Category: Horror

Movie Review – Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Title: Jeepers Creepers (2001) Runtime: 90 minutes Director: Victor Salva — Jeepers Creepers is an underrated horror gem whose minor flaws are outweighed by its wonderful direction and focus. The story, though meek, has just enough substance to make this memorable. The acting, though, is why I will keep coming back to Jeepers Creepers years…


Movie Review – Halloween (2007)

Title: Halloween (2007) Runtime: 109 minutes Director: Rob Zombie — I’m a huge fan of the films of Rob Zombie. He has a unique and disturbing vision for cinema, and his movies are more than just the gore-fests they may appear to be on first glance. This remake, for example, does an excellent job setting…


Movie Review – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Title: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Runtime: 96 minutes Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard — *This review contains spoilers for Halloween 4 and Halloween 5.* The beginning of Halloween 5 picks up exactly where part 4 ends, but that’s just to show how Michael survives another implausible situation. The bulk of the film takes place exactly one year later: Jamie…


Movie Review – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Title: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Runtime: 88 minutes Director: Dwight H. Little — As everyone knows by now, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is not canon to the Michael Myers story, and even though I love that underrated gem, I decided to skip it during this marathon just to keep everything straight. Halloween…


Movie Review – Halloween II (1981)

Title: Halloween II (1981) Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Rick Rosenthal — SPOILER WARNING: This is a review of the theatrical cut of Halloween II, and will contain spoilers for the original Halloween (1978). I tell ya, if I was Laurie Strode, I don’t think I’d ever leave my house again, because between Halloween and Halloween…


Movie Review – Halloween (1978)

Title: Halloween (1978) Runtime: 91 minutes Director: John Carpenter — They don’t really get much better than Halloween. The more times I watch this horror masterpiece from John Carpenter, the more I fall in love with it. Carpenter proves that you don’t need a large budget (just $320,000 on this one, and $20,000 was for…


Movie Review – I Am Legend (2007)

Title: I Am Legend (2007) Runtime: 101 minutes Director: Francis Lawrence — Having watched all three of the Richard Matheson “I Am Legend” adaptations, I am confident in saying that I Am Legend is – by far – the best of the lot. Will Smith is incredible in this film, and the direction is spot…