“For a man’s house is his castle”, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium was enshrined in British jurisprudence through lawyer/scholar Sir Edward Coke. Home is our sanctuary, where we feel safest, and The Purge plays with domicile insecurities, adding a unique twist that separates it from home invasion genre brethren – there’s a period, 12 hours, startingContinue reading “The Purge”
Author Archives: Really Awful Movies
The Thing (2011)
“Unnecessary” is a common rebuff for sequels and prequels, as if art itself is actually necessary (maybe as nourishment for the soul, but not in the same way say, chemotherapy or quitting smoking is necessary). So The Thing is Matthijs van Heijningen Jr’s prequel to the John Carpenter film everyone knows and loves, or should knowContinue reading “The Thing (2011)”
Really Awful Movies 