Once a reliable brand of horror, Hammer Films in its recent resurrection has been wildly spotty, with three new films thus far. If “Let Me In” stands atop the ladder, and “The Resident” at the bottom, then “Wake Wood” is hanging out somewhere among those middle rungs. Aiden Gillen (TV’s “Game of Thrones”) and Eva […]
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Trailers from Hell! Volume Two
It’s a deliriously entertaining collection of 20 coming attractions from yesteryear, delivered with intro and commentary by B moviemakers who love B movies. While born from the website created by director Joe Dante (“Gremlins,” “Piranha”), these are original to this Shout! Factory disc, so you’re not paying for something you can see for free (although […]
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Vampire Circus
I attribute this to the first time my parents took me the supposedly greatest show on Earth, and right before my toddler eyes, a trapeze artist experienced an “oops” moment and fell to his death. Even if that hadn’t happened, there’s always the clowns. So I’m down with the sinister vibe of “Vampire Circus,” a […]
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The Resident
And yet that’s just what her supposedly brilliant ER doctor character does in “The Resident,” a thriller barely released in theaters last month. There’s good reason for that: It won’t raise your pulse a single beat. The relaunch of the iconic Hammer Films brand got off to a great start last fall — at least […]