Tag: Angel Ackerman

  • M. Night Shyamalan by Angel Ackerman

    M. Night Shyamalan Brings the Fear In our last movie review, my almost-fourteen-year-old daughter, Eva, and I watched Boys in Trees with the other parental unit. That review was difficult to write because of the intricacies of the ending. How do you discuss such a film without spoilers? I guess in reality you don’t. The film had…

  • Feminine Submission to the Vampire by Angel Ackerman

    Feminine Submission to the Vampire I have noticed in my decades of existence that creatures in the horror genre—whether books, television or film—experience ebbs and flows of popularity. Using mass market fiction as an example, Anne Rice ushered in a new fascination with vampires, then much later JK Rowling prompted an interest in witches. The Twilight series…

  • 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…

  • Boys in the Trees by Angel Ackerman

    Harvesting Boys in the Trees Someone please explain to me when did “20th Century Period Pieces” become a genre?  Let me back up… My husband wanted to watch the 2016 Australian film Boys in the Trees, written and directed by Nicholas Verso. According to Netflix, it’s a suspenseful, dark action/adventure film. My husband thought it would be a…

  • The Craft by Angel Ackerman

    Get your Witch on and Revisit The Craft… We finally made the leap from creepy or funny to scary with last night’s viewing of The Craft. I’ve slowly introduced my barely teen daughter to various horror films because she appreciates the macabre, but still might be too melodramatic to experience cinematic-induced fear. The Craft (1996,…