![]() ![]() Ed and Lorraine Warren, come to the Perron family’s aid. The first film in the Conjuring Universe franchise tells the story of a Rhode Island family whose farmhouse is haunted by a dark supernatural presence. Paranormal Investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), based on a real-life couple, return in the second ‘Conjuring’ film. But Aja’s clever staging, a sharply satirical undercurrent, and a third act set piece that might be bloodier than the D-Day sequence from “Saving Private Ryan,” elevates it beyond its humble, exploitative origins. With an incredibly knowing cast that includes Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O’Connell and Ving Rhames and a charming ‘80s vibe (Christopher Lloyd shows up as the fish enthusiast version of Doc Brown), “Piranha” could have been just another horror remake. ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ Creators Break Down the Twin Theory and That Haunting Halloween Murder Piranha 3Dįor anyone who ever wondered why they don’t make more movies like “Gremlins,” there is “Piranha.” (It was originally released as “Piranha 3D” and real heads still call it that.) French director Alexandre Aja’s provocative, politically pointed remake of Joe Dante’s immortal 1978 “Jaws” rip-off of the same name, is set during a spring break in Arizona, where a seismic shift has unleashed a school of primordial, bloodthirsty fish into the lake. ![]() “Monster House” balances supernatural horror with slapstick comedy, making it a great film to watch with kids – or simply to revisit if you’re feeling nostalgic. With the help of classmate Jenny (Spencer Locke), the boys must solve the mystery of Monster House and destroy it before it destroys them. Nebbercracker who’s haunting the neighborhood, but the house itself. One by one, objects and people start disappearing, leading to the realization that it’s not Mr. Nebbercracker starts to chase them away, only to suddenly collapse and be rushed to the hospital. Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi), a menacing old man who steals children’s belongings, D.J.’s best friend Chowder (Sam Lerner) accidentally kicks a basketball onto his lawn. (Mitchel Musso) home alone for Halloween weekend. The film kicks off when the Walters leave their son D.J. “Monster House” became an instant Halloween classic when it debuted in the summer of 2006. ![]() “It Follows” is seen as a modern classic for a reason it’s that damn good.įollowing 2004’s inadvertently creepy “Polar Express,” it was only a matter of time before motion capture animation made its way to the horror genre. The dread (both existential and real-world) is only intensified by Mike Gioulakis’ largely unbroken camerawork and the Carpenter-like score by Disasterpeace. If she has sex, she can easily get rid of the presence, but doing so will condemn someone to die. Besides being a nifty allegory for teenage sex (and sexually transmitted diseases), it also feels like a hip reinvention of ghostly mythology like “The Ring.” And Maika Monroe, who has proven her scream queen credentials in things like “The Guest” and this year’s “Watcher,” is as sympathetic a final girl as you can get. If the thing catches you, then it goes on to the next person that had it and so on. And one of those films is “It Follows.” Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, “It Follows” is centered around an ingenious idea – there’s an otherworldly threat (you could call it a curse or a demon) that continually comes after you, unless you “pass it along” via sex. If the current craze of so-called “elevated horror” has an identifiable template, it was probably established by only a handful of films. ![]()
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