Tag: 2 stars

  • 3 From Hell by Jonny Numb

    3 From Hell: The Squirmiest Worm I’ve watched 3 from Hell twice – once with a rowdy crowd during its multi-night theatrical run, and once at home, all by myself. And I still don’t know what to make of it. I’m honestly torn between three stars and zero stars. In my experience, Zombie’s filmmaking appreciates…

  • Jonny Numb Reviews Us

      Us = Despair Room for Interpretation Jordan Peele blindsided many with 2017’s Get Out, a film as prescient in its sociopolitical themes as it was in the assured execution of its macabre elements. From the dialog to the character development to the escalation of tension, I didn’t anticipate the effect of what he ultimately…

  • Hereditary: Devil May Care by Jonny Numb

      Hereditary: Devil May Care… By Jonny Numb It wasn’t too long ago that Jason Reitman’s Tully had its theatrical run. While not a horror, the film – about an exhausted mother (Charlize Theron) on the brink of a nervous breakdown from raising three children – found the beating heart in a tale that, at times, danced…

  • Crash Analysis Support Team: FOUND (2012) – Guest Post from Jonny Numb

    [103 minutes. Unrated. Director: Scott Schirmer] (Potential SPOILERS) IN A GLASS CAGE remains one of the most potent films in an admittedly small subgenre pond: that of the psychological horror centering around child molestation and murder. Its status as an anomaly has only strengthened its reputation and effect over the years – like SALO, it…

  • Crash Analysis Support Team: EVIL DEAD (2013) – Guest Post from Jonny Numb

    [91 minutes. R. Director: Fede Alvarez]     It’s time to declare a moratorium on movies that feature a cabin, a woodsy setting, and supernatural goings-on. When Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard unleashed THE CABIN IN THE WOODS in early 2012, they made the EVIL DEAD remake obsolete a year in advance. Talk about prophetic!…