The Ruins

For The Ruins, the gulf between expectation and execution is great – as is the movie. Who knew? After all, the Netflix description – “an idyllic vacation in Cancun takes a dangerous turn for four young Americans when a mysterious tourist persuades them to join an archaeological dig” at surface level, reads like you’d beContinue reading “The Ruins”

A look back at Don’t Go in the House

Every late 70s and early 80s horror film seemed to have a prologue to explain away a killer’s motivations and to pick a nature/nurture side. Don’t Go in the House is no different, with young Donny’s abusive mama threatening to “burn the evil out” of him on the stove. With such an ugly upbringing it’sContinue reading “A look back at Don’t Go in the House”