Extras! 28 October 2014
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Midweek Movie Mouth-Off: What’s scarier for you, gore filled horror or freaky thrillers?
There are many sub-genres that are encompassed by the “scary movie” label. There are cross-overs between them, and movies that can be both, but for the sake of simplicity let’s narrow it down to two. You have gore-fests like Hostel or Saw which are all about the blood, guts and torture. On the other hand, you have more cerebral-centred mind-f*** …
SAW is getting a 10th anniversary re-release
Even though the franchise is now flimsier than a TB Joshua church, I still have a soft spot for the first SAW movie. Here was a film that was groundbreaking, edgey and scary. This was the future of horror movies! And the real terror lied in the fact that this franchise would be run into the ground with tepid sequels …
The game isn't over,as SAW 8 is in development
If there’s one horror movie franchise that really milked the cow, it has to be SAW. Since the first film debuted back in 2003, every year since then saw a new batch of victims get the Jigsaw treatment. 2010 saw the franchise finally get a break with SAW 3D, the seventh film in the franchise. But where there’s a …
Friday Fright Club: Saw
In 2004, a promising young filmmaker would release a film that would change the face of horror forever. The film was Saw, and the filmmaker’s name was James Wan who, if you recall previous Friday Fright Club articles, Wan has since then managed to forge himself a promising career and a reputation as a director who manages to scare the …
Top List Thursdays – Top Twenty Twists part one
Hey kids. Movie Marshall Bill here. I just want to let ya all know, that movies are not just 90 minute explosion festivals with a sunset ending. Say you’re walking along, ya spot a cinema, ya take a seat and sit through the flick and then WHAMMY! You find yourself staring down the barrel of a twist ending that you …
This trailer for THE COLLECTION is going to make you wish you were dead
I am not a fan of torture porn movies. Not because I can’t stomach them (Hey, I sat through the entire Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Now that’s torture!) but rather I just don’t find them scary or engaging in the least. Gore for the sake of gore doth not a good movie make. But judging from the fact that we …
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