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By Sreejith Kamalanayanan Found-footage horror became a thing probably after that massive sleeper hit called The Blair Witch Project (1999). A slew of films followed that flaunted intentional fuzzy images and shaky camera movements: Paranormal Activity series, Cloverfield , The Visit are some of the notable entries in this league. Due to the over-abundance of the found-footage horror movies after the phenomena called  The Blair Witch Project (1999), the technique is now considered a fad. It doesn't interest us anymore but Cloverfield and The Visit were entertaining due to its strong story-telling quotient. The Devil's Doorway is the latest offering from the found footage horror school. It is set in Northern Ireland, 1960. It sticks to the found-footage format to tell the tale of an investigation conducted by two priests to unveil the mystery behind a bleeding Virgin Mary at a Catholic Church asylum. The two priests in The Devil's Doorway, Father Thomas Rile...

By Sreejith Kamalanayanan Rosemary's Baby released in 1968 was a watershed moment in the history of the horror film genre. It presented the disreputable genre of horror with a new direction and aesthetics. The Roman Polansky masterpiece is about a pregnant woman who believes she conceived the baby of Satan. The subtext of the movie is obviously the inner conflicts a woman undergoes while pregnant. A slew of other horror movies followed with a pregnant woman at the center of the narrative (There were some good films like ' Its Alive' ). We are currently witnessing a new renaissance in the horror genre and many of them deals with a similar theme, which Rosemary's Baby effectively tackled. Annabelle (2014) from the Conjuring series is a prime example. Out of the Shadows (2017), in that respect, is a mediocre movie that mixes Conjuring 2 and Rosemary's Baby to create horror. In Out of the Shadows, there is a demon that is meant to scare us. But unlike T...

Blood Hunt, the 2017 horror movie directed by Sam Curtain, is an interesting addition to the horror movie tradition. It seems no one has virtually seen this direct to video movie as Google gives zero results if you search for a review about this little movie on internet. Blood Hunt is a violent horror-revenge-thriller. The movie seems shot on a tight budget with the crew going absolutely 'frugal' while making this movie. The plot of the movie can be easily summarized in a short sentence. A couple goes for a trip to a small town, three men holds them captive and torture them. The hero then retaliates by killing the torturers. There is nothing original about the plot. The story has been told a million times before. But Blood Hunt arouses our curiosity. It is entertaining as well. The first thing you notice about Blood Hunt is that it strictly focuses on its lead characters only--the hero, heroine and the three villains. We may wonder whether the movie is ...

Mimic (1997) is a sci-fi horror movie, one of the earliest works of Guillermo del Toro. Mimic is not akin to Del Toro's masterpieces like Pan's Labyrinth and Shape of Water. Mimic also doesn't fall under his mainstream Hollywood exercise like Hellboy or Pacific Rim. But it does reflect his unique personal vision. Mimic is not a unique horror film. But it scares us considerably. The movie is similar to Ridley Scott's Alien-- an observation first put forward by the late critic Roger Ebert . Instead of a space ship we have the subway and trains. In Mimic, the deadly insects replace the aliens of  Aliens. The movie  starts by inviting us to a grim world where children die due to a contagious disease. The city depicted here has turned uninhabitable, especially for children. And no one has found a cure for the disease that kill children. The dying children Enter Dr Susan Taylor (Mira Sorvino), an entomologist. She discovers that the disease is caused by common...

China is one of the biggest markets for Hollywood films. Even the big budget movies from India (Bollywood) has made big money from China. But, when China made its first $100 million blockbuster, it turned out to be a box office bomb. China made its most expensive movie with high hopes. The movie, however, has been pulled from theaters. Most embarrassing fact is that the movie was pulled from the Chinese theaters in its opening weekend itself. China's first $100 million movie Box office bomb Asura is the first Chinese movie with $100 million budget The $100 million movie disaster is titled Asura . The fantasy movie is made with a budget of $113 million. Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's Alibaba Pictures has invested in Asura. Zhenjian Film is a co-producer of the movie. Billionaire Jack Ma's Alibaba pictures invested in Asura The disaster called Asura Asura is a fantasy film based on Budhist Mythology. The movie in its opening weekend made only over $7 mi...

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie play royal rivals in the upcoming period movie Mary Queen of Scots . Ronan plays Mary and Robbie is Elizabeth. The movie is based on the book Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy. As the trailer suggests  Mary Queen of Scots is about a friendship that turns into a rivalry and a rivalry that turns into a war. The movie's two leads are Academy Award nominees. Both Ronan and Robbie look stunning. However, the transformation of Robbie is unbelievable. Margot Robbie is literally unrecognizable in  Mary Queen of Scots. The movie is slated for a December release. Mary Queen of Scots Cast Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Gemma Chan, Martin Compston, Ismael Cordova, Brendan Coyle, Ian Hart, Adrian Lester, James McArdle, with David Tennant, and Guy Pearce. Mary Queen of Scots crew The movie is directed by Josie Rourke. The Writers are: Beau Willimon (“The Ides of March,” “Hou...

How many of you want the upcoming RoboCop Returns movie to be 'bloody R rated'? Moviestreamerz guess the fans of the original 1987 RoboCop will be desperate for a sequel that will be campy and bloody as the original. They can cheer now! District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has announced that he will direct the sequel to the iconic RoboCop titled RoboCop Returns. He will direct the movie for the studio MGM. A twitter follower asked whether RoboCop returns will retain the satire and exploding squibs. He also asked whether the movie will be R rated. To that Blomkamp replied : "There will be all these things." They had made a RoboCop remake in 2014. Sadly, the movie was only PG-13. This might have disappointed the fans of the original directed by master Paul Verhoeven.

