Amityville 1992: It’s About Time garnered a lacklustre 40% score on the TOMATOMETER and a modest 4.7/10 rating on IMDb. In my assessment, these ratings are fitting, as the film occupies a middle ground between being outright terrible and genuinely commendable. While it delivers some effective scares, the overall experience is tarnished by subpar acting and story, stilted dialogue, and inconsistencies in the quality of special effects.
Bloody Disgusting, along with other listicles on the net, hailed Ringu as one of the best ’90s horror films of all time. Universally the film is held in high regard. Boasting an almost-perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes (98%), it also had a solid audience rating of 7.2 /10 on IMDb.
But as I delved into this cinematic gem, I couldn’t help but wonder: does it truly live up to the hype?
Here’s a list of 23 horror films for those looking for festive frights over the Christmas season. Some are a little more tenuous than others.
Not to be confused with the other 1998 film of the same name, Jack Frost (1997) is a black comedy b-movie, slasher where a crazed serial killer gets genetically fused with snow in a freak acid accident. He comes back from the dead, still homicidal as before his demise, as a crazed killer snowman!
Could this movie be a part of your Christmas tradition for years to come?
In the 2000s there was a trend for movie studios to cash in on successful horror franchises from the previous decade. Alone in the Dark was Lionsgate’s hat in the ring, following Sony Pictures Releasing’s Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse movies, and Artisan Entertainment’s House of the Dead. Sounds like a cash grab right? You’re not wrong!
When I found out about Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, and how the idea came about I was intrigued. I was even more intrigued when it was described as “a throwback to the gory glory days of 90s horror cinema”, so of course I had to watch this film!
