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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Review

Guillermo del Toro has made it his duty to reintroduce the modern film audience to vintage horror. Like some twisted cheerleader, he’s promoted, produced and poured himself into a filmography of old school gothic thrills culled from deserted drive-ins. One can’t help but think that the adventuring children in his best films (The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth and even Hellboy) are the director’s attempt to recreate the creature-feature wonder he experienced in his own youth....  read more

Chris Columbus to Direct Troll Hunter Remake

Norwegian indie horror film Troll Hunter has not even been in theaters one full week, and already there’s an American remake in the works....  read more

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
(PC, Mac)

You're going to die. Whispered in the darkness, those four premonitory words distill the essence of fear. You are not dead yet—the horror lurks just outside of your vision, and you have not yet fallen beneath its claws. But you are going to die, and so this nightmare of terrible anticipation draws longer and longer with no end in sight. Crouching paralyzed in a corner, staring at the floor; knowing that any stray movement or sound could spell your doom, wishing it would just be over. You're going to die, and there's nothing you can do about it....  read more

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Review (Wii)

Developer: Climax Group Publisher: Konami Platform: Nintendo Wii It’s never a good sign when something has to tell you how scary it’s supposed to be Call it the Count Floyd rule. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories isn’t as desperate as SCTV’s horror movie host, but it’s less frightening than funny. It touts its psychological profiling of the player, but does it as hamfistedly as possible. You’ll take the occasional grade-school psychology exam, administered by a therapist who looks and talks like a soap-opera villain. This melodramatic emphasis on the dark and mysterious dominates the writing and voice acting, spoiling what could...  read more

The House of the Devil

Release Date: October 30 Director/Writer: Ti West Cinematographer: Eliot Rockett Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Greta Gerwig Studio/Run Time: Magnolia Pictures/93 mins. The devil’s in the details of this modern horror classic The House of the Devil isn’t just a movie: it’s an experience. It joins the league of Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist and The Omen as one of the most diabolical entries in the modern horror library. And as you can probably guess, it’s also batshit scary....  read more