Review: Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007)

Going into this film, I wasn't sure what to expect.  The title and box/poster image made me think it might be some hokey attempt to translate all of the currently popular ghost hunting shows on television into a horror film.

I was close, but I wasn't quite on the mark.

New Zealand Horror Week: Day 2: Review: The Scarecrow (1982)

It's been a good while since I've seen this film, but it has always been a favorite of mine for several reasons:

1. New Zealand.
2.  John Carradine being his creepy self.
3.  It's a bucolic horror/thriller on a par with the books and films of Tom Tryon's The Other and Harvest Home and Tom Reamy's only novel, Blind Voices.
4. NEW ZEALAND!

New Zealand Horror Week: Day 1: Review: Black Sheep (2007)

This was one of the last films I ever got to watch with my mum, and so it holds special memories for me.  Mostly memories of laughing and going "whaaa?" and "whoa!" and being amazed at the effects; for what they're meant to convey, they're damn good.  Of course, they were done by the fine folks over at WETA Workshop.

Review: The Last Exorcism (2010)

I wanted to believe.  Oh, how I wanted to believe.

I wanted to believe that a film could come along and single-handedly revitalize the exorcism film genre.