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Netflixable? A Return to “Fear Street” for a dull and forgettable “Prom Night”

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Return we now to “Fear Street,” where R.L. Stine set up shop to appeal to older kid readers and which Netflix dove into for not one or two, but a three film series four years ago. The first three films … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Hard Place,” aka “The Evil Dead” by the Humorless and Uninspired

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

The biggest names in the indie horror flick “A Hard Place” are Bai Ling from “The Crow” and Glenn Plummer, who attained screen immortality with his turn in “Showgirls.” So it’s fitting that they get off easy. They’re the recognizable … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Final Destination: Bloodlines” BLOWS UP as Horror Audience Returns, The Weeknd Bombs

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

A sequel/reboot of “Final Destination: Bloodlines” relaunches a 25 year old horror franchise in style. Warner Bros/New Line is looking at an over $40 million opening weekend, based on a robust Thurdsay night ($5.5 million) and hefty Friday ($15.5 million … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Ghost Story that Maybe Gives too much away with its title — “The Ruse”

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve got a plot that was clever enough to land veteran character actress Veronica Cartwright (“Sideways,” “Alien,” “The Birds”). Shooting and editing your film, you can’t wait to get to the third act where you can “explain” its cleverness to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: It’s game-over if you can’t make it “Until Dawn”

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

You could probably tell in a couple of minutes that this weekend’s cinematic sacrificial lamb to the horror gods is based on a video game without being reminded that “Until Dawn” was born on Playstation in the opening credits. Stock … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Gay Fantasia about Honest Abe’s Same Sex Romance — “Lavender Men”

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Lavender Men” is an ambitious but meandering and indulgent indie film failure. It’s not the subject matter that does it in, as it’s another film (“Lover of Men”) and play (“Oh, Mary!”) that dives into the notion that Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ambitious “Sinners” fails to transcend genre

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Black Panther,” “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station” director Ryan Coogler sets his sights on horror with “Sinners,” a sprawling Depression Era tale of race, religion and “The Devil’s Music,” the blues. Coogler immerses us in the early ’30s South where a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Can “The Ugly Stepsister” make that Glass Slipper fit?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Yes, let’s have a “Cinderella” without the spin. Pound home the “princess” as beauty bias messaging with body horror driven by body dysphoria. And make it splatter film bloody, sexually explicit and occasionally funny — laughs with a grimace of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Bill Skarsgård gets “Locked” in that one car he should never have tried to steal

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve seen guys like this in many a city throughout the world. They stroll down a less busy street, eyes darting back and forth under their hoodies, tried to look casual as they take hold of every car door handle … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Noisy Zombies spoil the Peace and Quiet of “Silent Zone”

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

There was a time when zombies were slow and the movies about them were quick. The walking dead would lurch into sight and characters would have to go out of their way to trip or somehow be trapped by the … Continue reading →

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