Stake Land (2010)

Like The Road but with more bite.

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Shot on a shoestring budget, Paranormal Activity is proof that you don't need to be a megabucks blockbuster to be tedious and boring.

Film Jam 2 stars
Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Metacritic 68 out of 100

The House of the Devil (2009)

Tidy old school horror, genuinely suspenseful until the ending just boils over.

Film Jam 3.5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes 86%
Metacritic 73 out of 100

Wai dor lei ah yut ho (2010) aka "Dream Home"

Violent thriller about Hong Kong's killer house prices.

Let Me In (2010)

Not quite as subtle nor considered.. everything you'd expect from a Hollywood remake.

Janck 3.5 stars (Oct 2010)





Well made in its own right, but there's really not much need to check this out if you've already seen the original. Faithful remake.

Mitch 3.5 stars

Case 39 (2009)

With a credible cast who should know better, this is more a case of all filler, no killer.


2.5 stars

The Crazies (2010)

Pedestrian action/horror which relies too heavily on the seen-it-all-before death scares and creepy tension. Lack of a wider story makes this feel average but still watchable.


3 stars

Heartless (2009)

The devil is in the detail as Jim Sturgess enters into a deal with demons in East London.

Splice (2009)

A film so so-so that I can't even dream up a glib review.. and that is the biggest crime with Splice.

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

High concept, low taste.

À l'intérieur (2007) aka "Inside"

Edgy and dark, everything you'd expect from a French shocker.

Piranha (2010)

The most enjoyable 3D film I've seen.. blood, boobs, and plenty of bite.

Pontypool (2008)

Words speak louder than actions in this Canadian zombie flick.

Trick 'r Treat (2008)

Bit of an 80s throwback, although more fantastical than horrible.

Sorority Row (2009)

Standard US slasher.. but Princess Leia welding a shotgun makes it just about worth the effort.

Død snø (2009) aka "Dead Snow"

It's a gas.

Orphan (2009)

Not quite as classic as evil child mainstays The Omen or The Exorcist, Orphan still offers some deliciously dark undertones amidst a horror by numbers narrative. This could do with losing 20 minutes, but if you like this evil kid genre, it won't disappoint.

3.5 stars

Bakjwi (2009) aka "Thirst"

The Korean Twilight.

Pandorum (2009)

Reminiscent of The Descent in space, though not as chilling, not as clever, and not as good. The characters and plot are unfortunately too two-dimensional to really ever be drawn in by the (many) 'what's-around-the-corner' scares; such that the ending is met with a collective shrug. Watchable, but average and derivative.

Mitch 3 stars

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Sam "Spiderman" Raimi returns to horror, with some chilling suspense and death-scare sequences that garnered this film with many positive reviews. I wanted to like this a lot more however; it does contain one too many horror movie cliches for my liking, and an oh so predicatble ending. Solid horror, but unremarkable.

3 stars