By Steve Newton Here's five horror flicks I really enjoyed in 2016: Don't Breathe "Alvarez–who also cowrote the script–guides the ensuing mayhem with a sure hand, ratcheting up the suspense and keeping the thrills coming long after other directors would have packed it in. Can’t wait to see what he comes up with for feature number … Continue reading Ear of Newt’s top 5 horror flicks of 2016 (and five more that sucked the biggie)
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Don’t Breathe delivers endless thrills and chills
By Steve Newton ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, AUGUST 28, 2016 By Steve Newton Director Fede Alvarez blasted onto the scary-movie scene in 2013 with his twisted Evil Dead remake. It was the most shocking and intense horror flick to get widespread theatrical release in North America that year. The Uruguan-born filmmaker shows no signs of changing … Continue reading Don’t Breathe delivers endless thrills and chills
Green Room takes skinhead horror to grisly new heights
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, APRIL 25, 2016 By Steve Newton I love Green Room's plot about a destitute punk band trapped in a grungy backwoods bar by murderous neo-Nazi skinheads as much as the next guy. Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier--who proved his suspense mettle with 2013's Blue Ruin--does a bang-up job with the hair-raising aspects of that premise. If only … Continue reading Green Room takes skinhead horror to grisly new heights