By Steve Newton I've been reviewing horror movies professionally since 1988. Here's 30 of my faves: Hereditary (2018) "The wrath of Satan seems pretty tame compared to the suffering that damaged family members can inflict on one another." A Quiet Place (2018) "...ultimately A Quiet Place emerges as an effective nightmare-maker for parents that is … Continue reading 30 great horror flicks from the last 30 years
Tag: The Orphanage
Ten underrated horror flicks worth searching out this Halloween
By Steve Newton When horror fans are asked to cite the movie that first got them hooked on the genre, they often offer up titles like Frankenstein, The Exorcist, or maybe The Shining. Not me. The film that turned me into a devotee of scary flicks was a little-known (yet influential) gem from 1958 called It! The Terror From … Continue reading Ten underrated horror flicks worth searching out this Halloween
Horror review: One Missed Call
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 9, 2008 While exiting the theatre after a screening of One Missed Call, I overheard a barrage of extremely negative viewer comments. The derisive chatter was enough to renew my faith in today’s mainstream horror crowd. The latest Americanization of a Japanese fright flick (renegade director Takashi Miike’s Chakushin ari), … Continue reading Horror review: One Missed Call
The Orphanage might be the most haunting haunted-house flick ever made
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 20, 2007 By Steve Newton Somebody ought to kidnap the directors of the Saw and Hostel films, strap them into those torture chairs they're so fond of, attach some eyelid clamps from A Clockwork Orange, and make them watch The Orphanage for a week straight. Maybe then they'd understand that unrelenting … Continue reading The Orphanage might be the most haunting haunted-house flick ever made
The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona loves when the ordinary world becomes a nightmare
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 20, 2007 By Steve Newton Most people have a keen recollection of the first film that scared the crap out of them. For Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, it wasn't anything as fright-worthy as The Exorcist; he got creeped out by seeing Frank Langella go batty in a justifiably overlooked 1979 … Continue reading The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona loves when the ordinary world becomes a nightmare
The 21 Best Horror Flicks of the 21st Century (so far)
Bubba Ho-Tep ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT. 30, 2012 By Steve Newton Last week I posted a blog called The 40 Worst Horror Flicks of the 21st Century (so far), in which I listed 40 of the crappiest fright flicks I've had the displeasure of seeing since Y2K (which was a pretty crappy fright flick itself, if … Continue reading The 21 Best Horror Flicks of the 21st Century (so far)