WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Two houses, both alike in criminality. Based on the screenplay Seven Sisters by Mark Rosman, two films have been made; The House on Sorority Row in 1983 (directed by Rosman himself) and its remake Sorority Row in 2009. The characters in each film were quick to learn that playing pranks …
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Ever since I was a child, The Wizard of Oz has been one of my favourite films, to the extent that it was my go-to film when I was ill. Released in 1939, it brought L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the screen, with Judy Garland in …
Blood Feast (1963+2016) v Blood Diner
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers The topic covered in these films, to my knowledge, is a very rare storyline of horror films. In 1963, Blood Feast introduced us to Fuad Ramses, the exotic caterer and dedicated follower of the Egyptian goddess Ishtar. He makes a reappearance in 2016 when the film was directly remade, only …
The Mask vs Son Of The Mask
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers In 1994, Warner Brothers brought the Dark Horse Comics character The Mask to the big screens worldwide – with Jim Carrey in the leading role. Eleven years later and the sequel, Son of the Mask, followed in its footsteps but many wondered, was this the best idea? Lack of Connection …
The Four Adaptations Of ‘I am Legend’
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Whilst in the midst of our very own global pandemic, I thought it would be apt to cover some films based around the same topic. Based on the 1954 novel ‘I am Legend’, I introduce to you The Last Man on Earth (1964) and its three latter iterations; Omega Man …
Scream Quadrilogy
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers With the news of an upcoming fifth instalment of the Scream franchise, the first since Wes Craven’s passing, I have taken the time to look back over the original trilogy and the fourth film that followed 11 years later. Body Count Something that is key to the ‘slasher’ …
Frank Miller’s Sin City
WARNING: This Article Contains Spoilers Everyone’s home town has stories of their own, I’m sure, but none would be as interweaving as those of Basin City and her residents. In 2005, Frank Miller’s graphic novel was brought to our screens by Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and himself. This was then followed 9 years later by …
Ju-On vs The Grudge
WARNING: This Review Contains Spoilers Nirami, Tokyo. A murdered family leads to a cursed home. In 2002, Takashi Shimizu brought us the third instalment of his Ju-On series with The Grudge. It is interesting that in 2004, it is this film he chooses to remake instead of starting from the beginning. Was it the right …
The Planet Of The Apes: A Social Commentary
WARNING: This Article Contains Spoilers Imagine a world where humans are further down the food chain than they are today. A desolate planet, hunted by our simian brothers. Watch Planet of the Apes, and you no longer need to picture it in your mind. Both the 1968 and 2005 films gives different visions of …
The Thing
Warning: This Review Contains Spoilers Antarctica, 1982. Two teams in the snowy wasteland end up set upon by the same monster in the midst of winter (but I guess it always is in Antarctica right?). I originally looked at these films in order to contest whether it was worth the remake – which ended up …