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NEWS ABOUT: horror movies

horror movies stories: 11 news summaries
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 Fourth Kind: Not Real, Not Scary

Alien-abduction mock-doc delivers lame premise with laughable framing device

Nov 6, 09 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The Fourth Kind attempts to combine dramatization of true events and fake-documentary alien abductions in Alaska, and falls horribly flat. Here's what critics are saying:
  • The ludicrousness of the grainy archival footage, presented as "real," and a lousy performance by Milla Jovovich, whose "notion of serious
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film • movie review • horror flims • movies • horror movies • horror film • The Fourth Kind • Milla Jovovich

MOVIE REVIEW

 Stylish Horror 
 Revived in 
 House of the Devil   

Homage to old-school horror films builds tension masterfully

Oct 30, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Babysitter-in-danger flick House of the Devil does a delicious job of reproducing the atmosphere of classic horror flicks from the '80s, say critics, and its slow-burn tension is a refreshing change from splatter-fests like Saw.
  • Director Ti West has "crafted a film that beautifully reproduces the look and
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movie review • horror • horror movies • horror film

 Gentlemen 
 Prefer Zombies 

Vampires are sensitive wimps

Oct 28, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Give a guy a good, old-fashioned zombie any day over a vampire. "Dudes don't dig bloodsuckers because vampires pretty much look like girls," writes John DeVore in The Frisky . "We prefer zombies, because we love chainsaws, flamethrowers, and samurai swords." But primarily, guys realize their "... More »

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horror flims • horror movies • vampires • zombie • True Blood • Monsters vs Aliens

MOVIE REVIEW




 Saw VI No Match for Original 

Critics agree: Whatever you think of the first film, it was better

Oct 23, 09 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most critics find themselves in the tough spot of praising the original Saw to put down the sixth installment. They don't make 'em like they used to. Some opinions:
  • "The film goes all trendy in its selection of victims," opting for the likes of insurance adjusters and
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entertainment • film • movie review • movies • sequel • horror movies • horror film • Saw VI • Tobin Bell

(Newser) - Murderous children have haunted movies since the 1950s—but why, Jonah Weiner wonders on Slate. “The biggest reason for this is the most obvious,” Weiner notes. “What’s creepier than a 4-foot-tall killer in Spongebob pajamas?” But the personification of evil in a child reveals deeper-seated anxieties.... More »

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parenting • film • children • fantasy • morality • horror movies • offspring • scary

 Festival Aims to 
 Slay Zombie Record 

Moviemakers invite music fans to shamble along for record-breaking zombie walk

Jun 4, 09 2:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British music festival is planning the biggest night of the living dead in history, reports the Telegraph. Organizers of the Big Chill have invited all festival-goers to appear as zombie extras for a scene from the upcoming movie I Spit on Your Rave. They hope to send the existing... More »

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film • music festival • horror movies • zombie

movie review

 Haunting Is Nothing New 

Decent scare flick says it's based on a true story

Mar 27, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Based on a supposedly-true story, The Haunting in Connecticut is nothing groundbreaking—but it’s good for a few screams, critics say. A few takes:
  • “A technically proficient horror movie and well acted. We have here no stock characters,” Roger Ebert observes in the Chicago Sun-Times. But
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 High-Tech Jacket 
 Makes This More Vivid 

'Virtual touch' jacket will stimulate film viewers in new ways

Mar 22, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moviemakers have a new tool to make your viewing experience more intense: a jacket wired with devices that use touch to stimulate the wearer, Fast Company reports. But the jacket is more than just the latest incarnation of smell-o-vision—rather than reproducing sensations being experienced by characters on screen, it... More »

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technology • virtual reality • movies • horror movies

Movie Review

 Please, Jason, Stay Dead 

New Friday the 13th is what we thought it was

Feb 13, 09 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The new Friday the 13th “remake” is “about the best Friday the 13th movie you could hope for,” writes Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. “It has a lot of scary and gruesome killings. If that's what you want to find out, you can... More »

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slasher • movie review • horror movies • Friday the 13th

 Fangs for the 
 Memories: Best 
 Bloodsucker Stars 

Baddest vampires deliver the tingles

Nov 23, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As Twilight fans storm the box office, Entertainment Weekly offers up its picks of a dozen of the best toothsome vampires:
  • David (The Lost Boys, 1987): Before he drew blood as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland drank blood with the two Coreys.
  • Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996):
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film • Tom Cruise • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • cinema • Kiefer Sutherland • Salma Hayek • movies • Sarah Michelle Gellar • horror movies • vampires • David Boreanaz

 Scariest Flicks for Halloween 

Critics counts down Hollywood's best-liked and most-feared horrors

Oct 31, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's Halloween, so grab the popcorn and scare yourself silly. Salon counts down ghoulish classics guaranteed to do the trick.
  • The Exorcist (1973): Despite the years and the hype, this tale of diabolical possession is still Hollywood's most ominous venture into the supernatural.
  • Halloween (1978): The movie that
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horror • Halloween • The Shining • movies • horror movies

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