Jun 2009 Horror Movie Reviews

The Boogeyman

The most terrifying nightmare of childhood is about to return!
Posted on 06/21/2009 by Pazuzu Iscariot
The Boogeyman - The most terrifying nightmare of childhood is about to return!
Another movie on the "Why the hell was this classed as a Video Nasty" list is Ulli Lommel's The Boogeyman. Admittedly The Boogeyman is a movie from 1980 and was probably quite extreme compared to UK Saturday evening TV but, compared to some of the cannibal movies and exploitation flicks on the DPP v... Read More "The Boogeyman"

The Gingerdead Man

Out of the oven... and into your heart!
Posted on 06/26/2009 by Pazuzu Iscariot
The Gingerdead Man - Out of the oven... and into your heart!
Charles Band's 2005 horror comedy, The Gingerdead Man, is a very typical, very insincere slasher with the bad guy quite literally falling out of the slasher flick cookie-cutter. From the offset it becomes obvious that this movie is not going to take itself seriously, the story is almost instantly ri... Read More "The Gingerdead Man"

Cat In The Brain

The Fulci Clip Show
Posted on 06/08/2009 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Cat in the Brain - The Fulci Clip Show
Cat in the Brain (AKA Nightmare Concert AKA Un gatto nel cervello) is a peculiar movie from the twisted mind of "The Master of the Eye Gag" Lucio Fulci about a horror movie director called Dr. Lucio Fulci convincingly played by Lucio Fulci! The movie portrays the torment that constantly plagues some... Read More "Cat In The Brain"

Ring (Ringu)

One curse, one cure, one week to find it
Posted on 06/02/2009 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Ring (Ringu) - One curse, one cure, one week to find it
Ring (Ringu) is the defining Japanese horror that can be credited with bringing the unique Japanese style of horror movies to the Western world plus inspired a whole cascade of copy cat movies (not to mention remakes) that is now known as the J-Horror formula. Ring used many film tactics beyond a si... Read More "Ring (Ringu)"

Oldboy

15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance
Posted on 06/04/2009 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Oldboy - 15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance
Second in Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy is the intense and emotional excursion through the imprisonment of Oh Dae-su (Min-sik Choi) in Oldboy. The movie depict an intricately complex vengeance plot that carefully reveals it's intricacies as the movie progresses, circumspectly explaining the rea... Read More "Oldboy"