“Few have seen him and lived, some have even tried to stop him- no one can.” These are the words spoken in the brief narrative recap of the series. The refresher course opening gives us snippets of the prior films before “Friday the 13th Part VII: New Blood” attempts to gear… Read More Friday Night Frights-‘Friday the 13th Part VII: New Blood’
Usually when the third entry into a franchise is being developed the filmmakers scratch their heads as they attempt to either reinvent the series or go the larger than life approach. Interestingly enough, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” is an amalgamation of both; we get higher production… Read More Friday Night Frights ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’
As the 6th film in the franchise, “Jason Lives” doesn’t beat around the bush as it understands what the audience expects and needs. The film wastes no time dropping us into an eerie environment of a cemetery deep into the night. Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis returns to the… Read More Friday Night Frights ‘Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives’
Like any ongoing franchise, the “Friday the 13th” series was beginning to fall into a repetitive narrative. The filmmakers behind “Friday the 13th part V: A New Beginning” seemed to noticed this as they went for a different take on the slasher. Instead of solely focusing on a killer with no… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning’
The fact that the Nightmare franchise tackles the usage of dreams undoubtedly creates moments of audiences scratching their heads as they attempt to distinguish reality from fantasy. That is exactly what happened at the end of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. The mind trickery continues with the second installment “Freddy’s Revenge”… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge’
Even before “Freddy vs. Jason” hit the big screen, the two icons were rivals within the horror genre. Their franchises spanned several decades, but it was the ’80s when they both emerged. It’s hard to not think of Freddy Krueger when talking about Jason Voorhees, and vice versa. Out… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Similar to “Get Out”, “Us” offers more rewards on repeated viewings, not just for its easter eggs but uncovering narrative and thematic elements that are living right beneath the surface of the film.… Read More ‘Us’
“Shazam!” manages to be a film that feels very exclusive while at the same time tying into a much broader universe. … Read More ‘Shazam!’
The stellar cast and praiseworthy presentation combined with a creative spin on a reoccuring theme in Hollywood make for a highlight of 2018 film catalog.… Read More ‘Isle of Dogs’
A witch is easily recognized as one of the main mascots of Halloween, however there hasn’t been as much representation in cinema compared to others like vampires, zombies and ghosts. It’s a little odd that studios don’t attempt to utilize witches more often as when they work well they are among the… Read More ‘The Witch’ Wilhelm Screamfest III
