31 days of terror

31 Days of Terror: The 2010 Oscar Horror Montage

8 March 2010

In order to pad its already voluminous runtime and find an excuse to trot out Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart in a shameless act of pandering to the devoted Twihard audience, The Academy Awards featured an incredibly half-assed and unsubtle montage of horror movie moments that ranged from iconic (the shower scene from Psycho) to [...]

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31 Days of Terror: Day of the Dead (2008)

7 March 2010

Never see this movie.

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31 Days of Terror – Amityville Horror (2005)

6 March 2010

The trend in remaking 70s horror has been one of beautification, like reclaiming a neglected park except for movies where people get stabbed.  Sometimes, it can help by making the movie more accessible. Sometimes, it paints over the gritty or moody, evocative stuff that was the most effect part of the film in the first [...]

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31 Days of Terror – The Crazies (2010)

5 March 2010

The Crazies is going to get completely overlooked, and it’s a damn shame.  Though not as charismatic and revivifying as Dawn of the Dead 2k4, the remake of George Romero’s 1973 faux-zombie obscurity is entertaining, scary and hits the same thematic notes as the original, albeit with a little bit less impact as a sacrifice [...]

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31 Days Of Terror – The House of the Devil

4 March 2010

Ti West is starting to make a name for himself as a purveyor of retro horror.  I really didn’t like The Roost, but I know it’s got a following.  I get it.  I mean, I like The Woods. The House of the Devil, though, is something different.  Its limited theatrical run started at roughly the [...]

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31 Days of Terror – Dead Snow

3 March 2010

Dead Snow is a Norwegian film about a group of vacationing medical students who get attacked by Nazi Zombies.  It swims in cliche’  like Scrooge McDuck swims in money, has atrocious make-up and practical effects and never seems sure whether it wants to play it all for laughs or not, but it is awesome, you [...]

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31 Days of Terror – Killer Movie

2 March 2010

Hey, kids, want to satirize the reality TV craze a few years too late and miss the point of doing so entirely?  Yeah? Then you should watch Killer Movie as a primer in how to pull off such a terrible idea. Yeah! Making a horror film in and around the set of a reality TV [...]

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31 Days of Terror – The Wolfman

1 March 2010

Throughout the month of March, Jeff will be posting about one horror movie that he’s seen recently each day.  Odds are he won’t keep to this grueling schedule, but it’s nice to have the illusion of structure.  It’s like a theme week times four.  It’s 31 Days of Terror. Joe Johnston is a maddening director.  [...]

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