Horror review: Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JAN. 19, 1995 By Steve Newton Take equal parts Night of the Living Dead and Aliens. Mix thoroughly with generous doses of sick humour and state-of-the-art gore. Toss in one shot of kinky sex and a few dozen naked breasts. Flavour with a thrashy metal soundtrack. Colour with a garish, comic book–style … Continue reading Horror review: Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

Horror review: The Mist

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 21, 2007 By Steve Newton Writer-director Frank Darabont had skillfully translated the human drama of Stephen King's work in The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, but he seems hopelessly lost in The Mist , his adaptation of the horror master's 1980 novella. Its first half-hour echoes the severe lousiness of Maximum Overdrive, King's first and last … Continue reading Horror review: The Mist