Tag Archives: #halloween

‘Child’s Play’ a solid update

Posted on July 1, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 Child’s Play is everything you want out of a remake and a grossly satisfying slasher. In a Vietnam sweatshop for the Kaslan Buddi, an artificially intelligent doll that can coordinate all of your Kaslan products on command, an employee … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #halloween, #mark hamill, #remake, Annabelle Comes Home, Aubrey Plaza, Child's Play, Friday the 13th, Gabriel Bateman, poverty, Stranger Things, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Toy Story 4 | Leave a comment

‘Serenity’ swallowed by its distributor over big dumb twist

Posted on February 7, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 After acquiring the distribution rights to Serenity in February 2018, Aviron Pictures set a Sept. 28 release date, where it would have competed against nothing even vaguely memorable, and later pushed that back to Oct. 19, where it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #halloween, #jason Clarke, anne hathaway, Aviron Pictures, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Glass, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight | Leave a comment

Oh look, it’s another ‘Halloween’ sequel

Posted on November 9, 2018 by reelentropy

4/10 After 40 years, it’s finally here — the 11th Halloween movie! Yeah, there are 10 others, but this one is different! This one ignores the preceding continuity — well, the 10, 20 and 30 year anniversary sequels all did … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #alien, #halloween, #scream, #wes craven, aliens, H20: Halloween 20 Years Later, H40, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Michael Myers, The Shape, Venom | 1 Comment

You’ve probably already missed ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

Posted on November 6, 2018 by reelentropy

8/10 I remember an era in my youth, before Marvel, before Lord of the Rings, when you could go see a movie and have it just be a movie. Any given show was expected to provide its own, complete world … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #chris hemsworth, #dakota johnson, #halloween, #nick offerman, #pulp fiction, #the hateful eight, A Star is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Venom | Leave a comment

A less chaotic state: 1982’s Poltergeist

Posted on May 21, 2015 by reelentropy

The original Poltergeist is kind of dull. It’s not overtly scary by today’s standards, until the end at least. However, the Steven Spielberg written, produced and possibly directed film has a strong family focus. Where a lot of recent horror movies had … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state | Tagged #annabelle, #blumhouseproductions, #fridaythe13th, #ghostbusters, #halloween, #horrortropes, #jameswan, #jasonblum, #nightmareonelmstreet, #paranormalactivity, #poltergeist, #stevenspielberg, #theconjuring, Insidious | 1 Comment