Vampires

The new James Wan film MALIGNANT is nothing less than magnificent. It opened this past weekend, and it didn’t do well. It’s probably fair to call it a flop, at least insofar as its theatrical take is concerned. Why, when CANDYMAN opened just a couple of weeks ago and scored a slam-dunk? Why, when Horror…

There’s a certain approach, a certain, shall we say, subtlety one expects of a specific type of movie, what we can call the INSIDIOUS approach, the kind seen in the THE CONJURING movies and the like. The supernatural threat is understated and creeping, slowly rising, often overlooked by any characters on the outside, perceived only…

Brian walked ahead of Gale down the corridor, his sword held with both hands; the bluish overhead lights glinting off the polished steel caused the runes and glyphs along the blade to stand out in bold relief. The air conditioning chilled him, the artificial breeze licking the sweat from his skin. His wet clothes stuck…

At the other end of this link is an article I could not have written. Because I’m not black. The best I could ever do would be to try to mentally put myself in another’s place, try to conceive of how such a person would see the world, use empathy for creative purpose. That’s how…

To quote the Slickster of World Wrestling Federation infamy, “I told you, I told you, I told you—now didn’t I tell you?!” I predicted that Sony would not leave the new Venom movie where they’d parked it, opening on October 15th, the same weekend as HALLOWEEN KILLS. And I was right. But exactly *when* Sony…

Sexiest? Yes. (It’s the accent.) Smartest? No. Well, maybe. But that’s not really saying all that much, now is it? Funniest? How could anyone pick just one, as far as that goes? But Nadja may just be the most badass of the quartet. I would have said Nandor before, but after seeing the way she…

Colin Robinson seemed to be acting a little out of character. Usually he is unflappable, not responding to the histrionics of his housemates. But we saw him getting testy. Why is that? I can only assume it’s setting up a storyline that will play out in future episodes. Some online gawkers are lamenting that the…

The first of the “Double Feature” storylines, “Red Tide”, has thus far made its way to near the top of my favorite seasons of the series, for obvious reasons. The vampires in this episode I’m finding more satisfying than the ones depicted in AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL. I dig this take on them, how creative…

I’ve seen several articles as of late praising the new CANDYMAN (as they should) but some of them saying some version of the same thing, that the new film “reclaims” the story from its white creators. Besides not always sitting well with me because, sometimes, it feels like there is this faint hint of condemnation…

Good choice. Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman and a terrific actor in his own right (check out BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE if you don’t believe me), has been cast as Ben Mears, the everyman hero of the story. That’ll do just fine. No word yet on who he’ll be pitted against in…