Poor Carrie White, she just wanted to be like everyone else. Sometimes it’s okay to be a little different though, something the film struggles with from the get-go. Kimberly Peirce’s take on Stephen King’s classic novel of the same name tries much to hard to please the wrong audience and ends up being a missed opportunity. Carrie is a horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Continue Reading…
Archives For October 18, 2013
The found-footage genre is all the rage lately with more and more horror flicks turning to the “shaky cam” style. It makes sense, it’s an easy and cheap way to make a movie and the return is usually pretty damn good. Unfortunately, it gets old fast and can be quite disorienting after a while. That being said, there is a place for the found-footage genre and when it’s done right it can be absolutely terrifying as it brings a realistic feel to the film. The latest found-footage flick that’s catching a lot of attention is Twentieth Century Fox’s Devil’s Due, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett.
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