Joon-woo is just a video game-playing slacker who lives with his parents. That all changes when a zombie outbreak infects his apartment complex and he must hunker down to stay alive in this South Korean horror film for the modern technological age. All alone in the apartment, he gets to know his new situation and he curses himself for not having gone grocery shopping…
A workaholic dad, Seok-woo, takes his daughter, Su-an, to see her mother on a passenger train just as a zombie apocalypse begins to take over South Korea. The mission is clear: get to Busan without any bites. The movie was an adrenaline rush of running, fighting, and fast zombies on and off the train. There was never a dull moment and yet it managed…
This is a newer genre: political horror. And no, I'm not talking about the news. Ba dum tss! The plot centers on a group of "deplorables" who are drugged and brought to a remote location and hunted by liberal extremists for sport. There are very fine people on both sides. Killing ensues as the characters fight for their lives to survive. There are many…
Adam Sandler is back (again) on Netflix with a Halloween movie. Does he actually ever go away, though? Teenage me from the mid 90s is once again crushed and bewildered. Is it really so hard to write a fun comedy with some charm and heart that is a bit deeper than an anti-bullying message? Instead we get the worst Sandler voice ever, boner jokes,…
When David shows up at the Peterson's house claiming to be their dead son's army buddy, the family immediately takes him in and accepts his story. But who is he really and what does he want? As David assumes the role of the dead son, each family member takes a liking to him in their own way, but the daughter Anna begins to suspect…
Sometimes, the cheesy comedy is intentional. Or at least, that seems to be the only explanation. With Doom Asylum, it is like they were trying to make a horror movie spoof deliberately. Whatever the case may be, they achieved something amazing. The whole thing starts with a car accident that disfigures the driver and kills his girlfriend. Someone should have been wearing seatbelts. 10…
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche As you settle into this Spanish-language movie with echoes of Cube (1997), you can't help but sit mesmerized at not only the situation unfolding in front of you but all of…
Adapted from the PlayStation game of the same name, this movie attempts to capture the mystery and the spooky atmosphere of a survival horror video game. Rose (Radha Mitchell) and Chris (Sean Bean) have an adopted daughter, Sharon, who has some concerning sleepwalking dreams. Rose decides (against Chris' wishes) to take Sharon to a small town called Silent Hill in an attempt get to…
Welcome to the wild world of Italian horror knock-off confusion. While this looks like a Freddy Krueger clone, it was actually billed as a Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel when it came out. The plot is simple: there is a serial killer that rapes/murders women while wearing a bad rubber mask and clawed hand that vaguely resembles Freddy Krueger. The primary death blow is a…
Ah, yes, the "dumb college kids getting into trouble on vacation" genre. My favorite. Josh Duhamel and his sister, Olivia Wilde, with her disposable friend derail their vacation plans after the bus they are on rolls down a hill in Brazil. They meet someone who can speak Portuguese, Melissa George, and some brits also on vacation. What starts as going with the flow, partying,…
