Last two movies! Well, the last two I plan to see on the big screen anyway. I probably will rent Butterfly Effect 3 when it comes out, because it's getting pretty good reviews, and I'm a Horrorfest completist. Sad, isn't it ( Read more... )

Hey, it turns out Horrorfest got the memo that if they show GOOD movies, people might just come to see them!

I have to admit I had low expectations for both “Autopsy” and “Slaughter.” I mean, just look at the goofy names. Boy, was I in for a surprise.

Autopsy

A somewhat uncommon subgenre of the slasher film is, of course, the “evil hospital” film. I ( Read more... )

Tonight was the first night of Horrorfest. The Varsity was playing a Korean film called “Voices,” “The Butterfly Effect 3”, and a Brit movie called “The Broken.” They were also playing “Let The Right One In,” but not as part of Horrorfest.

I saw “Voices” first. It was a fine piece of K-horror. A little less subtle than some of the Korean movies I’ ( Read more... )

I've blogged about some of the movies from last year's Horrorfest, I believe, but they're out on DVD now, so I feel compelled to review them as a body. So to speak. So here they are, in the order that I liked them.

1. Mulberry Street 
This was the festival standout. Set in New York, it's a variation on the "infections zombies" theme. But the ( Read more... )