Hart’s War It’s probably never a good idea when you cast Colin Farrell, that most non-masculine of actors whose apparent “stardom” continues to cause this viewer a great deal of bewilderment, in what’s supposed to be a tough, gritty war film about the lives of American soldiers in a WWII POW camp. That, plus a […]
Heat In the history of Oscar Screwjobs, obviously that while it is well known that such things happen every year, it’s maybe once a decade that one occurs of such monumental proportions, that it casts shame and doubt upon the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences that can never, ever be erased. Such was […]
Heathers In the long gone era known as the 80s, a man named John Hughes managed to successfully bottle teen angst and sell it on the mass marketplace, making a legend for himself and giving teenagers an antidote for their anxieties to this day. But there was one movie from 1988 NOT made by Hughes […]
Heavy Metal Widely recognized as the groundbreaking effort that introduced “adult animation” to a mainstream audience, this 1981 milestone is rather crude by today’s standards, but nonetheless paved the way for Aeon Flux and many other alternative cartoons for a long way to come via Adult Swim etc. The biggest flaw with the film is […]
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 Clive Barker’s seminal 1987 Masterpiece, Hellraiser, was a horror film unlike any other, with a truly potent thematic statement, as despite featuring a slew of monsters and demons as a major part of its narrative, it was really about how the normal humans were the REAL monsters after all, possessing as we […]
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Right off the bat you can tell that director Guillermo Del Toro has done something right when John Hurt, a key component of the 1st movie, reappears in a flashback cameo to narrate the opening sequence and set up the story. Sadly, the opening scenes are a tad ridiculous, evoking […]
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 In attempting to make a follow-up to the mediocre slasher flick that starred Jamie Lee Curtis, the producers decided to follow a different route and tried to create an all-purpose horror villain for the series that would essentially be a female version of Freddy Krueger, with a little bit […]
Hellraiser When it comes to today’s horror films where many filmmakers emphasize mood and atmosphere over gory carnage (or vice versa), one can wonder what the final products could be like if all of those elements were combined into one visceral pot. In that case, look no further than this Immortal Horror Classic from 1987, […]
Hellraiser 4: Bloodline What could be seen as a triumph in itself about the fourth entry in the venerable horror franchise is that despite all of the behind the scenes turmoil that went on with its filming, that they actually managed to put out a pretty watchable, entertaining movie. The problems emerged when director Kevin […]
Hellraiser 5: Inferno While many fans of the series might take issue with the fact that franchise star Doug “Pinhead” Bradley is reduced to a mere 5 minutes of screen time (something that no doubt pissed off Part 4 helmer Kevin Yagher), credit should be given for trying something different with the concept, as director […]