“Silent Hill” is based on Konami’s highly popular horror-survival series of the same name, and the movie’s plot pretty much follows the story of the first “Silent Hill” game.
At one point in “Slither,” a character remarks, “Grroooossss.” This aptly sums up the first worthwhile horror movie of the year.
Fortunately, the death rattle of the American horror genre has been vivified by fresh screams from across the Pacific. Horror as an art form is on a dramatic rise in Asia, especially in Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan.
“Night Watch” (Russian title: “Nochnoi Dozor”), Timur Bekmambetov’s fantasy-thriller, has vampires. Now for those of you for whom that comment will be reason enough to purchase tickets, allow me to elaborate.
With a gun to your head, if you had to say one thing about this Irish-folk punk band, you would sputter out “prolific.” “The Warrior’s Code” is their 30th album, and it rehashes the classic formula that has afforded the Dropkick Murphys lasting popularity.
“When a Stranger Calls” is a tediously slow attempt at minimalist suspense, and it does not work. If you want mind-numbingly cheap scares, watch “Doom” instead. At least it has The Rock.
Have you every wanted to pull a Tobey Maguire and disappear into the pleasant films of the past? The means are available and closer than you think.
Have you every wanted to pull a Tobey Maguire and disappear into the pleasant films of the past? The means are available and closer than you think. On the third Thursday of every month, the Academic Film Archive of St. Louis and The Missouri Historical Society present a screening of educational films of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
The very last All Real Numbers! Graduating senior David Freeman says farewell.
During finals week, justice is dispensed with the help of an axe. David Freeman’s latest All Real Numbers.
Cartoonist David Freeman’s protagonist takes a dive off the deep end. Mentally, that is.
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