Categorie: thriller
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Full Throttle: Throttle
Review: This is Hill & King’s own take on a road trip gone bad with a truck and a few bikers! Joe Hill was asked to write a story for a Richard Matheson tribute collection. Immediately he knew what to write, a tribute to Matheson’s Duel (later adapted into a movie, the debut film of…
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Gebroken 2. Gebroken Zielen
https://www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/gebroken-zielen.html#gref Review: Gebroken Zielen is het tweede deel in Lotte Leenaerts ‘gebroken’ reeks. Het delft dieper in de duistere kant van de mensen en hoe traumatische ervaringen uit het verleden een impact kan hebben op hoe iemand groeit. Alles begint bij een zelfmoordpoging die op tijd wordt tegengehouden. Deze is het gevolg van een vreselijk…
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Gebroken 1. Gebroken Stemmen
https://www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/gebroken-stemmen.html#gref Review: Een thriller van formaat, zo kan je ‘Gebroken Stemmen’ het beste beschrijven! Jade Van Hoof is een voormalig gerechtspsyhologe en wordt gevraagd door de lokale politie om betrokken te geraken bij een moordzaak waarbij een jonge vrouw dood wordt teruggevonden. Zij is echter niet heel gewillig om zich in te laten met de…
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Movie Marathon: Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Synopsis: After 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror. Review: Well, these movies certainly don’t get better with each instalment. It’s the bad acting…
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Millenium 7. De Schreeuw van de Zeearend
https://www.awbruna.nl/boek/thrillers/karin-smirnoff/de-schreeuw-van-de-zeearend-millennium/ Review: Toen Stieg Larsson in 2004 stierf had hij drie afgewerkte manuscripten nagelaten dat later de beroemde Millennium-trilogie zou worden. Dit werd één van de meest succesvolle en gehypte thrillers en werd door miljoenen mensen gelezen. En met recht en rede want hoewel ik wat later deelnam aan de hype, iets wat ik vaker…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Murmuring (2022)
Synopsis: Mourning a major loss, ornithologists Nancy and Edgar flock to a secluded home to study birds, but the house’s history reveals heartbreak and horror. Review: This story is a slow tale of a couple who suffered a great loss. Especially the woman grieves immensely and while they move to an old house to investigate…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Viewing (2022)
Synopsis: A wealthy recluse hosts four accomplished guests at his stylish mansion for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but their intrigue soon turns into terror. Review: This may well be the best episode of this season (and the first one ‘Lot 36’). The 1979 setting ànd vibe of the episode made it very enjoyable to watch, this…
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Creature Feature Collection: Big Bad
Review: I have to be completely honest, this was not my favourite story from the six Amazon originals. The first half of the story was slow and just couldn’t get my attention. It’s a wonder I made it to half the story (of it would have been a book of 200 or 300 pages I’d…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Dreams in the Witch House (2022)
Synopsis: Years after his twin sister’s death, a researcher ventures Into a dark, mysterious realm with the aid of a special drug, determined to bring her back. Review: Definitely not the best episode (not the worst either) in this show! It started out great but couldn’t hold the tension and my attention enough… When, at…
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Silent Hill Movie Marathon: Silent Hill Revelation (2012) – rewatch
Synopsis: Sharon Da Silva believes that she is on the run with her adoptive father because he killed a man in self-defense when she was young. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, living under the alias of Heather Mason, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Sharon discovers he has…
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