Tag: eco-horror

Animal (2014) – By Baron Craze

January 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Director Brett Simmons follows up his horror ventures, of Husk [2011] and The Monkey’s Paw [2013] with the dueling writers prowess of Thommy Hutson and Catherine Trillo, both who worked on Prank (2008) and then added in for good measure executive producer Drew Barrymore, supplying her name to the project entitled Animal. The film never…

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Day of the Animals (1977) – By Baron Craze

January 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

The year of 1977 in the horror genre, came with a mix bag, most recall Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Hills Have Eyes, Suspiria, The Sentinel, and even The Car, however it also showed a growing interest in eco-horror subgenre, these movies were of environmental contamination variety. Among them, The Pack [1977], Orca [1976], Empire…

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Strange Nature (2018) – By Baron Craze

November 30, 2018
Film Reviews

Strange Nature presents itself as a thriller first, then quite a bit of drama, before setting on horror in the second half of the film, as if the film mutates itself slowly unsure which direction to project itself towards, this likely is the result of first-time director James Ojala, who many know as a make-up…

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Long Weekend (1978) – By Baron Craze

November 30, 2018
Archived Reviews

Director Colin Eggleston, presents an incredible and slow developing film with environmental horror (aka: Eco-horror) using the screenplay from Everett De Roche who wrote the script for horror film Patrick released in the same year, and this movie has achieved a cult status due to the differing style conveying horror through suggestions rather than blatant…

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