Horror Movie Reviews – Page 5 – Dahlia DeWinters

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Blogtoberfest – The Shining

I’ll be honest, I saw the movie “The Shining” before I read the book. Saw it on channel seven, ABC’s channel here in the New York area. I’m not sure how old I was, but I must have been in high school because the movie was in the theatre in 1980. That movie frightens me to this day, even when they show it on the Arts and Entertainment channel. The whole idea of being snowbound and trapped while the “strongest” of your party goes slowly mad and there’s nothing you can do about it is frightening enough. The fact that the HOTEL itself is making it impossible for you to escape from him is even scarier. There is also the helpless feeling you have that not only is there “no escape”, but it’s your spouse/someone close, the one person who you love and trust the most in the world, is… Continued

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Horror Movie Review – The Ouija Experiment

Title: The Ouija Experiment, aka The Realm Genre: Horror, Found Footage-ish Director: Israel Luna Writers: Israel LUna IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364842/ NO SPOILERS This was a movie that I stumbled upon perusing some streaming service or another. I suppose if you run a search for the title, it will tell you where it’s playing or where you can get it. Honestly, even though IMDB gives it a 3.4 out of 10, I actually enjoyed the movie. I’d even watch it again! Here’s the setup. There’s a film student (already annoying, lol) who plays with a Ouija board with his four friends. Why? They want to solve the mystery of a drowned girl that happened some time ago. I’m really fuzzy on the details because, well, it just didn’t matter to me after a while. Let me say upfront…it’s not scary. The acting is bad and the found footage-ish way of filming can by annoying at times.

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Horror Movie Review: The Houses October Built

Title: The Houses October Built Genre: Horror, Found Footage-ish Director: Bobby Roe Writers: Zack Andrews Stars: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1958043/ HERE MAY BE SPOILERS Portions of the movie may or may not be revealed. Synopsis: Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them… Today we have the found-footage (i.e. some of the film was shot with a hand-held camera) movie. The Houses October Built is quite a creepy movie. The gist of the movie is that five friends travel in an

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Thriller Movie Review: The Towering Inferno

Title: The Towering Inferno Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama Director: Irwin Allen, John Guillermin Writers: Richard Martin Stern … (novel) Thomas N. Scortia … (novel) and Frank M. Robinson … (novel) Stirling Silliphant … (screenplay) Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Robert Vaughn….. IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4392454/ HERE MAY BE SPOILERS Portions of the movie may or may not be revealed. Synopsis: At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it. “To those who give their lives, so that others may live – to the firefighters of the world – this picture is gratefully dedicated.” I decided to watch this one yesterday afternoon. Why? I had seen an article on “Airplane” and that got me thinking about the seventies disaster movies. I had two hours with nothing pressing to do, so I turned it on. The movie is

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Horror Movie Review: 13 Cameras

Title: 13 Cameras Genre: Horror Director: Victor Zarcoff Writers: Victor Zarcoff Stars: Neville Archambault, Sarah Baldwin, Sean Carrigan IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4392454/ HERE MAY BE SPOILERS Portions of the movie may or may not be revealed. Synopsis: Claire and Ryan, a newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. This…ah…..film popped up on my Netflix queue and I clicked on it just to see what was up. I like the “secret watching” horror flick, whether it be through a window or hidden cameras. Well. Well. Well. (big sigh) The first thing I do when I turn on these movies is to turn off my over-40 brain and get into the shoes of the protagonist. The, I turn off my writer brain and simply follow the narrative. If I watch a film with any of these personas

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Horror Movie Review: Session 9

Title: Session 9 Genre: Horror Director: Brad Anderson Writers: Brad Anderson, Stephen Gevedon Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/ HERE MAY BE SPOILERS Portions of the movie may or may not be revealed. Synopsis: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back. As you can probably tell, I do love some movies. Older movies, awesome. Newer movies, not so much. I take that as a sign of the times. Most of the movies do not target my demographic as a woman of a certain age, so I don’t fault them in the fact that they don’t reach me. I’m no longer part of the teenage early twenty crowd, and many of the actors I admire and look for in a film are, gulp, retired. But sometimes there comes a movie that’s