Signature Entertainment breathes new life into a timely, criminally underrated gem from the past decade, Chatroom. Directed by Hideo Nakata, best known for popular J-Horror’s Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002) plus the US remake, The Ring 2 (2005), Chatroom lures us into the dark and seedy underbelly of the internet communication […]
To most people outside of the USA and under a certain age the name Fantasy Island means, well it means absolutely nothing but therein lies the genius of this horror reimagining of the original cult 70’s TV series.
Army brats Loren (Shannon Presby) and Abby (Fuller House’s Lori Loughlin) live an almost idyllic life, happy and healthy training with their war hero father every morning across the military base that is their home.
Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horror’s, Cronenberg’s The Fly, Carpenter’s The Thing, De Palma’s Scarface and Scorsese’s Cape Fear make up a very small list of remakes that are better than the original movies. 2020 sees another film added to that list; Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man.
After his debut directing feature The Witch caused such a stir in 2015 everyone wondered how wunderkind Robert Eggers would follow up such a fantastic film. The answer is with a weird and warped journey into insanity set in a lighthouse in the late 19th century.
The Harper family are not alone. At least thats what it seems like when strange things start happening in their house. Pictures disappear, the TV switches on and the record player starts playing. Is it a haunting, a stalker or something far more disturbing?
