A globe trotting giallo from director Sergio Martino, who was a real pro at these types of films, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail holds water as a thriller and as a horror slasher, with some real doozy kills, particularly the first one and a little later with an eye-gouging scene that had me wincing.
Funny, moving and beautifully shot Penguins is an absolute joy to behold for all the family.
An ambitious little John Carpenter-esque genre film with an extremely limited budget, Black Site is something that might appeal to forgiving viewers who enjoy hard edged action and horror films from the '80s, though they'll have to spend quite a bit of goodwill to it due to its many shortcomings.
A sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, Glass is the finale to M. Night Shyamalan's comic book-style superhero trilogy, and while it proposes to be a grand climax with earth shattering revelations, it ends up being one of the most underwhelming and disappointing mass market experiments in ages.
The movie has an unusual sense of urgency to it, and the two lead actors in the film convey that quite well.
The movie gets stranger as it goes along, reminding me a little bit of Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo (1970), which this movie emulates in a number of ways.
A really nifty little genre film with plenty of suspense and action, and it consistently surprised me and kept me on the edge of my seat.
Plots: Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon. Hellboy and his team face off against a new supernatural...
Pet Semetary isn't all that scary but as a study in grief it is certainly worth watching with a few memorable moments.
The story told is unflinchingly graphic in its depictions of savage life, showing rape and slaughter in unblinking reality.