Tag: Blumhouse Productions
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REVIEW: Fantasy Island
(spoiler free) The only fantasy you’ll have after the torturous experience of seeing this film is that it will be expelled from your memory. In recent years Blumhouse Productions have been behind some bold and bombastic additions to the horror wheelhouse, but Fantasy Island is definitely not one of them. The film sees five lucky…
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REVIEW: The Hunt
(spoiler free) The latest film from Blumhouse Productions The Hunt finally arrives on screens after previously being cancelled amidst a number of mass shootings in the US and some pointed twitter activity from President Trump. It is based on the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and sees twelve strangers kidnapped and…
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REVIEW: The Invisible Man
(spoiler free) Originally intended to be the Johnny Depp led component of Universal’s failed Cinematic Dark Universe, The Invisible Man is now appearing on screens under very difference circumstances. It was Leigh Whannell who was recruited after the initial plans fell through and subsequently the acclaimed horror filmmaker both writes and directs here. Elisabeth Moss…
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Happy Death Day 2U
(spoiler free) According to Randy Meeks of the ‘Scream’ series there’s a couple of rules for horror sequels. There’s always a bigger body count and the death scenes are always more elaborate, more blood and more gore. If you want your sequel to become a franchise though, well, that’s still unclear but could ‘Happy Death…
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Cam
(spoiler free) The online world of that age old mantra “sex sells” is portrayed through a ‘Black Mirror’-like lens in 2018 Netflix released horror ‘Cam’. It is a debut feature from Daniel Goldhaber and it scooped a couple of awards at the genre heavy Fantasia International Film Festival but is this worth the forum boost…
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The First Purge
(spoiler free) This 4th of July what better way to celebrate America’s independence than with a new Purge movie? After James DeMonaco’s original trilogy, ‘The First Purge’ sees the franchise return to the beginning of its narrative as audiences are exposed to the story of the initial experiment that would go on to become the…
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Truth or Dare
(spoiler free) Cinema goers are currently enjoying an incredibly strong period for horror films. You only have to look at the success of the likes of Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ to see how well the genre is doing. Furthermore, the variety of quality horror sub-genre pictures is really spoiling us. Blumhouse Productions is largely responsible…
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The Gift (Cinema Screening)
(spoiler free) Blumhouse Productions have been pretty hit and miss over the years but it is safe to say that they are the dominating force in horror. The Gift falls more into the thriller genre but it is clear to see that this is a Blumhouse movie, you can decide for yourself if that is…
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The Purge
(spoilers) Firstly I have to say that the whole concept of The Purge made me quite uncomfortable, it’s a mad idea and it was strange to see how quickly most of the characters had adjusted to it after it being in place for a number of years. The film interacts with so many moral issues…
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