‘Idle Hands’ review
“Idle Hands” – This tale of a boy named Aaron and his demon-possessed hand is directed with energetic flair by Rodman Flender. “Idle Hands” is part scary, part funny and all fun. Devon Sawa handles […]
Horror Movies
‘Hollow Man’ review
“Hollow Man” – There are two things that make an invisible man movie intriguing – the intellectual aspect and the visual aspect. Screenwriter Andrew Marlowe and director Paul Verhoeven only pay lip service to the […]
‘Scary Movie’ reviews
John’s “Scary Movie” flashback review, Oct. 18, 2021 “Scary Movie” – True, “Scream” was itself a horror satire, but it inadvertently revived the very films it made fun of by being really scary. Four years […]
‘Annabelle: Creation’ tells origin story of that creepy doll
Movie review: The “Conjuring” Universe goes back to the Fifties to tell Annabelle’s origin story.
‘Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2’ review
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review ‘Book of Shadows’ deepens the Blair Witch mythology By JOHN HANSEN Nov. 3, 2000 When a film makes $140 million and is called “scary as hell” by Peter Travers, everyone has […]
‘The Faculty’ reviews
John’s “The Faculty” flashback review, Dec. 25, 2020 “The Faculty” – Teacher creatures attempt to take over Herrington High, but the students fight back in Robert Rodriguez’s film that gives an extra chill to the […]
‘Disturbing Behavior’ reviews
John’s “Disturbing Behavior” flashback review, July 31, 2020 “Disturbing Behavior” – This is the pleasant surprise of the summer movie season. David Nutter’s film is a powerful treatise on a major problem in society and, […]
‘Event Horizon’ reviews
John’s “Event Horizon” Frightening Friday review, May 21, 2021 “Event Horizon” – “ ‘Event Horizon’ is the scariest movie you will ever see,” said the film’s trailer. Of course, there’s roughly one movie per week […]
‘Grindhouse’ review
“Grindhouse” – Writer-directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino have a bloody good time here, spinning yarns in the style of the choppy, grainy B-movies they grew up watching in the 1970s. Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror” is […]
‘Snakes on a Plane’ review
“Snakes on a Plane” – Sure, the hype was out of proportion with the pedigree of this Samuel L. Jackson flick, a throwback to those gleefully silly actioners that used to be more prevalent in […]