‘Disturbia’ (2007) a respectable teen take on ‘Rear Window’
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The flexibility of Hitchcock’s premises is again showcased as a horror movie grows out of a slow-burn suspenser.
Christopher Landon
‘Disturbia’ (2007) a respectable teen take on ‘Rear Window’
Vaughn, Newton are great, but ‘Freaky’ is rather basic
Movie review: Vaughn and Newton are great as a teen girl and a serial killer, respectively. But overall, this isn’t among the elite body-switch films.
‘Happy Death Day 2U’ wrings more fun out of ‘repeated day’ premise with clever genre-hop (Movie review)
It’s accurate to call “Happy Death Day 2U” a dumb movie, and accurate to call it a smart movie. It seems as if Blumhouse studio asked writer-director Christopher Landon (who also directed the 2017 original, […]
Millennial ‘Groundhog Day’ ‘Happy Death Day’ is no ‘Groundhog Day,’ but it’s not terrible (Movie review)
“Groundhog Day” (1993) is of course the touchstone of the “repeating the same day” genre, so when another film comes along with that premise, it’s intriguing, but it also gives me pause: Will it merely […]
Law of diminishing returns starting to kick in with ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ (Movie review)
The “Paranormal Activity” franchise continues to deliver the expected goods — scares or laughs, depending on your mindset — in its fourth entry. But like the “Saw” series that used to dominate October, the law of diminishing […]
‘Paranormal Activity 3’ has the found-footage genre down to a science (Movie review)
Many horror franchises get lazy with each new entry, falling back on what worked in previous installments rather than getting innovative. I’m happy to say that the “Paranormal Activity” franchise is an exception. Although it […]
‘Paranormal Activity 2’ even better than the original (Movie review)
Shaune, a commenter on these threads, wrote about a year ago that he liked “Paranormal Activity,” but if they made a sequel he would hate it. Well, the sequel is here, but I think he and many […]