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THE LAST KNOCK presents: KRAMPUS (2015)
Yes, it does matter if you’ve been naughty or nice, but we’re not talking about getting coal in your stocking for being a jerkface meanyhead. In this case, it’s all about Krampus, the anti-Santa, and what happens to a little kid when he loses faith in the holiday and the man in the big red…
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Crash Analysis: GRABBERS (UK/Ireland, 2012)
Grab it – Before it Grabs You! The UK’s best horror/comedy – take that SHAUN OF THE DEAD! Upon a recommendation, from artist/teacher/Polish movie poster collector, Douglas McCambridge, I rented Jon Wright’s GRABBERS. From the posters it was clear I’d be in for a comedy creature feature, and I certainly needed a brain break from…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: EVIDENCE (2012) Guest Post from Paul J. Williams
A frustratingly interesting experience. (Minor spoilers ahead.) EVIDENCE is a 2012 found-footage horror film directed by Howie Askins from a screenplay written by Ryan McCoy, who also stars as our amateur camera operator. The set-up is a familiar found-footage trope: a quartet of attractive yuppies trek out to the wilds and inexplicably disappear, leaving behind…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: YOU’RE NEXT (2011) – Guest Post from Jonny Numb
YOU’RE NEXT (2011) [94 minutes. R. Director: Adam Wingard] YOU’RE NEXT begins under dubious circumstances, recycling slasher-film clichés with precious little innovation: a schlubby guy (Larry Fessenden) fucks his girlfriend (who wears a distinct look of dissatisfaction) before walking to the kitchen for a snack. It’s not spoiling anything to say that this pre-title sequence…
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Crash Analysis: THE KILLING GENE (UK, 2007)
If you liked SEVEN… A couple of nice turns for the serial killer subgenre… Though more of a crime/thriller, there’s enough gore and disturbing elements to shove this movie into the horror vein, and it is labeled as such. I hadn’t heard of THE KILLING GENE until I began looking at more work from the…
