Tag: Archived Review

The Shallows (2016) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Since one week out of the year for the past 30 or so, Discovery announces a shark week, though it’s definitely become more of a commercialism adventure, and even Syfy joined with the Sharknado movies, so here is The Shallows. Director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax [2005]) brings to life, with screenwriter Anthony Jaswinski (Backwoods…

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47 Meters Down (2016) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

It is a very special treat when a viewer gets a stunning visual film, and it comes from screenwriters, which used a formula of caring to introduce the audience to the characters, placing an event into the mix that moves the film along in reasonable manner. Director and writer Johannes Roberts assisted by writer Ernest…

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Bloodwork (2012) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Director Eric Wostenberg, no stranger to the horror genre, brings a refreshing script from David Nahmod, about medical doctors playing in the realm God, with good intentions and then bypassing the guidelines of FDA exchange for exceeding initial stages and bribing test subjects humans with more money and power. This vein of horror (pun intended)…

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

As of 2019, it is the only horror film to win an Oscar for Best Picture among the five previous challengers for this prestigious award were The Exorcist [1973], Jaws [1975] and most recently Black Swan [2010]. However, it was not the only award of the prestigious event, it also had a memorable place in…

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

John McNaughton in 1985, then an aspiring director-to-be, worked for producers Waleed and Malik Ali of MPI a localized video firm, who wanted to have their own horror film, crafted in the slasher genre, and granted John a $111,000 budget and one month to complete the movie. As a result, the movie generated incredible fear…

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Girl House (2014) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Actor Trevor Matthews noted for his roles in Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007) and The Shrine (2010), steps up to the director’s chair for the first time, co-directed with Jon Knautz and embarks with an independent horror feature from first time writer Nick Gordon, and delivers a fresh take on the slasher genre with cunning…

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The Afflicted (2011) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

The Afflicted, renamed Another American Crime for overseas release in Germany, a sickening horror film produced by Midnight Releasing in association with Afflicted Picturehouse, and written and directed by Jason Stoddard, on a streamline budget of $180,000. Inspired by the Theresa Knorr case, the movie roughly follows the real life events through a tragic timeline, but translates into…

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Dracula (1931) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Dracula the name itself is a true icon in not just the horror cinema, but as a whole to all disciplines of entertainment, from novels and comic books, to stage productions, films, music and memorabilia, the role made many famous by donning the cape to addressing themselves as Count Dracula. Universal Pictures interpretation to base…

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Aliens (1986): Still Bleeding Acid – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Even after 33 years and the much advancement to special effects the nasty breeding Aliens does not rest on their laurels, nor takes away from Ridley Scott’s impressive Alien [1979] film either. Rather James Cameron swore that his movie was not a remake but actual advance of the creature mythology and moving the film into a…

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Altar (2016) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Matthew Sconce, director of Altar, presents a found footage, now before you roll your eyes and groan, this time he adds a twist, by including the mixture of the slasher genre complete with doomsayer similar to that in The Birds (1963) and of course, Crazy Ralph from Friday the 13th (1980). However, Sconce delivers a…

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