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OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

October 23, 2016 By Leave a Comment

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

I was not a fan of the original OUIJA, which I found to be predictable in plot and pedestrian in execution.  Its prequel, however, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, is (almost) the exact opposite.  Set in 1967, it reveals what happened in that spooky craftsman cottage when Aunt Lina (Annalise Basso) was just a high-school sophomore… Read More »

Tagged With: 1967, haunting, horror, mother-daughter, ouija board, prequel, seance, spirits, widow

GHOSTBUSTERS

July 15, 2016 By 1 Comment

GHOSTBUSTERS

There are many, many things to love about the GHOSTBUSTERS reboot, and one of them is that it is equally good whether you are a fan of the 1984 version, or if you’ve never heard of it.  Director and co-writer (with Katie Dippold) Paul Feig, the man who brought us THE HEAT (co-written with him… Read More »

Tagged With: ghost-hunting, haunting, homage, ley lines, Manhattan, New York City, paranormal, paranormal research, reboot

CRIMSON PEAK

October 18, 2015 By Leave a Comment

CRIMSON PEAK

If CRIMSON PEAK offered nothing more than the creepiest bathtub specter since THE SHINING, it would still qualify as a monstrously entertaining film. But this is Guillermo del Toro directing and co-writing, and so the lushness of subtext mirrors the classically Gothic idiom of the story. The paranormal is the least disturbing of the elements… Read More »

Tagged With: brother-sister, ghosts, gothic, Grand Guignol, haunting, heiress, murder

A Pale Shadow of A POLTERGEIST

May 22, 2015 By Leave a Comment

A Pale Shadow of A POLTERGEIST

The original POLTERGEIST was said to have a curse attached to it.  Perhaps because the producers opted to use real skeletons rather than models because they were cheaper. Perhaps because taunting the supernatural might tick off the wrong non-corporal entity. Aside from the deaths associated with members of the original cast and crew, certainly the… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, film, ghosts, haunting, horror, Jared Harris, narrative, POLTERGEIST, remake, Rosemary DeWitt, Sam Rockwell

IT FOLLOWS and It’s Relentless

March 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment

IT FOLLOWS and It’s Relentless

IT FOLLOWS slyly juxtaposes the familiar with the alien as it tells its exceptionally effective tale of terror. The clichéd tropes of low-budget horror — the remote lake house, the eager and nubile kids having sex in the back seat of a car, a terrified girl in high heels and lingerie running in terror down… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, curse, film, haunting, horror, movie, narrative, sexually transmitted curse

OUIJA

November 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment

OUIJA

I have several Halloween rituals, one of which is to seek out the seasonal schlock horror film. There is almost always one low-budget groaner released for a quick buck and a putative future in the secondary market of home video. My reasons are two-fold. Sometimes there is a pleasant surprise to be found in the… Read More »

Tagged With: haunting, horror, occult, supernatural, teen suicide

THE EYE (JIAN GUI)

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE EYE by Hong Kong’s Pang Brothers is a tidy little ghost story with more plusses than minuses going for it. The plot is a retelling about the unexpected things that can happen when you recycle body parts from dead people. In this case, it’s the corneas and the happy recipient is Mun, blind since… Read More »

Tagged With: blindness, ghost, haunting, suicide

THE OTHERS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE OTHERS

Are there things that are more scary than ghosts?  Are close encounters with the other side, as it were, the ultimate in terror?  Writer/director Alejandro Amenabar does a neat job of answering that question with THE OTHERS, a ghost story where neither good nor evil should be taken for granted. The story takes place entirely… Read More »

Tagged With: ghosts, haunting, Isle Of Jersey, supernatural, World War II

James Wan & Leigh Whannell are INSIDIOUS in the Best Sense

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

James Wan & Leigh Whannell are INSIDIOUS in the Best Sense

James Wan and Leigh Whannell collaborated on the original SAW and with that film proved that they had a keen understanding that a successful horror film is about mood, tone, and using just the right sound effects. In INSIDIOUS, they use just that approach in making a haunted house story into something with fiendishly clever… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, director, ghosts, haunting, horror, INSIDIOUS, James Wan, Leigh Whannel, movie, narrative, paranormal, screenwriter

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