Before watching the little thriller called Spinning Man (2018), I had watched only three films of Guy Pearce, Memento , LA Confidential and Traitor . I regard Memento and LA Confidential in high regard but don't have the same feeling for Traitor. Spinning Man proves what a brilliant actor Guy Pearce is. Spinning Man is a peculiar kind of thriller. The movie toys with our mind. It keeps us guessing about the villain but in the end we are not sure we got closure. The primary reason for this is the ambivalent nature of the protagonist played by Guy Pearce. Pearce plays Evan, a professor who teaches Philosophy at an elite college. Evan is a flawed man. He is consumed by desire. He is attracted to girls of 'college-age.' Evan comes under the scanner of Detective Robert Malloy, played by Pierce Brosnan, when a teenage girl Joyce Bonner (Odeya Rush) mysteriously goes missing. A witness says Joyce was last seen with a man who drove a car that's exactly the same model...

Actor Radhika Apte in Ghoul, Netlix's first Indian original horror series Streaming giant Netflix is quickly churning out a slew of original movies/ series aiming at Indian viewers. Some of them like Lust Stories and Sacred Games became instant hits and attracted rave reviews. Netflix’s next India-based creative venture will be a horror series titled Ghoul. What all these Netflix originals have in common, other than the fact that they are based on India? The answer is the presence of actor Radhika Apte. When Ghoul start streaming on Netflix on August 24, it will mark the third collaboration between Apte and Netflix. She had performed in Neflix originals Sacred Games and Lust Stories previously. In Ghoul, Apte will play the role of an interrogator. Apte’s character finds out that the terrorists held in a detention center are not from this world. Wathc Ghoul trailer here:  Who is Radhika Apte? Apte has appeared both art and commercial films. She ...

The horror genre has evolved pretty decently. Today, the genre isn't a homogeneous entity. It has become diverse and some of the very interesting experiments are happening in the genre of horror. Joseph Sim's Observance (2015) is an interesting film that shows us the immense possibilities of the horror genre. The film is about a cash-strapped private investigator accepting a job that requires him to spy on a woman and report back to the employer. The detective, Parker, occupies a seemingly run-down apartment that provides him a proper view of  his subject and starts watching her through a DSLR camera with a long-range lens attached on it. The premise reminds us about Alfred Hitchcock's voyeur thriller Rear Window . In Rear Window, the protagonist is physically unable to move due to a broken leg. In Observance, the hero seems physically alright but his mind is wounded. His son has died, his marriage is falling apart and is nearly bankrupt. Parker feels some...

Listen up budding filmmakers; I am going to tell you the million dollar tip on how to make a gangster movie that might end up at the top of the  worst movies of the year  or the  worst movies of all time . Before we proceed, you must ensure that you have learned all the techniques of making the film. I am just here to give you that special ingredient that will make your film stand out. Start by doing your research on the mafia. Pick a mob boss who is dreaded by mob bosses of other crime families and loved by people in his neighborhood for his activities of charity( by charity I don't mean killing, extortion or any other such activities). If you are confused about picking a mob boss as the hero of your film, let me give you a default choice: John Gotti , the notorious Italian-American gangster who went on to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. See your concept is now taking wings. You can rejoice your movie is now both a gangster movie and ...

Is John Travolta still a big name in Hollywood? He was once, then he faded into oblivion; resurrected again thanks to Quentin Tarantino’s post-modern classic Pulp Fiction. But, he failed to capitalize on his Pulp Fiction glory—the proof is films like Battle Field Earth and now Gotti. Gotti is of course just one among many worst movies Travolta has appeared in. It is a gangster movie that doesn’t know where its heart is. Gotti is not only Travolta’s worst movie, but also one of the worst gangster movies ever filmed. Is Gotti the end of the Gangster movies? The gangster genre has been one of the most beloved genres in Hollywood. We have seen great gangster movies like The Godfather , Scarface , Goodfellas …the list goes one. Some of these three films successfully transcended the restrictions the genre and managed to be among the great films in all genre, especially Goodfellas and The Godfather and its sequel. Gotti has more in common with The Godfather ...

Top Gun: Maverick , the upcoming sequel to the iconic Tom Cruise starrer Top Gun , will feature Whiplash actor Miles Teller in a lead role. Teller will essay the role of pilot Goose's son. Who is Goose? In Top Gun, Goose’s real name was Nick Bradshaw, a lieutenant (Junior Grade). Goose had a signature saying in Top Gun, 'Great Balls of Fire’ which was inspired from a Jerry Lewis song. Actor Anthony Edwards played the role of Goose in Top Gun. Goose’s son Goose’s son is named Bradley Bradshaw. Goose died when Bradley was 4 years old. In Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel, Bradley will be protégé of Tom Cruise’s Maverick.  Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski will direct Top Gun: maverick. Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer will reprise their roles from the original, which was directed by the late Tony Scott.

An American movie released in 1958 went on to gather less favorable reviews even though it was masterfully directed by a man of great reputation. Years later, the movie’s reputation increased and in 2012 it topped the Sight& Sound critic’s poll by toppling the great Citizen Kane , which was hitherto at the top of every great movie list. The movie was Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense. Now, considered a masterpiece Vertigo primarily deals with psychological themes like phobia, obsession along with lust, love and death. Vertigo’s narrative is centered on its hero’s, detective John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson (James Stewart), fear of heights or acrophobia. The movie is not about its hero’s weakness but it serves as the core of Vertigo’s plot. The movie opens with a powerful sequence that shows the depth of Scottie’s fear. Scottie and a fellow detective are chasing a criminal through the rooftops of buildings. The criminal jumps to the roof ...