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John’s Horror Corner: The Sonata (2018), a poor man’s The Ninth Gate (1999)...
MY CALL: An interesting premise with a well-told story. But where is the horror in this horror movie? There’s basically none. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Sonata: Another recent film finding horror in...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Dentist 2 (1998), a little bit meaner, bloodier,...
MY CALL: A bit bloodier than part 1, but not quite as fun in tone. Still if you enjoyed part 1, you really ought to enjoy this. It’s not like you were looking for Oscar bait. MORE MOVIES LIKE The...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Deep House (2021), a French ‘haunted house’ movie…...
MY CALL: For me this was an interesting watch for reasons having nothing to do with the writing or horror, for which I did not care at all. Frankly, the “horror” aspects of this were boring and weak....
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John’s Horror Corner: Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy (1989), a worthy...
MY CALL: Good, entertaining, a worthy sequel, a bit nostalgic even, but certainly not great. This movie will best serve fans of The Stepfather (1987) and other “lighter” PG-13-ish horror fare. MORE...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Sadness (2021; aka, Ku bei), The Purge meets a bad...
MY CALL: This film is extremely violent, extremely bloody, extremely cruel, and extremely graphic. I love it! MORE MOVIES LIKE The Sadness: This would best double feature with Train to Busan...
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John’s Horror Corner: Antiviral (2012), a cultural sickness manifests in this...
MY CALL: Director Brandon Cronenberg’s first film shows great promise in conceptualization and filmmaking, but fails to deliver in terms of story development. A decent movie I guess, but it...
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John’s Horror Corner: Nightbreed (1990), Clive Barker’s epic dark fantasy...
MY CALL: It may not have had the budget to be recognized as such, but for me this is a horror Star Wars (1977) or The Fifth Element (1997) or Legend (1985) as it creates a world I want to spend more...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Twin (2022), one part tense family therapy, one...
MY CALL: This was decent. I’m very apprehensive of Netflix and Shudder originals, and this was by no means great. But it was pretty good—creepy, emotionally uncomfortable, well made and it held great...
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John’s Horror Corner: Offseason (2021), a lighter, PG-13-ish Lovecraftian...
MY CALL: This film may be best for less seasoned, younger horror fans less keen on shrill terror or eye-turning gore. For this very reason, I’m actually a bit surprised this wasn’t helmed by a...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Cursed (2021), a most welcome spin to a gypsy curse...
MY CALL: Don’t read too much about this film before seeing it; don’t seek out screen grabs or clips. It’s creepily atmospheric, graphically gory, and wondering if this is more creature feature or...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Exorcism of God (2021), an exorcism movie that...
MY CALL: This is a decent exorcism movie with a really great opening sequence. But it lacks the desired follow-through and consistent intensity promised in the early acts. Recommended to anyone who...
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John’s Horror Corner: Alligator (1980), a huge animatronic alligator that is...
MY CALL: No joke, this was way better than expected. And not totally in a “so bad it’s good” kind of way, which it is. But in a great animatronic monster movie kind of way. The animal attack scenes...
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John’s Horror Corner: Dashcam (2021), the delightfully wild found footage...
MY CALL: If you enjoy found footage and impressive lower budget fare (that never feels low budget), this is for you. This film is wildly bonkers and boasts more impressive and gory special effects...
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John’s Horror Corner: Amityville II: The Possession (1982), an entertaining...
MY CALL: Taking some off-the-wall liberties in its storytelling, this is exactly the kind of high energy, high lunacy sequel that we sort of secretly want from our beloved horror classics. After...
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John’s Horror Corner: Amityville 3-D (1983), a boring slog of a haunted house...
MY CALL: I wasn’t a fan and don’t recommend this movie, whose pacing is just way too slow for me even to recommend to lovers of ‘so bad it’s good’ cinema. Not much happens until the very end, it’s...
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John’s Horror Corner: Children of the Night (1991), a vampire B-movie in the...
MY CALL: Like a piñata filled with cheesy guts and over-sized fangs, this was a pleasant surprise of slapstick horror comedy that spirals into silly nonsense. MORE MOVIES LIKE Children of the Night:...
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John’s Horror Corner: Amityville Horror 4: The Evil Escapes (1989), yet...
MY CALL: Sorry, but this movie is little more than yet another boring slog lamely continuing the Amityville curse story. The effects are even more soporific than the story. MORE MOVIES LIKE...
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John’s Horror Corner: As Above, So Below (2014), an Indiana Jones adventure...
MY CALL: An adventure-horror movie? Yes please! While higher budget among its subgenre, this is definitely one of the better found-footage horrors on the market in my opinion, but more for its style,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Moloch (2022), a sleepy Scandinavian folk horror about...
MY CALL: This film is slow and interesting, but more boring than slowburn as it never quite musters the degree of dread desired for an effective horror experience. Not bad, but not necessarily...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Boxer’s Omen (1983; aka Mo, Black Magic 4), a Shaw...
MY CALL: Loads of gory guts, kickboxing matches, black magic curses, cheap conjured monsters, Buddhist missions, gratuitous nudity and confusing storylines. This movie is pure lunacy; an acid trip of...
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