A change in direction for the franchise sees Chapter 3 as a prequel, focusing this time on the formative years of Elise (Lin Shaye) and providing welcome depth to her backstory, as she comes to terms with her unique abilities and her eventual decision to embrace them and use them to help other people. Here, she meets a young girl called Quinn, who attracts the attention of the demon known as “The Man Who Can’t Breathe” after she attempts to…
A continuation of the 2010 box-office hit, Insidious: Chapter 2 picks up immediately where its predecessor left off, as doting father Josh (Patrick Wilson), himself once a child capable of astral projection, becomes infected by a demonic presence that refuses to leave the family alone. Mother Mortis is a step down from the "Man With the Fire in His Face" as the film's antagonist, and while Wilson is reliably capable in his darker role, the film itself is less enjoyable…
Few films can grab hold of their audience as instantly as Weapons does, whilst serving up an offering of horror, thriller and humour that never ceases to be anything other than fully engaging. Opening with a prologue in which a child describes the events that took place one night at precisely 2:17am, whereby all but one child from a single class woke, got out of bed, and left their homes running towards the woods, never to be seen again. The…
The Long Walk, a novel that stayed with me for decades, finally reaches the big screen under director Francis Lawrence. Cooper Hoffman leads as Raymond Garraty, one of fifty teenagers forced to march until only one survives, lured by the promise of immense wealth in a post-war, financially broken America. The film captures the camaraderie, desperation, and brutality of King’s story, with a chilling early execution making the stakes brutally clear. Hoffman and David Jonsson (as the charismatic Peter) deliver standout performances in what is a powerful, intense, and faithful adaptation that mirrors how I imagined the novel all those years ago.
