Tag: Kim Morrison
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ANALYSIS: Fairytale Gateway Horror with Jim Henson’s THE STORYTELLER
As part of our series on Kid’s Horror, Kim Morrison looks back at one of Jim Henson’s lesser known creations… As a child, there was no denying I was a massive fan of Jim Henson and the magical worlds he created. Films like The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996) were very […]
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REVIEW: Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2022)
dir. Pat Higgins Horror typically works well when it’s mixed with other genres and Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2022) attempts to give us a horror/comedy/musical all rolled into one. Wasting no time in getting stuck in the first 15 minutes is an intense plot package involving Emily (Charlie Bond) forming […]
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REVIEW: Daughter (2022)
dir. Corey Deshon A young woman runs for her life with two men – Father (Starship Troopers’ Casper Van Dien) and Brother (Ian Alexander) – in pursuit. As a soft ballad plays over the delicate title card the scene changes to reveal the men, now covered in blood. The family is only missing its fourth […]
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REVIEW: Ju-on: Origins (2020)
creator. Takashige Ichise 2020 was a good year for the Ju-On franchise, with the latest edition of the American retelling hitting cinemas and a brand new series, Ju-On: Origins, sliding onto Netflix. The six-part miniseries is a story within a story, said to be the real-life inspiration for the horrible events in the long-running cinematic […]
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ANALYSIS: Keeping Secrets in King’s STORM OF THE CENTURY (1999)
Kim Morrison celebrates of one of King’s most under-seen 90s miniseries… Due to the sheer number of pages in a lot of his books, many of Stephen King’s works have been given the mini-series treatment rather than risk losing important details just to conform to a standard film’s runtime. However, in 1999, King decided to […]
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ANALYSIS: The Power of the Losers in IT (1990)
Spoilers Much like Pennywise’s cyclical slumber, there was a 27 year gap between the original TV adaptation of IT in 1990 and Andy Muschietti’s big screen iteration. But what did the mini-series have to say about its central septych of characters, the Losers Club? Kim Morrison heads back to Derry to find out… The mini-series […]
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ANALYSIS: Green is the Future – examining relationships in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) and THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017)
Kim Morrison dives into two creature features to explore how sub-aquatic relationships might offer a way of decoding real-world romances… Monsters falling in love with human women is something that pops up in the horror genre quite often. From King Kong climbing the Empire State Building with Ann clasped in his hand or Dracula romancing […]
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ANALYSIS: “I am not a real duck” – A Portrait of Paranoid Marriage in HONEYMOON (2014)
Spoilers Before the Fear Street Trilogy, director Leigh Janiak’s debut explored the dark waters of a relationship in freefall. Kim Morrison investigates… “Before I was alone. And now I am not.” This is one of the first things we hear Bea (Rose Leslie) say on her wedding video in the opening minutes of Honeymoon (2014). […]
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ANALYSIS: Examining the Real-World Violence of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
Spoiler and Trigger Warning for Sexual Assault One of the most infamous entries in the “video nasty” era, Wes Craven’s debut feature continues to shock to this day. Kim Morrison examines the method behind the madness… Even though the video nasties list was something that popped up in the ‘80s, films that were once on […]
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TOP 10: Supernatural Slashers
Sometimes, they come back. Kim Morrison aims for the head as she counts down the Top 10 times that slashers went supernatural… Slasher movies often follow a formula so simple that Randy had a whole rant about it in Scream (1996). There’s a killer, often in a memorable mask and/or costume, who likes stalking and […]
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