Tag: 13 Days of Halloween 2014

13 Days of Halloween: Day 12.5 – Chris Ranson on Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)

Title: Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013) Director: Jason Hull Runtime: 82 minutes — Sometimes I picture Branden’s face and the look of pure glee that comes across it when he sends me a film like Krampus: The Christmas Devil. Granted, the idea behind it is solid and could have been very entertaining, but looking at…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 12 – Chris Ranson on the Halloween Series

A Cinefessions Series Review is a periodic column that sees one or more writers watching and reviewing an entire film series. Cinefessions considers any film franchise that has two or more films a series, and thus available for review in this column. This is a way to get a quick look at an entire collection…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 11.5 – Chris Ranson on Tusk (2014)

Title: Tusk (2014) Director: Kevin Smith Runtime: 102 minutes — With Red State, Kevin Smith decided to do things his own way, and try something different and completely out of his realm. He missed a few marks there, and it wasn’t a good film by any means, but it takes gusto for a director of…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 11 – Chris Ranson on Horns (2014)

Title: Horns (2014) Director: Alexandre Aja Runtime: 120 minutes — I fell in love with Joe Hill’s work after I read his debut novel, Heart Shaped Box (Hill is the son of famed horror novelist Stephen King). Since then, I read all of his books as they release, and constantly tell my Podcast buddies that…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 10.5 – Chris Ranson on Ghostquake (2012)

Title: Ghostquake (2012) Director: Jeffery Scott Lando Runtime: 84 minutes — Before Sharknado there was Ghostquake, also known as Haunted High if you caught it on the SyFy channel where it premiered. I was lucky enough to get this DVD in the mail to review, and while I’d heard nothing about it, and went in…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 10 – Ashe Collins on the A Nightmare on Elm Street Series

A Cinefessions Series Review is a periodic column that sees one or more writers watching and reviewing an entire film series. Cinefessions considers any film franchise that has two or more films a series, and thus available for review in this column. This is a way to get a quick look at an entire collection…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 9.5 – Chris Ranson on V/H/S: Viral (2014)

Title: V/H/S: Viral (2014) Directors: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, and Nacho Vigalondo Runtime: 97 minutes — If there’s one subgenre in horror that I really don’t care for, it’s the found footage style, which our very own Branden adores for some reason. While I don’t care for it, that…