WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Based on the book Jack Returns Home, I bring you another battle of the revenge story. This time it’s English versus American, brother avenging brother and it’s time to find out who did it better. Different Setting Typical of remakes, where the film is set seems to depend …
The Birth of Ouija
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I’m sure it’s pretty obvious that Ouija: Origin of Evil is the prequel to the 2014 film Ouija just from its title but are these films connected in any other way? Let’s see… Just a Silly Game I guess this is where all these kinds of stories start, …
Killer Kids
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So it was mentioned to me by a reader of this blog that they are not a massive fan of children in horror films but I’ve noticed something. Killer children don’t just reside in the horror genre, so let’s take a look at these miniature menaces that took murder …
Resident Evil: From Beginning to End
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers So just a quick opening disclaimer, I have never played the games that these films are based on so don’t worry, there will be no comparing. I wanted to take a look at whether making six films may have gone a little too far. Alice Obviously, I can’t …
Underworld: Going back to where it began
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers An important fact to remember regarding these two films, is that the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans has no impact on our protagonist’s, Selene, life in Underworld. It is time to understand where the war between the Lycans and the Vampires really began. The Birth of Lucian …
Unconventional Christmas Films
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So, I have recently discovered that there are different categories of Christmas films. Let me explain; Category A films are specifically about Christmas, like Home Alone or A Christmas Carol. Category B films, however, are set at Christmastime but Christmas isn’t the main subject of the film. Finally, there …
Gone In Sixty Seconds 1974 vs 2000
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Lock your car, or it’ll be gone in sixty seconds. I watched the Nicholas Cage version of Gone in Sixty Seconds so many times before I realised it was a remake. Now let me introduce you to my favourite car, thanks to this film (not that I will ever …
The Mummy 1959 v 1999
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I completely understand the idea of travelling to Egypt and investigating the tombs of long dead pharaohs but resurrecting one? Even if it’s by accident? Well, I guess Forrest Gump said it best; ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’ It would of course be misleading of me if I did …
The Addams Family
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Ok, hands up how many of you heard the theme tune in your head and clicked your fingers as soon as you read the title of this article? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Possibly the weirdest but definitely the coolest family to grace the big screen so I thought …
Manhunter vs Red Dragon
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Since starting this blog, there has been one question that has been bugging me and this review forms part of that issue. If there are two films made that are based on a book, is one of them a remake of the other? Red Dragon and Manhunter are based on …