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With his somewhat wolf-like appearance, Benicio Del Toro seemed to me an ideal choice to play the title character in Universal’s update of its 1941 horror classic. But the mumbly Oscar winner actually proves to be the weak link in this otherwise handsome, if bloody, production that represents the first R-rated [...]

“It gets absorbed.”
“It finds a role in the body.”
Lines spoken by a pivotal character late in Gyorgy Pálfi’s Taxidermia, they could mean anything. A commentary on pre- and post-Soviet Hungarian individual and cultural identity or which filmic genres are stirred into this surreal mix.

For those of you out there who fear that the end of the world is nigh, take heart–Armageddon will no doubt have its own little pleasures. Case in point: Zombieland, the latest entry in the celebrated zombie comedy sub-genre, bringing the joy back to zombie plague survival. Set about 2 months after a particularly virulent [...]

The exotic-sounding title of this seriously second-rate spaceship flick starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster refers to a fictional but violent psychological condition that sets in after too much time in suspended animation. I experienced some violent feelings of my own as the end credits rolled–and had a few choice words–having plunked down $10 to [...]

From director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight), and writer Diablo Cody (Juno) comes one of the most refreshingly original horror films I have seen in some time, Jennifer’s Body. Think Drop Dead Gorgeous with a dash of Mean Girls, a hint of Heathers, and a whole lot of demonic carnage.

A Perfect Getaway doesn’t quite live up to the second word of its double-meaning title, but it’s still a nifty little thriller from writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black) that manages to surprise just enough to make watching it worthwhile.
The setup posits the possibility that one of three couples–newlyweds Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich, free-spirit types [...]

Just like The Bad Seed, The Omen, and Joshua, The Orphan reminds us that children are creepy.
First off, I would like to stress that The Orphan plays more like a drama/thriller than a horror film. Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John Coleman (Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after Kate’s third child – “Jessica” [...]

Here are a few ideas for this weekend’s Halloween movie-watching – keep in mind this is not intended as a “best of” list, just a few titles that sprang to mind — and feel free to add your own picks in the comments!
Five Classic Hammer Horror Films:
Horror of Dracula (1958) – [imdb]
The Plague of the [...]

Sam Raimi returns to the horror genre with Drag Me To Hell, an oddly original fairytale-inspired creep fest.
Drag Me To Hell follows Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), a loan officer at a small bank, who is in a wonderful relationship with her supportive boyfriend (Justin Long), and looking forward to her first big promotion. All in [...]

Other Voices, Other Rooms: Acoustic Design in Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965)
As the title sequence of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion suggests, with its violation of the human eye in closeup by thin striations of text, the film we are about to watch is one concerned with altered perceptions. Like the infamous razoring scene from Luis Buñuel’s surrealist [...]