Categorie: thriller
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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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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: Pickman’s Model (2022)
Synopsis: Art student Will meets introvert Richard, whose terrifying works of art begin to have a deeply disturbing effect on Will’s sense of reality. Review: Based upon a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this tale tells the story of an art student, Will, who meets a very timid introverted fellow student whose art is controversial and…
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Saw Movie Marathon: Spiral, from the Book of Saw (2021) – rewatch
Synopsis: Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at…
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Creature Feature Collection: Best of Luck
Review: A joke, that’s what starts this story. A joke about a man who has a string of bad luck. A joke told from one friend to another, while pointing a gun to that friend. Life is hard when your life is one misfortunate event after another, when that one friend you’re friends with for…
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