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Archive for the 'Mystery/Horror' Category

Dracula (1931)

April 9, 2008

This movie reveiw is different than most. Taking into account how old it is I am not going to rate it out of ten. Recently I read the book Dracula and watched this movie for a school project. I guess it was good for its time but definitely does not hold up well now. All the nostalgia buffs [...]

Shutter

April 2, 2008

4.5/10
If you want to see a truly unoriginal, unscary, and predictable movie then look no further. Now I haven’t seen many Japanese style horror movies but I know that this movies “borrows” most of its content. It’s the typical vengeful ghost story. A photographer Ben(Joshua Jackson) and his wife Jane (Rachael Taylor) move to Tokyo for a [...]

Red Eye

February 14, 2008

8/10
Red Eye is a light thriller that stars Rachel McAdams as a hotel manager named Lisa Reisert. She has a fear of flying but has to because of a death in the family. One the trip back from the funeral while delayed for a flight to Miami she meets the creepy but seemingly nice Jackson (Cillian Murphey) and talks with [...]

1408

January 23, 2008

7 /10
1408 a movie version of Stephen King’s novel is the story of horror writer Mike Enslin (John Cusack) who goes around to supposedly haunted places for his books. He receives a card daring him to stay at the Dolphin Hotel in room 1408. Despite the warnings from the hotel manager (Samuel Jackson), who claims 56 people have [...]