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Evil Dead Out-Gores the Original

 Evil Dead  
 Out-Gores 
 the Original 
movie review
Apr 5, 2013 11:50 AM CDT

Evil Dead Out-Gores the Original

Remake takes itself more seriously: critics

(Newser) - Perhaps unsurprisingly, the remake of 1981's gore-fest Evil Dead is a love-it-or-hate-it affair. The new version has fewer laughs and even more blood and guts than its predecessor, critics say:
  • The new Evil Dead has "none of the first movie’s handmade charm or hilarity, intentional or otherwise,
...

Worst Movie of 2012 Made $264

About 33 people went to see Christian Slater's 'Playback'

(Newser) - Remember when Christian Slater was hot? Neither does America. The onetime A-lister found a new basement in the box office this year with his presumably horrible horror flick, Playback. How bad are the stats? Playback played one theater for one week in March—and raked in a not-so-whopping $264. That'...

Possession Casts Spell With $21M Opening

Shia LaBeouf's 'Lawless' comes in second

(Newser) - Forgotten for much of the summer, horror fans flocked to Possession and gave it the second-best Labor Day opening ever at $21.3 million, says The Hollywood Reporter. The Prohibition-era shoot-em-up Lawless took second with $13 million. The anti-Obama doc 2016: Obama's America came in ninth ($7.3 million),...

Critics Murder The Raven
 Critics Murder The Raven 
Movie Review
Apr 27, 2012 1:44 PM CDT

Critics Murder The Raven

Edgar Allen Poe fanfic is a dreary exercise in serial killer tropes

(Newser) - As far as critics are concerned, The Raven ought to be tossed in a cellar, sealed in with brick, and left to be forgotten. The thriller, which imagines Poe hunting down a serial killer inspired by his work, currently has a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes . Here's what critics are...

Cabin in the Woods Is Scary Good
 Cabin in the Woods 
 Is Scary Good 
review roundup
Apr 13, 2012 11:30 AM CDT

Cabin in the Woods Is Scary Good

Joss Whedon-produced horror-comedy defies convention

(Newser) - Critics are applauding Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods for its delectable mixture of horror and humor. From a familiar premise—five college students alone in the forest—come all kinds of surprises.
  • "A fiendishly clever brand of meta-level genius propels The Cabin in
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Paramedics Called to Gory Zombie Accident

12 zombies hurt on ' Resident Evil' Toronto set

(Newser) - Emergency workers called to the site of an accident on a film set in Toronto yesterday morning initially thought there had been a gruesome catastrophe, but soon realized that most of the people there were meant to be hideously mangled: It was the set of the next Resident Evil movie....

Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead
 Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead 
obituary
Nov 24, 2010 8:14 AM CST

Horror Icon Ingrid Pitt Dead

Actress survived Nazis to become 'first lady of horror'

(Newser) - One of the most seductive vampires in movie history has died. Ingrid Pitt, best-known for starring in Hammer horror films of the '70s like Countess Dracula and The Vampire Lovers, passed away in London at the age of 73. The Polish-born star spent years in a Nazi concentration camp as...

Wes Craven Picks Top 10 Horror Flicks

Selected by a man who knows what's scary

(Newser) - Need some suggestions for a scary movie to watch this weekend? None other than the horror master himself, Wes Craven, offers up his 10 favorites in the Daily Beast :
  1. Don't Look Now (1973): A "pretty moving work of art as well" as a horror film, this movie is a
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Ebert: Why I Won't Share My Top 10 Halloween Flicks

The film critic explains why movie lists are awful

(Newser) - Lots of critics have dutifully supplied their top-10 lists of horror movies in time for Halloween. Not so Roger Ebert, who instead used the time to compile an essay on why he hates the exercise, at this time of year or any other. "No list of films has the...

