Tag: Horror

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel ABIGAIL review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Children can be such monsters. After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel STING review

About the film (courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment): After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster. Let me tell you, as someone who gets the shivers at the mere mention …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE FIRST OMEN review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate. The First …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL review

About the film (courtesy of IFC Films): October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel LISA FRANKENSTEIN review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body (2009)) about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel SUNRISE review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): When a former cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town discover the dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear. Befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer soon faces a choice of revenge …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NIGHT SWIM review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): A former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness. He moves into a new home with his concerned wife, teenage daughter and young son. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, He persuades his wife that the new home’s …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THANKSGIVING review

About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised his daughter, Angela on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel A HAUNTING IN VENICE review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, A Haunting in Venice is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at …