Necrophilia is a thing. Fine. Whatever. I don’t get it, but I don’t have to. Utilizing it as a plot device screams of, “look at me, I’m doing something controversial!” and I just can’t get down with that.
REVIEW: THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ
Movie Review: Stomping Ground
@dinsmorality reviews...Director: Dan RiesserWriter: Andrew Genser, Dan RiesserStars: Thad Bateman, Jeramy Blackford, John BobekReviewLet’s get two things out of the way.Number 1: Stomping Ground is a story revolving around the myth of Bigfoot. Yes, that Bigfoot: Sasquatch, the wooly man, or Boojum, as he’s referred to in this film. Sound good? Great. Let’s move on.Number 2: Stomping Ground... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Jeruzalem
@dinsmorality reviews...Say your prayers Christians, Jews, and Muslims (in your respective religions and languages, of course), for the Holy Land is finally meeting its Rapture. That is what brothers and directors Yoav and Doron Paz (The Paz Brothers) are certainly entertaining, in the very fun and very scary JeruZalem. And those prayers are certainly professed... Continue Reading →
The Veil and the Blumhouse future
@dinsmorality ponders what's next...Blumhouse Productions, named for its head producer, Jason Blum, is known for franchise hits Paranormal Activity, Sinister, The Purge, and Insidious, including recent standalone hits such as Unfriended, The Gift, and The Visit. Since 2009, the studio has produced 45 films and grossed 2.24 billion dollars at the domestic box office. This is a huge return on... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Live-Evil
@Dinsmorality reviews...Sometimes weird is good. And sometimes weird is just weird. The retro, genre mashup that is writer and director Ari Kirschenbaum’s film Live Evil is an unfortunate example of style over substance, recycling the horror-comedy genre with a hyper-ironic tone that I can only call meta-irony. That is to say, a movie so ironic... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: The Boy
@dinsmorality reviews...Director: William Brent Bell Writer: Stacey Menear Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton, Diana HardcastleReviewAh, the creepy doll premise. Fans of Horror will perhaps conjure up images of Chucky or Annabelle (the title film and her appearance in the new classic The Conjuring). It’s a wonderful and fun sub-genre of Horror, but... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Intruders
@dinsmorality reviews...Director: Adam Schindler Writer: T.J. Cimfel, David White Stars: Rory Culkin, Leticia Jimenez, Jack KesyReview In 1960, as part of the promotion for his upcoming film, Alfred Hitchcock warned viewers to NOT purchase a ticket for Psycho if one were planning to do something oddly ubiquitous in that era of movie-going: walking in late.... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Anger of the Dead
@Dinsmorality reviews...Director: Francesco PiconeWriter: Francesco PiconeStars: Aaron Stielstra, Michael Segal, Marius Bizau, Roberta SpartaReviewDear Faithful Zombie Fan,Anger of the Dead is one of those zombie movies that remind us of all that is good and bad with the genre. The film’s inherent contradiction stems from established franchises reduced to cheap knockoffs that are typically viewed through an... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: The Forest
@dinsmorality reviews...Director: Jason ZadaWriter: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell, Ben KetaiStars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Yukiyoshi OzawaReviewThere is something ominous in The Forest, and I mean in that in terms of setting and horror film history. Director Jason Zada’s first feature length film feels very familiar, recycling many of the tropes and scares of classic Japanese... Continue Reading →