The Insane Took Over The Asylum!
Posted on 08/24/2008 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Don't Look in the Basement - The Day The Insane Took Over The Asylum!
Originally titled The Forgotten, but better know by its reissue title of Don't Look in the Basement, this movie is a low-budget Video Nasty from acclaimed horror director S.F. Brownrigg. The low-budgetness of the movie is one of its defining qualities and the bad sound quality increases the terror b... Read More "Don't Look In The Basement"

Mother Of Tears

If she lives, we all die.
Posted on 08/10/2008 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Mother of Tears - If she lives, we all die.
The third and final part of Dario Argento's Three Mothers Trilogy is Mother of Tears (La Terza madre). 27 years after Inferno, the final part of the trilogy that began with Suspiria ends pretty much how it began. I must admit that I was expecting to be disappointed with this movie and envisioned it ... Read More "Mother Of Tears"

Battle Royale

Could you kill your best friend?
Posted on 08/09/2008 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Battle Royale - Possibly the best Asian Horror Movie
Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) is a work of genius from Japanese director Fukasaku Kinji based on a novel by Takami Koshun. The originality of this movie is definately one of it's strong points. The movie was made in 2000 and paints a picture of a dark future in ruins where violence among Japan's y... Read More "Battle Royale"

Tenebrae

Terror Beyond Belief
Posted on 08/09/2008 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Tenebrae - Terror Beyond Belief
Tenebrae (also known as Tenebre) is Italian horror director Dario Argento's 1982 return to the giallo sub-genre after his supernatural horror movies Suspiria and its sequel Inferno. Heavily censored in the US (released as Unsane with more than ten minutes cut) and banned in the UK as a Video Nasty, ... Read More "Tenebrae"