Depraved Review: A Postmodern Prometheus
Depraved is director Larry Fessenden’s take on the Frankenstein story, with his own modern twist. The update makes it gloriously timely without losing any of the underlying tragedy of the original tale.
Depraved is director Larry Fessenden’s take on the Frankenstein story, with his own modern twist. The update makes it gloriously timely without losing any of the underlying tragedy of the original tale.
Trapped right between the hustle and bustle of last week’s Marvel onslaught and next week’s giant monster smackdown are a handful of movies that you may have forgotten were released earlier this year. In some cases, th...
Marvel’s first female-led superhero blockbuster comes home to Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week, just in time to temper everyone’s disappointment over how the second one turned out.
Countless movies have attempted to blend the science fiction and horror genres, but not many have done it as well as the original Predator. (Witness, for example, most of its sequels and spinoffs.) With that franchise returning to...
Multi-movie horror franchises are big business in Hollywood, and the ‘Saw’ series serves up its eighth entry this weekend just in time for Halloween. Honestly, though, how many of these sequels are actually worthy foll...
The life of author Mary Shelley is more than worthy of cinematic exploration for a variety of reasons, but unfortunately this glossy new bio-pic from director Haifaa Al-Mansour reduces her life and work down to the world’s m...
Is there such a thing as a week with too many new Blu-ray releases? I think we may have one on our hands. The release slate is clogged with 4k upgrades and other reissues of old titles. Also, Tom Cruise fights a sexy mummy.
Strap yourselves in, folks. I told you September looked like a good month for Blu-rays. From major new blockbusters to awesome cult movies, this week could be a wallet-buster.
‘Victor Frankenstein’ is a movie that tries to reinvent the old Mary Shelley tale, but the filmmakers don’t seem certain of how or why they want to do that. The flick announces that we know this story, then never...
Tis the season for blood-curdling screams, buckets of gory guts and a thick air of spine-chilling creepiness. Well, we’re not technical there yet, but with summer quickly coming to a close, it’s time to start preparing...
The title of Showtime’s new horror fantasy series ‘Penny Dreadful’ practically begs for a snarky pun at its expense, doesn’t it? Fortunately, I’m relieved to report that the show isn’t dreadful ...
It’s been quite a while since the monster from Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ shuffled across screens in a Hollywood horror yarn. A decent reboot for the character might actually be worth offering a fistful ...