Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 20, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“I wish you listened more” Monster movies are tough because there’s a desire to go full bore into cat and mouse chaos or metaphorical symbolism. Things get muddled when both are attempted at once without the correct balance. I’m not saying picking one or the other always spells success—writer/director Bryan Bertino‘s debut The Strangers ultimately […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Will you just die already? This is hard enough for me!” Disappointment that the hype surrounding director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett’s film You’re Next was proving impossible to achieve set in about halfway through. I expected what many called an entertainingly fresh horror thriller with comedic flourishes, but all I saw was the […]
Category comedy, film reviews, horror · Tags Adam Wingard, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Barbara Crampton, First Blood, Joe Swanberg, Kate Lyn Sheil, Larry Fessenden, Margaret Laney, Nicholas Tucci, Rob Moran, Sharni Vinson, Simon Barrett, The Cabin in the Woods, The Strangers, Ti West, Wendy Glenn, You’re Next
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Is Tamara there?” I am all for the torture porn genre—the Saw films are entertaining, yes even the fourth, and I thoroughly enjoyed Hostel. First time writer/director Bryan Bertino has decided to throw his cap into the ring with the new film The Strangers. Supposedly based on true events, the movie ends up running similarly […]
Category film reviews, horror · Tags Bryan Bertino, Funny Games, Glenn Howerton, Hostel, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Liv Tyler, Michael Haneke, Saw, Scott Speedman, The Strangers, Vacancy
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