Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead is the pin up for all comedy horror films, this is because it stays true to both genres and manages to balance the comedy and the horror. It’s the first film in Edgar Wright and Simon Peg’s ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ which I had never even heard about until my brother told me. The Cornetto Trilogy is Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. Apparently they are called this because…
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Okay this trailer has been out for a bit, but hey, I’ve been busy and only just got around to watching it. The first Hobbit film was good, however I thought it was a bit too long, especially if you were wearing 3D glasses. I really enjoyed the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and hope the Hobbit trilogy can live up to it, although i’m a bit worried. This trailer starts off really exciting and really adventurous, then… …the…
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This is the last installment of Top Horror movies ready for Halloween. Even though we arn’t even half way through this decade, it was a piece of cake choosing great horror films, I think it’s going to be a good decade for horror… Sinister I really like Ethan Hawke, he is a great actor (see Training Day, Day Breakers). He puts out another cracking performance in Sinister which is an awesome horror film. I thought it was very creepy…
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I’m busy getting ready for our Halloween horror fest here at Wild Tide, following on from the 90’s here are my top 5 horror movies from the 00′s. Hope they make you hide behind the sofa: 28 Days Later Probably in my opinion the best zombie film, the zombies have a visceral, frantic, deadly quality which is lacking in a surprising amount of big zombie films (World War Z). The action is always really intense and the film is…
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So getting ready for our Halloween horror fest here are my top 5 90’s horror movies. Hope they bring a chill to your spine: The Blair Witch Project This movie cost just over $20,000 to make but made almost $250,000,000. Obviously this was a massive success for the film buisness and produced a massive surge in ‘found footage’ style movies in the 00’s (most of which are poor) What I love about Blair Witch is that you never really…
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