Tag: 13 Days of Halloween 2014

13 Days of Halloween: Day 9 – Chris Ranson on As Above, So Below (2014)

October 27, 2014
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Title: As Above, So Below (2014) Director: John Erick Dowdle Runtime: 93 minutes — I may have gone into As Above, So Below with rather high expectations. The buzz was strong, the trailers had me hooked, and there were positive reviews for it. My interest did drop a little when I heard it was a…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 8.5 – Ashe Collins on Exhumed (2011)

October 26, 2014
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Title: Exhumed (2011) Director: Richard Griffin Runtime: 93 minutes — Exhumed is a hard film to nail down. The acting seems off and stilted, with only one of the characters coming across as natural, at least the first time, before you realize what’s going on. But, even on a second viewing it’s hard to warm up…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 8 – Branden Chowen on the Scream Series

October 26, 2014
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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…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 7 – Chris Ranson on Ouija (2014)

October 25, 2014
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Title: Ouija (2014) Director: Stiles White Runtime: 89 minutes — The first trailer for Ouija made me want to see it. It looked fun and creepy, and who hasn’t played with one of those spirit boards? I have fond memories of playing with a Ouija board with friends, and no one would ever admit to…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 6 – Chris Ranson on Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)

October 24, 2014
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Title: Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) Director: Valeri Malev Runtime: 91 minutes — The original Wrong Turn was a mediocre film, made solely to capitalize on Eliza Dushku, who wasn’t anything special in it or any other failed project she was placed into (excluding Buffy, of course). Somehow, though, we have received five sequels…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 5 – Branden Chowen on Coraline (2009)

October 23, 2014
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Title: Coraline (2009) Director: Henry Selick Runtime: 100 minutes — Coraline is a frustrating film. It is filled with incredible visuals – some of the best I have ever seen, in fact – but the story around these visuals just doesn’t hold up. The movie feels like a Tim Burton film with the dark meter…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 4 – Chris Ranson on Dark Island (2010)

October 22, 2014
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Title: Dark Island (2010) Directors: Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer Runtime: 87 minutes — I’m starting to think that no matter how many cheesy, bad films I catch on Netflix, there will always be another one in my mailbox that I’d never heard of. This time around it’s Dark Island, which tells the story about some…

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