Tag: scary movies

New on 4K, Blu-Ray: RE-ANIMATOR

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 26, 2025

RE-ANIMATOR The horror film Re-Animator has become a big cult classic amongst us scary movie fanatics. It’s celebrating its 40th anniversary and the fine folks at Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures have released a brand new 4K restoration with a jaw-dropping number of special features, both new and legacy special features. Re-Animator is based…
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IF YOU LIKED…THEN CHECK OUT: Halloween Edition

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 28, 2016

In honor of Halloween coming up, I thought I’d take a look at some alternative movies you can watch this season depending on your scare level. Here’s my take on the “If you liked…then check out…” If you liked: HOCUS POCUS Then check out: THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1980) Bette Davis and a Real…
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Movie Review: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 10, 2016

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Director: Dan Trachtenberg Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin 10 Cloverfield Lane is considered by the studio to be the “blood relative” sequel of the smash 2008 film Cloverfield. Producer J.J. Abrams snuck a fast one on moviegoers by producing a sequel and keeping it shrouded…
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Movie Rewind: THE BABADOOK (2014)

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 27, 2015

THE BABADOOK Writer/Director: Jennifer Kent Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Hayley McElhinney It’s rare these days when you come across an actual scary movie. Many movies are released each year that fit into the “horror genre”, but for every one movie that’s decent, you get about five or six that are…
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Movie Review: GOOSEBUMPS

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 25, 2015

GOOSEBUMPS Director: Rob Letterman, Starring: Dylan Minnette, Jack Black, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino I remember reading R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps and Fear Street series as a kid. I was also reading Stephen King at the time, so apparently I liked to get scared that far back. The Goosebumps books were…
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Movie Review: IT FOLLOWS

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 31, 2015

IT FOLLOWS Writer/Director: David Robert Mitchell Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Jake Weary, Baily Spry If you are familiar with those old rules for successfully surviving a horror movie, you may remember the one that says you can never have sex. It Follows uses that concept of teens having sex as…
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Movie Rewind: HALLOWEEN

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 1, 2012

HALLOWEEN (1978) Director: John Carpenter Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, Nick Castle Paul’s Trip to the Movies: October 2012 “I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes… the devil’s eyes.” A simple score of just a couple of notes…
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