Tag: Universal Pictures


  • Dracula (1931)

    Dracula (1931)

    Dracula: The Creature of the Night In today’s world, vampires are taken for granted in horror. We see them in movies, play them in games, and read about falling in love with them in books, but this wasn’t always the case. Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897, a successful and widespread book; before that vampire…

  • ‘Him’ Takes a Sledgehammer to American Professional Football

    As I’ve said in my review for F1, I’m not particularly into sports or sports movies. However, couple that with a psychological horror bent, and you have my interest. I went to Him expecting a movie of low quality; the RT score currently sits at 31%. However, after viewing the film and talking with my father,…

  • Drop Delivers an Excellent Locked Room Thriller

    Let’s keep this intro short and snappy. Drop is a solid piece of filmmaking that held my attention firmly for the 95 minutes it ran. With convincing performances, engaging characters, and a unique sense of style that ratchets up the tension, you could do much worse for a time at the theatre! The Setup An abusive…

  • Nosferatu is a Beautifully Rendered Nightmare

    Robert Eggers movies are always frightening, even when they aren’t horror movies. They thrust viewers into a different and borderline alien world so convincingly, so intensely, that one can’t help but feel a little horrified by the experience. When The Northman puts the audience directly into the world of Norse mythology, the experience is so overwhelming that…