Paranormal Activity

My friend Anne and I started a new horror blog, and I’ve moved my review of Paranormal Activity to www.horrornut.net. Tweet

Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist

My friend Anne and I started a new horror movie blog, and I’ve moved my review of Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist to www.horrornut.net. Tweet

Ploning and the Issue of Representation in Filipino Movies

When I discovered that Dante Nico Garcia’s Ploning would be the official Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Film category of the 81st Academy Awards, I felt iffy about the whole idea of sending any Filipino movies to the Oscars in general. I’m no expert on Philippine cinema but the way I see it, movies

Catharsis in Gore-ror Flicks

Ever since graduation day, the only TV shows and movies that keep me riveted to my seat belong to the horror genre. I’ve been spending the past couple of weeks downloading and renting out my favorite horror movies from childhood (Stephen King’s It), re-watching old favorites (Silent Hill, A Tale of Two Sisters), as well

Silent Hill the Movie

After a week of being fed false information that Silent Hill would be showing tomorow, it finally hit Philippine theaters today. I was willing to splurge and watch the movie at the more expensive Greenbelt 3 cinemas – the Silent Hill series is one of my favorites and the trailers looked very promising. Unfortunately, the

Suicide Club and Random thoughts.

Because of the reviews I’ve heard from other people, I braced myself for a very disturbing hour and a half when I decided to watch my [tag]Suicide Club[/tag] torrent. I guess reading all that [tag]HP Lovecraft[/tag] has desensitized me somewhat because I found the visuals of the movie–at the most–quite nauseating, but that’s probably only