Claudia Maree Mailer Live and Let DieRy By Jay S. Jacobs When you were young, and your heart was an open book… That line is not merely the opening line to the old Paul McCartney song that was used for this article’s punny headline, it also rather fittingly describes the character of Marie in the … Continue reading
Chelsea Rendon, Jordan Diambrini, Jeanette Samano & Kade Wise Coming Out of the Woods By Jay S. Jacobs An old, dark house, in the middle of nowhere. Strange sounds emanating from the night. Six young people hanging out, wanting to party and hook up, but suddenly they start to disappear. Bodies start to pile up. … Continue reading
TRUTH OR DARE (2018) Starring Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Landon Liboiron, Sophia Taylor Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sam Lerner, Brady Smith, Hayden Szeto, Morgan Lindholm, Aurora Perrineau, Tom Choi, Leslie Stratton, Carlo Sciortino, Tim Neff, Lisa Catara, Ezmie Garcia, Alexis Jacknow, Bradley Snedeker and Gary Anthony Williams. Screenplay by Michael Reisz and Jillian … Continue reading
Eduardo Sánchez – The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot by Jay S. Jacobs Fifteen years ago, a little mega-low-budget film called The Blair Witch Project became one of the biggest surprise hits in independent film history. The movie was created by unknown co-writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, two former film students who decided that … Continue reading
A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 (2014) Starring Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Ashley Rickards, Affion Crockett, Steele Stebbins, Rick Overton, Missi Pyle, Hayes MacArthur, Dave Sheridan, Cedric the Entertainer, Kurt Carley, Tom Virtue, Kym Whitley and Gregg Wayans. Screenplay by Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez. Directed by Michael Tiddes. Distributed by Universal Pictures. … Continue reading
EARTH TO ECHO (2014) Starring Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese C. Hartwig, Ella Linnea Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford, Cassius Willis, Drake Kemper, Tiffany Espensen, Mary Pat Gleason, Sonya Leslie, Peter Mackenzie, Valerie Wildman, Virginia Louise Smith, Myk Watford and Algee Smith. Screenplay by Henry Gayden. Directed by Dave Green. Distributed by Relativity Media. 90 minutes. … Continue reading
Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones The Paranormal Activity series keeps on trudging on. This is the fifth film in the series in five years. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is the first of the series to warrant a subtitle rather than a number, and it is also the first one that seems for much of the running time … Continue reading
DARK SKIES (2013) Starring Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kadan Rockett, J.K. Simmons, L.J. Benet, Rich Hutchman, Myndy Crist, Annie Thurman, Jake Washburn and Ros Ostrow. Screenplay by Scott Stewart. Directed by Scott Stewart. Distributed by Dimension Films. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. “Found footage” horror films have become so commonplace that filmmakers don’t even … Continue reading
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (2012) Starring Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Brady Allen, Aiden Lovekamp, Alexondra Lee, Stephen Dunham and Katie Featherston. Screenplay by Christopher B. Landon. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. The Paranormal Activity series has been good for four movies in four years. There is an argument … Continue reading
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (2011) Starring Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Jessica Tyler Brown, Chloe Csengery, Sprague Grayden and Katie Featherston. Screenplay by Christopher B. Landon. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated R. The Paranormal Activity series is becoming the Harold Pinter’s Betrayal of the horror midnight movie genre (or the Christopher Nolan’s Memento, for those to … Continue reading
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