Tag: horror & supernatural
The Disappointments Room (film review by Frank Ochieng).
So here we go again…another derivative suburban haunted house horror showcase featuring a harried heroine’s beleaguered state of mind from the wicked walls within her household’s creepy confines. The aptly entitled ‘The Disappointments Room’ is the latest flaccid floorboard frightfest that tries to turn its predictable creaks into gloomy gold. Instead, ‘The Disappointments Room’ is yet another redundant […]
Haunt (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The noble attempt in trying to put a fresh spin on the haunted house horror genre may be a futile gesture at best. In fact, the familiarity of such consideration is equally overwrought for both low-budget independent productions as well as extravagant high-minded Hollywood spook-induced vehicles. Nevertheless, director Mac Carter serves up his feature debut […]
Oculus (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Moviegoers may indeed take a hard and horrific look at themselves in the revealing mirror courtesy of co-writer/director Mike Flanagan’s raucous reflection supernatural thriller ‘Oculus’. Consequently, ‘Oculus’ breaks no noteworthy ground in the horror genre of hedonistic haunted house showcases. Still, Flanagan’s titillating tale of a macabre and mysterious mirror, traumatic childhood memories and parental abandonment issues just has […]
