Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Tag: high school

Thriller movie poster
No, Thriller isn't a Michael Jackson-themed horror movie (that would be Leaving Neverland); rather, it's mega-producer Jason Blum’s latest attempt to further the black horror cause. Unlike his hits Get Out, Us and the Purge films, however, Thriller headed straight to Netflix rather than playing in your local multiplex...and...
Prom Ride horror movie
SPOILER ALERT: In order to discuss the racial angle of this movie, certain spoilers may be revealed. Consider yourself warned, although really, it’s not like this is The Sixth Sense or something. From Carrie to Prom Night to Dance of the Dead, horror movie proms have been turning into bloodbaths...
Jeepers Creepers 2 horror movie poster
Given that Jeepers Creepers 2 stars a high school basketball team, I suppose it's not surprising that it has a large number of black cast members. The shirtless homoeroticism, on the other hand, goes unexplained. (Maybe the director's prior arrest for child molestation has something to do with it.) We...
The Vault horror movie
The Vault may be the worst of the Full Moon/Big City Pictures urban horror films -- which is quite an accomplishment -- not so much because the script, acting, or direction is so much below the others, but because the bad guy -- unlike in Killjoy, Ragdoll or even The...
Boy Eats Girl horror movie poster
Zombie comedies ("zom coms") are getting precariously close to wearing out their welcome. I mean, there's only so much humor that can be mined from an undead apocalypse, right? The best of the genre -- Shaun of the Dead, Fido -- would be funny even without zombies, but the...