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Crash Analysis: RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (Finland/Norway/France/Sweden, 2010)
The Best Holiday Horror of All Time One strong story from start to Finnish… I had put off RARE EXPORTS long enough. After all, Christmas horrors are usually nothing but slashtastic misadventures, and I wasn’t in the mood for another run of the mill tale about a wingnut in a Santa suit wielding an ax…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: CARRIE (2013) Guest Post from Jonny Numb
[100 minutes. R. Director: Kimberly Peirce] In the horror canon, Brian De Palma’s CARRIE (1976) is considered a signature work – a film that, without fail, gets frequent mention on those “What to Watch this Halloween” lists. Based on Stephen King’s first published novel, it tells the tale of the titular outcast (Sissy Spacek), who…
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Resolution by Billy Crash
Resolution: Killer Concept Most innovative premise since Canada’s Pontypool I didn’t expect much from Resolution, then again, I watch each horror movie with the hope I’ll fall in love with the film. Unfortunately, that rarely ever happens – thankfully, Resolution is different. Michael Danube (Peter Cilella) leaves his wife to rescue his drug addicted…
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Crash Analysis: WOULD YOU RATHER (2012)
Yes, I would New twist on an old theme is definitely a good thing… We’ve seen films like WOULD YOU RATHER before: People trapped in a house of horror and doing everything possible to get out. So why watch it again? Because screenwriter Steffen Schlachtenhaufen and director David Guy Levy brought us atmosphere, tension,…
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The Ruins (2008) by Billy Crash
The Ruins 2008: Far from Cliché A triumph? The Ruins 2008 is based upon the novel by Bruce B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay. The beginning offered the usual, hackneyed fair: four American college students on a trip to Mexico. Snooze. Thankfully, I hung on, and witnessed one great dramatic tale of foreboding. Our college…
