Dr. Cara Jessup (Julianne Moore) has made a career from debunking the notion of multiple personality disorders and has testified in court to that effect, resulting in many murderers being executed for crimes their supposed alter-egos perpetrated. That is until her father introduces her to his new patient Adam (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, using a full [...]
April 9, 2010 Deadite Psychological When it was announced that Universal was delving into its vast catalogue of monster movies to remake The Wolfman, I met the news with great trepidation. Even if you haven’t seen the 1941 original, you will be familiar with the story of the cursed man who transforms into a werewolf under a full moon – [...]
February 9, 2010 Deadite Monsters, Werewolves Have you ever wondered what would happen if you added a sprinkle of blood and a dose of rotting flesh to an American Pie movie? Wonder no more; urinating blood into a punch bowl… Sex with a morbidly obese, rotting virgin… A diseased stripper… And a vomiting penis. Yes, a vomiting penis! [...]
February 9, 2010 Deadite Infection I’m sure you are aware that if a film is from Asia – Korea in this instance – and remotely scary, the chances are that it’ll be remade in America. Geoul sokeuro is no different. Many of you may have seen Mirrors with a down on his luck Jack Bauer trying to protect his family [...]
November 25, 2009 Deadite Ghosts When you begin to write a retrospective on such a monumental film, released before you were born, it is difficult to know what the movie going public were used to – the social climate of the time and what the limitations of cinematic effects had on movie goers expectation. However what you can say is [...]
November 11, 2009 Deadite Monsters