It is the Hollywood way for one successful movie to produce a franchise that would eventually milk its concept dry and run aground. First goes the character, then the continuity and lastly the enthusiasm, but there is always one sequel that is responsible for the downward spiral that the series would eventually take. Was the [...]
Published on: 3rd February, 2010
Although the concept of zombies had been around for many years and a regular staple of horror cinema since the release of White Zombie in the 1930s, the undead arguably enjoyed their most successful period during the 1980s. With the worldwide success of George A. Romero’s splatter classic Dawn of the Dead (itself a sequel [...]
Published on: 18th January, 2010
Sequels by their very nature are often inferior and predictable imitations of a much better movie, falling short of their predecessors by failing to bring anything new to the table and simply stealing ideas and recycling them. There are a few exceptions where a sequel has succeeded in defying all expectations and matching the original [...]
Published on: 16th January, 2010
The hatred towards Hollywood’s current obsession with remaking every movie ever made has gone beyond film geeks and now seems to anger almost everyone. Whilst some films may have failed to live up to their promise and have aged poorly, either due to lack of talent or simply being too much a product of their [...]
Published on: 7th October, 2009
Twelve films, thirty years… that’s a lot of kills! Having painstakingly soldiered through each one, we have compiled our list of the TOP TEN moments of Friday the 13th, showing Jason at his most brutal and inventive!
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