The initial concept for Children of the Corn is a great one. The idea of a cult of children, killing anyone over the age of 18, is one with a fair amount of potential and in the beginning that potential … Continue reading Children of the Corn (1984) Review
IT will shock from the opening scene. This is a film where a group of kids fight a killer, child-eating clown and it is exactly that child-eating aspect which comes to the forefront in the opening moments. Bloody, graphic and unnerving, … Continue reading IT (2017) Review
It is amazing how one movie can make a character so iconic. Kathy Bates did such a good job of playing the creepy Annie Wilkes that it has transcended this movie and become a template for how to play a deranged … Continue reading Misery (1990) Review
Thinner caught my eye from the synopsis in the tv magazine. This isn’t usually the way a film draws my attention. Usually I watch a movie because of the trailer or because an actor I really like is in the film. Very rarely will the film persuade me to hit record on my DVR because of the synopsis alone but this film managed that. The synopsis was; A lawyer finds he is losing weight everyday and must try to find a way to stop it before it’s too late. It doesn’t seem like the most engrossing of synopsis but I … Continue reading Thinner (1996) Review
