Review: "Insidious" (2011)- written August 9, 2011

"Insidious" overall, is a good horror movie. What makes it special and different from other movies from the genre is that it is an Actual Horror movie, a True horror movie. It is based on fear and scaring you. Another thing that makes this movie quite unique for a horror film is the lack of swearing and gore. There are only, to my recolection, less than four or five swear words used. As for gore, you don't technically see anything that could qualify as gore. Violence however, is used in some of the major scenes. Also, there are some frightening images. I Highly recommend this movie to horror fans.

Review: "The Ward" (2011)- written July 21, 2011

Now this was an excellent movie, Scary and Awesome. At first it strongly resembled an episode from Season 5 of "Supernatural" called "Sam, Interrupted". This does take place in a mental institution so there were some things that seemed typical. Such as the doctors trying to 'help' are only making things worse for the patients, but let's talk about what the movie is. John Carpenter's "The Ward" has one of the scariest faces in horror. Something is attacking the patients of the ward, doctors and patients are all quiet about the disappearances. It doesn't always scare you in a typical way in fact it rarely or never does. Here is how I would describe the movie: It's like a scary ride but at the end you are given $5, then a dollar is taken away from you. Though a dollar was metaphorically lost, it is still a great movie. Now the end of the movie, and I mean the last second not just 'the end', is GREAT! It is what takes that dollar away but it is so Unique! You NEVER, EVER, see the main actress do THAT. Warning of disturbing death scenes. Have fun,...

Review: "Robot"/"Endhiran" (2010)- written July 12, 2011

I was watching a list of old Ray William Johnson =3 videos on youtube and when I got somwhere around 5 month old ones. The episode was called "Indian Action", in the video one of the 'viral videos' shown was a montage clip of this Indian action movie. Now it was only the action sequences that were shown and by American film standards, the visual effects were quite laughable, but then I watched the movie.

"Robot" is a movie where a, nevermind I don't want to describe what the movie is about, I just want to say it's awesome. It reminded me of "I,Robot"(2004) with Will Smith but if you didn't like that one, you just might like this. This movie is so amazing because of the character 'Chitti' the robot, along with the other main cast members. All of whom have great acting talent. The female lead is played by Aishwarya Rai, who also starred in "The Pink Panther 2" (as well as some other stuff).

What great thing to type about next? Well, this is an Indian film and so some song and dance have been added to this Great...Action...Drama. There are 6 total music numbers throughout the movie, basically all of which are great. Numbers 4 and 6 have this robotic element to them which can make it feel like a Black Eyed Peas video. Speaking of which, it would be impossible for anyone not to compare Aishwarya with Fergie in these sequences. The dancing parts of the film all take part in this imagined state with the two main people and the backup dancers, which is good.

Finally I will say something about the story. A scientist named Vasse finishes work on a robot he's been making for 10 years. Vasse intends his robot to be used in the military, so he is essentially superhuman. He tries to get it approved but he can't unless he can give Chitti emotions, I forget how that makes sense at the moment but whatever. Anyways, once Chitti gets emotions he starts to fall in love with his creators fiance, so to speak. That's all I'll say for now. "Robot", is definitely one of the best foreign films I have ever seen!

So now, just watch the movie and have a great time!

Review: "The Shrine" (2010) - written June 15, 2011

By definition "The Shrine" is not a bad movie, at least in mine. It isn't great, but it isn't, really, bad. There are some moments that might seem cliche or typical of the 'tourist horror' genre. The worst thing I have to say about this movie is that there is a lot of green screen, and it is easy to tell when. However the movie will surprise, not on a big scale mind you, but there will be moments where you let out a mild gasp or shriek(possibly). On the DVD case it does say something along the lines of "The ending will surprise you", which is true, only it's not the ending and it's three words. Another quote on the case says horror fans will be pleased (or something like that). In my opinion, horror fans will be mildly pleased. Gore just enters the realm of 'disturbing', but a little disturbing nonetheless, language is low to my twenty minute recollection, and nudity is brief and partial.

Review: "Scream of the Banshee"(2011)- written May 10, 2011

'Scream of the Banshee' is an amazing movie. Sure, it does have its flaws but it is still great. This movie is what I would call 'a true horror movie', not focused on gore but mainly a sense of fear throughout. Waiting for that moment you know is coming but it keeps dragging it out. Tension is throught the movie and it is just Scary. It is a real 'Scary movie', based purely on that. This movie does have some graphic scenes but it is mostly about scaring you. Frightening images, a good/not bad story. Watch it, if you're not afraid of fear. If I am to say it in a less scary logical tone, this movie will frighten you and it causes tension. This movie, like "The Fly", could cause nightmares. Make sure you want to watch this movie before you do.

Review: "The Fly" (1986)- written May 8, 2011

If this movie isn't a good one, it was at least very refreshing to watch. Other than the fact that it starts off a bit fast "The Fly" is a great movie. There is a lot of partial nudity and some swearing, along with incredible gore as one might call it. The effects are visually stunning and the story was just great. Jeff Goldblum was really great in this film. It is such an amazing sci-fi horror movie, disturbing but just great. I highly recommend it to anyone who can handle disturbing images.

Review: Frontier(s) (2007)- written April 30, 2011

Well, it's been quite a while. Anyways, about "Frontier(s)". Well it's not bad but it isn't an enjoyable experience. Another 'we're captured by crazy people' movie. Go ahead and watch it if you can't get to sleep, it just wasn't good enough that I would recommend it. Also, no clear reason as to how the title ties into the movie, at least 'Saw' was easier to 'get'. Oh yes, and there is a lot of gore or some really gory scenes.