Saw Series Ends With a Whimper

 Saw Series Ends 
 With a Whimper  
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 29, 2010 8:45 AM CDT

Saw Series Ends With a Whimper

Gore galore but not much makes sense in 'final chapter'

(Newser) - Saw 3D, the seventh installment in the gory horror franchise, will be the final one, according to its producers, and most critics are hoping they stick to their word.
  • The use of 3D is effective but "a lack of multi-dimensional flying body parts wasn't this series' problem," Geoff
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Piranha 3D a Bloody Blast

 Piranha 3D a Bloody Blast 
movie REVIEW
Aug 20, 2010 6:46 AM CDT

Piranha 3D a Bloody Blast

'The Citizen Kane of killer piranha movies'

(Newser) - Piranha 3D is as good a killer piranha movie as you'll ever see, and looks set to be the horror film of the summer, say critics.
  • "This movie is a complete blast," writes Christy Lemire at the AP . It's "cleverly knowing without collapsing into parody," she
...

How Hitchcock Tricked You in Psycho Shower Scene

It's all about the creative casting of an extra

(Newser) - Alfred Hitchcock didn't like to use sleight-of-hand to mislead viewers, but he did so in perhaps his most famous scene—the shower murder in Psycho, writes Steve North in Salon. (And if spoiler alerts apply after 50 years, here it is.) That's not Tony Perkins in drag wielding the...

New Nightmare on Elm Street Is a Snoozer
 New Nightmare on  
 Elm Street Is a Snoozer 
MOVIE REVIEW
Apr 30, 2010 8:12 AM CDT

New Nightmare on Elm Street Is a Snoozer

Freddy Krueger's return is bland and pointless, say critics

(Newser) - Freddy Krueger may be haunting teen dreams once again in A Nightmare on Elm Street, but this "re-imagining" of the horror franchise is seriously short on imagination, say critics.
  • The remake of Wes Craven's 1984 horror flick "cops virtually every memorable image from the original, but loses the
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Plodding After.Life Is DOA
 Plodding After.Life Is DOA 
Movie Review
Apr 9, 2010 11:29 AM CDT

Plodding After.Life Is DOA

Even naked Christina Ricci can't save ambiguous horror flick

(Newser) - Critics are absolutely burying After.Life, a dull horror flick about a woman who may be dead. And no, the stupid dot in the title is never explained. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • What seems like it ought to be a vaguely silly movie “takes itself so seriously
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10 Movies So Bad They're Good
 10 Movies So Bad They're Good
'hot tub time machine'? really?
Mar 29, 2010 11:17 AM CDT

10 Movies So Bad They're Good

These film plots are so ridiculous, they deserve props

(Newser) - Some movie plots are so absurd, you have to award credit for achieving a spectacular level of ridiculousness. Based on the title alone, it’s obvious Hot Tub Time Machine (trailer at left) fits into this category. Here are nine more from Olivia Allin of The Frisky :
  • Snakes on a
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Scream 4 Set for 2011 Release

  Scream 4 Set for 2011 Release 
Mar 23, 2010 10:48 AM CDT

Scream 4 Set for 2011 Release

Wes Craven, Neve Campbell will return

(Newser) - April 15 of next year will be scary for more than just tax-related reasons: Scream 4 will hit theaters. The latest film in the franchise is scheduled for release more than a decade after Scream 3, and will start shooting this spring, Variety reports. Wes Craven is back as director,...

Wolfman Bites (in a Bad Way)

 Wolfman Bites (in a Bad Way) 
Movie Review
Feb 12, 2010 9:04 AM CST

Wolfman Bites (in a Bad Way)

Movie is campy and dumb, though one critic enjoys anyway

(Newser) - Critics aren’t exactly howling over the new remake of The Wolfman starring Benicio del Toro, giving it mostly mediocre or failing marks. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • “The movie is pungent with atmosphere, laying down a thick fog of creepy Victorian murk,” writes Kyle Smith of
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Fourth Kind : Not Real, Not Scary
 Fourth Kind: Not Real, Not Scary
movie review
Nov 6, 2009 2:30 PM CST

Fourth Kind: Not Real, Not Scary

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

(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 acting
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Stylish Horror Revived in House of the Devil

Homage to old-school horror films builds tension masterfully

(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 texture
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Gentlemen Prefer Zombies
 Gentlemen 
 Prefer Zombies 
Oct 28, 2009 3:39 AM CDT

Gentlemen Prefer Zombies

Vampires are sensitive wimps

(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 "...

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