Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker I must admit, I had high hopes going into this sixth installment of the franchise, as it was advertised as featuring the return of Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton, the brave, beautiful heroine of parts 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the character barely receives only about ten minutes of screen time, and is […]
Hellraiser 7: Deader After the atrocious betrayal to the franchise that was Hellseeker, the Hellraiser franchise decided to go in a somewhat new direction, taking a cue from the Hostel films and setting the new story in Eastern Europe, where (presumably) all kinds of weird and sick mindsets are actively in place. It also helps […]
Hellraiser 8: Hellworld THIS is where the Hellraiser Franchise finally was starting to lose its legs out from under it. Admittedly the premise is catchy, and not unlike Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, where the main characters are all fans who are familiar with Pinhead and the Hellraiser mythos, albeit through an online interactive game they […]
High Noon Originally written and conceived as an attack on McCarthyism and the Communist witch hunts of the 1950s, Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western today stands ironically as the story of one lone man with integrity as he not only faces four deadly outlaws looking to kill him, but also the apathy and cowardice of the […]
Highlander Sometimes a most unusual situation arises when it comes to a movie concept that potentially can be expanded into a franchise, which is, what if the original movie is so good AND manages to wrap up all possible story threads by the end, that any possibility for a sequel within that film’s universe is […]
Highlander: Endgame As for being the film that officially sees the “passing of the torch” from Christopher Lambert to Adrian Paul, this film has its moments: Lambert’s legendary Connor MacLeod is portrayed as a broken man, emotionally devastated by the loss of several loved ones over the ages, and not much willing to go on […]
A History Of Violence While not necessarily on the level of some of Cronenberg’s Grand Masterpieces of horror, this certainly ranks as a step up in maturity and storytelling for the auteur. Actually, with its brisk 95-minute running time, it really is one of the rare films that leave you wanting MORE. I wanted more […]
Hitman Adapting a video game into a movie is rarely a good idea, as the types that whittle away hours of their lives trying to conquer the latest Playstation release are not accustomed to appreciating little subtleties like story, character development, and sensible plots (the Resident Evil movies are examples of this), and thus the […]