Tag: film review

  • Shorts Triple Feature by Jonny Numb

    Shorts Triple Feature Hunger (2020) [11 minutes. Director: Daniel Brown; Written by: Lisa Sorrentino] My first “Shorts Triple Feature” article included House Call, a horror-comedy from the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based My Little Rascal Productions. Their latest effort, Hunger, is an altogether different beast. Luca (David A. Velez) receives a faux-old-timey radio in the mail from Chloe…

  • The Grudge (2020) by Jonny Numb

    The Grudge: A Deceptive Ordinariness The new Grudge is probably the harshest telling of the tale (originating with Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-onin 2002), and its moments of violence spring from an intimacy manifested in the despair- or hope-stricken hearts of its characters. It’s a film shot in earth tones, underlining a small-town blandness that augments the feelings…

  • Gretel and Hansel by Jonny Numb

    Gretel and Hansel: Vessels of Interpretation Gretel and Hansel is just what I needed. A bit of backstory: my father was admitted to the hospital the morning of January 30 with a brain bleed (the result of an arteriovenous malformation). The movement in his right side was impacted, along with his speech. Before I arrived at…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: The Shining

    The Shining: Shines on After 40 Years  In 1980, Stanley Kubrick brought Stephen King’s best selling novel, The Shining to life. Regardless of the original source material, Kubrick created a frenetic and most unsettling horror. The story is centered on a maze of emotions and craziness exuded by the Torrance family, which opens the hotel…

  • Top 10 UK Horror Films by Crash

    UK Horror: The Best of 300 Features After indulging in 300 UK horror films, finding the best of the bunch was easy. Yes, there are three co-productions with other countries, but the UK spread-headed each project. Notably missing from the Top 10 Uk horror films are the oft beloved Hammer Studio features. Although my favorite…