Horror Movies
‘I Still Know What You Did Last Summer’ reviews
John’s “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” flashback review, July 3, 2020 John’s “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” review, NDSU Spectrum, November 1998
‘Lake Placid’ review
“Lake Placid” – “Halloween H2O” director Steve Miner cranks out another horror film that cuts corners whenever possible. Hardly anyone lives on the lake being terrorized by the 30-foot crocodile, so the “dangerous situations” seem […]
‘The Haunting’ review
“The Haunting” – The second adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel “The Haunting of Hill House” has Liam Neeson conducting an experiment on the nature of fear under the guise of an insomnia study. The twist […]
‘The Blair Witch Project’ review
“The Blair Witch Project” – This low-budget film from Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez has a seemingly can’t-miss premise: Three student filmmakers venture into the Maryland woods to research the legend of the Blair Witch, […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]