Tag: Remake

  • 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…

  • Little Shop of Horrors review by Angel Ackerman

    Little Shop of Horrors or Comedy? My almost-fourteen-year-old daughter, Eva, and I have watched quite a few movies as part of a “Mommy and Me” horror film review collection designed specifically for Billy Crash. A lot of these movies aren’t even good, but most were selected for special reasons: All of them raised questions about…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Remembering Tobe Hooper

    We salute independent horror director and writer, Tobe Hooper Sad times as we say goodbye to independent filmmaker Tobe Hooper who left his mark by creating a new form of horror storytelling with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But he’s far from a one-hit movie wonder. The Texas born director went on to helm Eaten Alive,…

  • The 2000s: Horror’s Best Decade (Part 2) by Paul J. Williams

    Please allow me to preface this article with a warning and a statement: Beware! Dozens of movies are discussed and spoilers will exist, so please keep that in mind as you read. And, I’m not a movie historian or expert; I’m just a cinephile, probably like you, who enjoys horror movies. I also like to…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Macabre Movies 2017

      What does 2017 have in store for the horror fan? Well, Billy and Jonny take a look at the year ahead to uncover upcoming macabre movies from The Blackcoats Daughter and XX to Psychopaths and Rock, Paper, Dead. But wait! There’s more! The year will bring many a sequel as well as remakes, and…