House of the Devil

“The Roost (2005)” movie review.

Posted by MartialHorror
/ March 29, 2014

“The Roost” does boast an admittedly unsettling atmosphere and it even has a handful of decent scares, but it’s hard to be invested when it looks like the actors might fall asleep at any moment.
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“When a Stranger Calls (2006)” movie review.

Posted by MartialHorror
/ August 21, 2013

The biggest criticism regarding “When a Stranger Calls (2006)” is that it feels like a 30 minute short that was stretched into a 90 minute feature. There just isn’t enough available material to do a movie about a babysitter receiving creepy phone calls. It gets old rather quickly.
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“V/H/S (2012)” movie review.

Posted by MartialHorror
/ March 5, 2013

I can't say I liked it, because I couldn't stand many of its gimmicks and a few of the stories fell flat. But at the same time, I can't dismiss this either because it can be terrifying and at the absolute least, it is one of the more ambitious examples of its ilk.
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“The Innkeepers (2011)” movie review.

Posted by MartialHorror
/ October 25, 2012

The first half (or even 2/3's) of “The Innkeepers” is more quirky and strange than spooky.
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