Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael and Peter Spierig Stars: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O’Prey, Angus Sampson, Eamon Farren, Bruce Spence. San Francisco 1906. Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), the eccentric widowed heiress to the repeating rifle company fortune, has been building a monstrous house. Built over a period of 38 years it… Continue Reading »
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gregory Plotkin Stars: Chris J Murray, Dan Gill, Ivy George, Brit Shaw, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jessica Brown, Michael Krawic, Chloe Csengery, Don McManus. The original Paranormal Activity film in 2006 used the found footage aesthetic effectively. It was shot on the smell of an oily rag with a cast of… Continue Reading »
INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Leigh Whannell Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Adrian Sparks. Australian born filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell are certainly beginning to carve out a niche in Hollywood as purveyors of well crafted horror movies that have defined the genre over the past few years.… Continue Reading »
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Douglas Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Chloe Grace Moretz. Michael Bay seems intent on remaking some of the classic American horror films of the past thirty years. First there was his treatment of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which turned the story into a cliched teenage slasher… Continue Reading »
