The Ring
 | Ring 0: The BirthdayMovie Review Ring 0: Birthday is a prequel that dares to shift the tone and perspective of the Ring franchise, trading the investigative horror and cursed technology of its predecessors for a tragic character study steeped in psychological tension and creeping dread. Directed by Norio Tsuruta and based on Koji Suzuki’s Birthday short story collection, this 2000 film explores the mysterious past of Sadako Yamamura—the now-iconic vengeful spirit of the series—and offers a deeper, more humanizing look at the monster behind the myth. Set in the 1970s, the story follows Sadako as a quiet, withdrawn young woman attempting to live a normal... Read More |
 | DampyrMovie Review Dampyr – When Leather Jackets and Brooding Glares Save the World What do you get when you mix a brooding half-vampire hero, a war-torn Eastern European setting, and more leather than a 2000s rock concert? Dampyr, of course — the movie adaptation of the Italian comic that dares to ask, "What if Blade had an emo cousin who just discovered his powers… and feelings?" The plot is delightfully familiar: Harlan is part-human, part-vampire, and 100% allergic to joy. He teams up with a grumpy soldier and a suspiciously stylish blonde vampire (because even monsters have fashion sense), to fight an ancient evil that looks... Read More |
 | Dark WaterMovie Review An American adaptation of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, directed by Hideo Nakata and based on the novel by Koji Suzuki (both known for The Ring saga), Dark Water marks Walter Salles' debut in genre cinema. The Brazilian director, already internationally appreciated for Central do Brasil and The Motorcycle Diaries, tries his hand here at a psychological thriller with dark and distressing atmospheres. The setting plays a fundamental role in building the tension: Roosevelt Island, an isolated strip of land in the waters of the East River in New York, presents itself as an oppressive place, dominated by gloomy... Read More |
 | JudyMovie Review Let me start off this review by saying that I am not a fan of clowns. I don’t mean that in a “I flip out when I see them, they’re so scary” kind of way. I mean that I think they’re boring and overused. Thanks to Stephen Kings’ Pennywise (from It) and northern Illinois’ John Wayne Gacy, we’ve been inundated with clowns in our horror for the past thirty years, and every time it looks like they’re going away, they’re right back in our faces with the Insane Clown Posse and a flood of unoriginal, over-the-top clowns-as-killers horror films. It’s rare that any movie with clowns in it will leave a good impression on me anymore. And... Read More |
 | The Ring sequelHorror News Well, guys. It appears as if our friends over at Bloody-Disgusting may have got it a little wrong. A few weeks ago they reported that F. Javier Gutierrez’s Rings will be a prequel that takes place before the 2002 remake of The Ring. However that does not appear to be the case as the director, F. Javier Gutierrez has took to Twitter to put the record straight. Hey peeps, #Rings is NOT a prequel, the story takes place 13 years after #TheRing Alex Roe (The 5th Wave) has scored the lead male role in the upcoming film which will also star Italian actress Matilda Lutz. So, guys. What do you think of having the film set 13 years... Read More |