Tag Archives: Halloween Movies

Tremors (1990) review — Creature feature just as good 30 years later

October 21, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Ron Underwood | Written by Underwood, SS Wilson, and Brent Maddock | 96 min | Netflix There's a good reason Tremors has become a monster movie cult classic in the 30 years since its release and spawned a host of straight-to-video sequels, a one-season TV series, and even, recently, a pilot for Blumhouse… Read More

Books of Blood review — Don’t bother cracking the spine

October 6, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Brannon Braga | Written by Braga and Adam Simon, based on the books by Clive Barker | 108 min | Hulu This review was written during the 2020 FIN Atlantic Film Festival, but the folks at Hulu got in touch to suggest an embargo two days after the review was published in September.… Read More

Apostle review — Bloody, muddy Brit horror takes time but gets there

July 20, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Gareth Evans | 130 min | Netflix It's 1905, and a young woman has written a letter to her father in London, pleading for him to come pay her ransom and rescue her from an evil religious group on a god-forsaken island. Her father is indisposed, so a troubled brother, Thomas… Read More

Porno review — A shock and laugh-bereft horror-comedy

June 25, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Keola Racela | Written by Matt Black and Laurence Vannicelli | 98 min | Hoopla, and On Demand This one is a little painful. It's an ode to comedy horror movies of the past by filmmakers who deliver something that feels entirely ersatz — neither funny enough nor frightening enough to qualify for… Read More

Little Monsters review — Zom-rom-com is dead on arrival

May 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Abe Forsythe | 93 min | Amazon Prime An ill-advised Australian combination of raunchy comedy, wholesome romance, and zombie picture that works sporadically in each of these genres, but never coalesces into anything special. Dave (Alexander England) is a busker who plays electric guitar and was once in a metal band.… Read More

In Fabric review — Evil dress movie a bonkers consumerist satire

May 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Peter Strickland | 118 min | Crave Plus A scene in a clothing store: "A purchase on the horizon, a panoply of temptation. Can a curious soul desist? " asks the elegant salesperson with the lacy, gothic look. "I'm just looking, thank you," says Sheila Woolchapel. "The hesitation in your voice,… Read More

Blood Quantum review — Zombie pandemic movie a solid brain-eater

April 28, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jeff Barnaby | 96 min | On Demand This is an impressively bloody and authentic pre- and post-apocalyptic zombie picture from the Mi'kmaq filmmaker who gave us Rhymes For Young Ghouls. Regular readers of FITI and listeners to one of my podcasts, LENS ME YOUR EARS, will know I'm not a… Read More

Vivarium review — Bleak suburban lockdown horror

April 6, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Lorcan Finnegan | Written by Finnegan and Garret Shanley | 97 min | Crave Plus Marketing materials compared this to Black Mirror, but there's not nearly enough tech anxiety. No, this is an old-fashioned Twilight Zone episode, a nightmarish parable about suburbia as a trap, featuring a couple, British teacher Gemma (Imogen Poots)… Read More

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night review — Unique, haunting, and arty vampire picture

March 25, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour | 101 min | The Criterion Channel and Hoopla Recent years have seen a few too many teen vampire movies and TV shows, but the tide is turning: The undead are getting a little more adult, a little more terrifying and sexily intriguing. The chilly and amazing Swedish film Let… Read More

The Invisible Man review — See it, but maybe not alone

March 2, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell, based on the HG Wells novel | 124 min | Crave Plus Unlikely as it sounds, this loose adaptation of the classic science-fiction story — first adapted by James Whale and starring Claude Rains in 1933 — is a wholly satisfying suspense thriller. I say unlikely because recent efforts… Read More