Prom Night (2008)

Rob Zombie’s Halloween reboot was a lurid disappointment, perhaps because the source material was practically untouchable. Still, that one’s worth a look as Zombie’s a dynamite filmmaker even if Malcom McDowell should have had tobacco shoved into his gob as he’s chewing the scenery so egregiously. The original Prom Night is a very minor classic inContinue reading “Prom Night (2008)”

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

The humans holed up in a mall in Dawn of the Dead aren’t there for door-crasher specials, but to save humanity. George Romero’s vision from his indelible 1979 classic remains intact even as limbs slough off in this better- than-it-has-any-right-to-be 2004 remake. Canada’s sweetheart Sarah Polley (pace, Rachel McAdams) plays Ana, a suburbanite with aContinue reading “Dawn of the Dead (2004)”