Movie Review – Before I Wake
Mike Flanagan and his writing partner, Jeff Howard, have developed a smart tale of fantasy and terror.
Mike Flanagan and his writing partner, Jeff Howard, have developed a smart tale of fantasy and terror.
Justin Bowler’s weekly rating of film festival friendliness – this week: Killer Valley Horror, Los Angeles Reel & Halloween International Film Festivals.
Can we just forget the first attempt at a Ouija movie and start the franchise here?
Showcast Episode 132: It’s a Happy New Year as The Movie Guys are back in their studio, The Admiral’s Club, for an all-new Movie Showcast with previews of “The Forest” and “The Revenant”, which goes into wide release this week and guest Franklin Leonard joins the show to talk about running The Black List, a yearly aggregated list of the most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Then…heated “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” talk ensues.
How many films have we seen with young people trapped in a scary place, being picked off one by one? But Nispel turns the whole scenario on its bloody ear just as Wes Craven did with “Scream”.
A careful blend of humor and horror is what made the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream” franchises so successful, and “Backmask” has captured that lightning in a bottle.