Originally published and edited from All Things MJ Cross Blogger 1/24/15. Carrie (2013) stars Chloe Grace Cortez as the film’s titular character and Julianne Moore as her deranged Christian-Fundamentalist mother, Margaret. By now, you may already know her name and the story. If you don’t please stop now and pick up the book. Spoilers follow!…
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Originally published and edited from my All Things MJ Cross Blogger on 12/17/2015. Yet another found-footage film. There’s something about having a first-person POV as you turn the corner of some dark tunnel, praying that there’s nothing on the other side. As Above, So Below is rift with these twists and turns. Essentially the story…
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Day 10 of #31daysofhorror reviews Parasite is a South Korean black-comedy thriller that came out in 2019 and near damn swept thee Academy Awards on its path to collecting many other accolades. So why watch Parasite for this or any other Halloween? First The Story: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship…
Read moreStephen King is so prolific that he name is synonymous with American Horror. I doubt there’s no one who couldn’t name one of his works. Or in the least, conjure up movie that was inspired by King. It’s my hope to one day mirror his success. So while your hear, please take a look at…
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For Day 7 of #31daysofhorror review, I present to you Black Christmas (2019). Apparently, this is a remake of a remake of the original (1974). Try wrapping your head around that one. The Story: Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays as students travel home to spend time with their families. But as Riley…
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Day 6 of #31daysofhorror reviews Today’s review is brought to you by the letter: The Story: A family is terrorized by their eight year old’s imaginary friend. What I liked: This has the makings of something great. There’s an idea here just original enough that it holds your attention. There are so many elements of…
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Day 5 of #31daysofhorror reviews We all know this story right? A child’s doll becomes possessed by unimaginable evil and is obsessed with becoming a “real boy”. It’s a bloody take on Pinocchio and the “Boy who cried wolf” that spawned a horror movie icon – Chucky – and a slasher film franchise. Chunky was…
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Who has watched Dream House?
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Originally published and edited from my All Things MJ Cross Blogger on 3/1/2016. It’s critically acclaimed, and according to Stephen King, it scared the shit outta him. So as a horror movie fan, I had to go see what the fuss was all about. A devoutly Puritan family has been ousted from the safety of…
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Originally published and edit from my blogger February 22, 2016 Mix a babysitter-urban legend nightmare and an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and you got this made-for tv thriller. Based upon a young-adult lit novel written by novelist Richard Peck, the film revolves around the life of Gail Osborne (Kathleen Beller) as…
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