Filmaholic Reviews

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• The Filmaholic Reviews: We Are What We Are (2013)

  

  The family that prays together, stays together. The Lowdown: We Are What We Are is a subtle and unsettling horror drama that centers on a reclusive family with... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Lake Mungo (2008)

  

  The Lowdown: A faux-documentary that actually feels like a real one. For being able to pull that off, Lake Mungo easily qualifies as one of the best of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: My Soul to Take (2010)

  

  The Lowdown: Oh, Wes Craven. How the mighty have fallen. Watching My Soul to Take, it’s hard to believe that this horror veteran and master wrote and directed... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Pontypool (2008)

  

  The Lowdown: Pontypool is one of the best and most insidiously clever psychological thrillers I’ve come across. It takes a different approach to its material,... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic RetroReviews: Poltergeist (1982)

  

  "They're here."The Lowdown: The original paranormal classic. It’s the precursor to Insidious and every film like it after 1982. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Apparition (2012)

  

  So, is something, like, gonna happen or what?The Lowdown: One of the worst horror movies ever. The Apparition hits the bottom of the cinematic barrel so hard... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Bay (2012)

  

  The Lowdown: Gruesome and terrifying, The Bay is one of the best found-footage films I’ve come across because for once, it is about something other than... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Lovely Molly (2011)

  

  The Lowdown: Some films stick with you after you watch them. Lovely Molly, directed by Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) is one of those. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Sharknado (2013)

  

  Enough said. The Lowdown: The best worst movie of the year. Sharknado is an Asylum feature that is so gloriously terrible that it became a pop culture sensation. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Apollo 18 (2011)

  

  The Lowdown: Found-footage horror in space. Aside from the creative visuals and interesting setting, not much else sets it apart from any other average... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Pact (2012)

  

  The Lowdown: A tense, claustrophobic chiller-thriller. The Pactis one of the best horror movies that you’ve never seen or heard of. 1. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

  

  The Lowdown: Absolute garbage. It makes Paranormal Activity 4look Oscar-worthy. 1. The Plot: A group of tourists go to Europe and end up trying out “extreme... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Caller (2011)

  

  Don't pick up the phone. The Lowdown: A good horror film is hard to come by. American horror films have steadily decreased in quality over the years, and I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Unborn (2009)

  

  Pictured: A moment of marketing brilliance. The Lowdown: The Unborn is one of the funniest horror movies I’ve ever seen, and no, that’s not a compliment. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Splinter (2008)

  

  I think this image pretty much sums up the whole film. The Lowdown: Splinter is a low-budget indie creature feature that is a mixed bag. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Gravity (2013)

  

  The Lowdown: In space, no one can hear you scream. That is probably the most apt summation of Alfonso Cuarón’s (Children of Men) latest film, Gravity, which as... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: V/H/S 2 (2013)

  

  The Lowdown: I didn’t care for the first V/H/S (2012), a horror anthology that suffered from poor editing and pacing and didn’t bring anything new to the... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Maniac (2012)

  

  The Lowdown: Maniacis one brutal, bloody, brilliant movie, and one of the best horror films I’ve seen. It is a remake of the 1980 classic starring Joe Spinell,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: The Purge (2013)

  

  With a face like that, he must be a terrible door-to-door salesman. The Lowdown: The Purge is a home invasion film dressed up to look like something special, bu... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Filmaholic Reviews: Dark Skies (2013)

  

  The Lowdown:Don’t let the ads fool you! Dark Skiesmay look like a horror film, but it’s actually a watered-down, uninspired dreck of a supernatural thriller,... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES