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Advantages: More accessible than the Japanese original
Disadvantages: Can't avoid the "Hollywood-isation" completely

...Keller decides to get to the bottom of this mystery. Once she herself has seen the tape, she becomes convinced she is going to die. Calling on the aid of her ex they both set to work peeling away the layers of a very disturbing story. What they find at the bottom is not pleasant. I was fortunate enough to see the original 'Ring' or rather 'Ringu' (Hideo Nakata 1998) before the US remake was announced and it stuck in my mind like a splinter. From ...
...by the artful and most notably restrained hand of the craftsmen who put it together. It was subtle and effective and left you feeling washed out, rattled and distressed; everything a great chiller should. I therefore had a mixed reaction when I found out that Hollywood had seen it too and wanted to make it accessible to a wider audience (read "American horror junkies with bottomless wallets and many friends"). I saw the sequel to the original and ... Read review

Advantages: Outstanding CG work
Disadvantages: Basic plot, not really a horror.

Whilst many people may slate this horror movie of 2000, I personally enjoyed it- the lack of an unpredictable storyline may have marred it, but the computer graphics are breath-taking…and so, on with the review! DIRECTOR: Paul Verhoeven (‘Basic Instinct’, ‘Robocop’) SCREEN PLAY/WRITING CREDITS: Gary Scott Thompson (‘The Fast and the Furious’, ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’) Andrew W. Marlowe (‘End ...
...‘Apollo 13’) Elisabeth Shue (‘The Saint’) Josh Brolin (‘Mimic’) Kim Dickens (‘The Gift’, ‘Mercury Rising’) Greg Grunberg (‘The Muse’) Joey Slotnick (‘Idle Hands’) Mary Randle (‘ZigZag’) PLOT: Scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) and his team of experts have finally completed a formula that can make animals invisible, and bring them back to their ... Read review

Advantages: casting
Disadvantages: none

...seen, however still very memorable. The plot consists of a journalist investigating a videotape with very disturbing images that may have killed four teenagers, now even through the cheesy plot of a killer video tape, it really drawed me in. The reason she begins to investigate, is one the teenagers that was killed was her niece, after hearing about the urban legend about this killer video tape that after 7 days of watching it you will die. Rachel ...
...the legend is true, she only has seven days to reverse the evil that is now after her, and after her son after he watches the tape. The plot was very different to other horror films, and normally I don’t enjoy horrors as I believe most of them have the same plot over and over again. The director called Gore Verbinski has directed great other films like pirates of the Caribbean 2, the weather man and the Mexican. All other great films of mine, this ... Read review

Advantages: Some great preservation work
Disadvantages: Poor character development

...next Shameless Screen Entertainment movie: Strip Nude For Your Killer (Nude per l'assassino). Made back in 1975 this movie has been sadly elusive in the UK, while overseas it has been an incredibly popular purchase for collectors of the Italian thriller genre otherwise known as Giallo! My first encounter with the movie occurred two years ago, when against advice I purchased the German X-Rated edition. The movie was quite literally chucked onto the ...
...a lot of Italian movies Strip Nude For Your Killer was shot entirely in Italian, this needs explaining I guess; frequently in Italian movies the cast are global, in many movies the cast spoke in their own language, or were forced to speak in English, then often dubbed into whatever language was appropriate for the movies audience. The result is that for those a little on the picky side, it's obvious that this movie has been dubbed into English. The ... Read review

Advantages: Superb cinematography, brilliant story
Disadvantages: Somewhat weak ending

Pan's Labyrinth is a Spanish language movie, written and directed by Mexican born Guillermo del Toro, who's other directorial work include Hellboy and Hellboy II. The movie, also known as El Laberinto del fauno in it's native language, has been a massive success worldwide, and was nominated for 5 oscars, of which it went on to win 3. The movie was first released in 2006, and the DVD was susequently released the following year. A 2 disc dvd set has ...
...centres around a little girl named Ofelia, who moves to the country with her pregnant mother, to live with her new step-father during the post-civil war era in Spain. As her evil stepfather, Captain Vidal, struggles to overpower the Spanish Marquis, querilla fighters who oppose the new Spanish regime, Ofelia finds herself drifting between a magical fantasy world and the harsh realities of the real world around her. Whilst her mother grows increasingly ... Read review