Horror Movies

Monster mashup finally arrives with ‘AVP: Alien vs. Predator’ (2004)

The Aughts was a decade when Hollywood stopped making excuses and started delivering movies people had been clamoring for: From “X-Men” to “Spider-Man” to the

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Whedon gives a test run for ‘Firefly’ with ‘Alien Resurrection’ (1997)

Following a horror movie, an action movie and a brooding character piece, the “Alien Quadrilogy” (as it’ll be known until a fifth film comes out)

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‘Alien 3’ (1992) has more style than sense

After the almost universally beloved “Alien” and “Aliens,” we now move into the territory of “for fans only” with 1992’s “Alien 3,” which can be viewed as

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This time it’s war in Cameron’s thrilling ‘Aliens’ (1986)

In 1986, I was obsessed with “Star Wars” cartoons and toys and not even aware of the “Aliens” franchise, which is appropriate, because I would’ve

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‘Prometheus’ undeniably cool, but continuity glitches are annoying

The things that make “Prometheus” cool (A new “Alien” universe movie! And from “Alien” director Ridley Scott, no less!) also cause problems. I’ll go into spoiler-laden specifics later in

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‘Alien’ (1979) sets the monster-flick template, and a high bar

“Prometheus” isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s pretty darn good, and it certainly has me on an “Alien” Universe kick this summer. So here’s the first

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‘Chernobyl Diaries’ a creepy trek through a radioactive ghost town (Movie review)

“Chernobyl Diaries” is a great launch to the summer horror movie season, a spooky journey through a ghost town, a blue-collar burg with bland government-style architecture

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‘Prometheus’ and 9 other summer movies John wants to see (Commentary)

Based on the trailers, here are the 10 movies I’m most looking forward to in the summer of 2012. They are listed in order of

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‘Cabin in the Woods’ an original reconstruction of horror genre, but it falls short of its potential (Movie review)

I’m currently finding myself disappointed with the end of “Angel” Season 4 in my “Rewatching and reviewing the classics” project, because the story of a

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Daniel Radcliffe propels beautiful, scary ‘Woman in Black’ (Movie review)

Daniel Radcliffe no doubt took the lead role in the horror film “The Woman in Black” in part to distance himself from Harry Potter. Ironically, it’s because

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