HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silence of the Lambs by many is considered to be one of the most terrifying movies ever to be put out in cinema. Well we all know the reason of that, thanks to Anthony Hopkins performance of the ever so charismatic yet psychotic and villainous cannibal Hannibal Lector. But before I get to what everybody else remembers about the movie, I will be looking at the things that are not well quite overlooked whenever there is a discussion about this film but definitely not talked about enough as Hannibal. First there's our main protagonist Clarice…
HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: The Shining (1980)
Today's review features a classic from my favorite director Stanley Kubrick. The Shining, based on a novel by Stephen King, follows a delusional writer named Jack Torrance, played by the great Jack Nicholson, and his family while they overlook a hotel during the winter as supernatural occurrences and cabin fever ensues. Like many great horror films, this film has a disturbing and an uncomfortable tone throughout giving the audience a hint of what to prepare for. Jack Nicholson like always is great as this type of character. The character J…
HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist is known as one of the scariest films ever to be put out in Hollywood cinema. And to be honest I could not agree more. The feel, the tone, the story, the atmosphere, the whole overall look of the film is all around gothic, dramatic, epic, and of course frightening. This is probably one of the first horror films to deal with the topic of possession and exorcism. Though nowadays there a TON more, they do not do this classic justice where those films rely on cheap effects and jump scares. this film is good and succeeds at being a hor…
HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead is often considered the essential zombie movie. I am not sure if it is the first but what I do know is that it is definitley one of the most famous. When I saw this film for the first time, I have to say I had a pretty interesting experience. For one, most of the characters, I CANNOT stand! There's a family with the father who thinks he's the smartest person in the hiding house, and is completely obssesed with basement, even though hiding in the basement wouldn't be such a good idea. But the biggest idiot o…
HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting is a classic horror film directed by famed director Robert Wise; it is a film about how many of your fears can exist and how dangerous they can be that they can mess with your mind. This a very clever ghost story because throughout the film you never know how much of the supernatural elements are real, you do not even know if they are real or not. Throughout the film we follow the story of our tortured protagonist Eleanor as she is invited to an abandoned mansion by a paranormal scientist along with another woman and a jock to stu…
RANDOM REVIEW OF THE DAY: Psycho (1960)
A true classic in the horror genre and probably the first of many slasher films to come out after. Psycho is a film that likes to play with your adrenaline and keep you desperate to find out what is going to happen next. Psycho truly uses the art of suspense to its full potential. We all know about the infamous "shower scene", everybody knows it, probably even 5-year olds know it, because it has been referenced and parodied in countless movies and TV shows especially in cartoons. So when I saw the film for the first time I knew …
