Stranger Things: S01E06 The Monster
Imagine you got sucked into a portal that took you to a dark, parallel world where you were chased by an unknown monster and barely made it out alive. Be a little shocked, would you? I’d say that’s an understatement.…
Stranger Things: S01E05 The Flea and The Acrobat
What does it take to clarify the central conceit of a science fiction series? When a humble science teacher, Mr. Clarke, uses a paper plate to explain the “theoretical” existence of other dimensions. The Acrobat is walking a tightrope and…
Stranger Things: S01E04 The Body
A vast expanse of stars is the first image we see after the harrowing conclusion of episode three, in which the “body” of Will Byers was discovered. What seemed like concrete evidence of Will’s fate is nearly immediately countered by…
Stranger Things: S01E03 Holly Jolly
Barb is dead. Long live Barb! Nancy gives in to Steve’s consistent pursuit of her after the pool party while Barb struggles out of what the audience now comes to see as a parallel reality: She is in the swimming…
Stranger Things: S01E02 The Weirdo on Maple Street
Only two episodes into Stranger Things and there’s really only one question to ask: are you hooked yet? You are, admit it. Or, if you’ve already finished the series, you can probably point to this episode as the one where…
Stranger Things: S01E01 The Vanishing of Will Byers
By the time the mysterious, shaven-head girl, Eleven, emerges from the woods and meets our three intrepid boy wonders, we have completed the first episode of The Duffer Brothers’ new Netflix series, Stranger Things, and been plunged into a 80s-tinged…
Review| Bone Tomahawk
At first thought, the genres of Horror and Western might not appear to have much to do with one another. Westerns evoke thoughts of a dusty America at the dawn of the modern age while horror conjures images of dank,…
Review| The Shallows
An offshore facility that contains genetically enhanced sharks meant for amnesia research, sharks in tornados, giant sharks, freshwater sharks, sharks in the snow, and robot sharks in space (probably): Since Jaws swept audiences away in the summer of 1975, shark…
Lessons of Love Found in THE CONJURING
I love horror movies. More specifically, I love horror movies dealing with the paranormal. And to break that down even further, I love horror movies dealing with the demoniac. However, even though I grew up reading Goosebumps books and watching…
Review| The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2 opened to a massively successful first weekend: 75% on RottenTomatoes and $40 million dollars, the biggest horror film opening since the first installment in 2013 (and the biggest June horror film opening ever). The film is quite good…