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Review of In Fear (2013)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 28 Mar 2014

A masterful example of lean 'n' mean outdoor nightmare-making that resonates with the same power of Wolf Creek, but without all the torture and gore…

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Review of Stuck (1974)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2014

Stuck is not only the most entertaining horror flick to hit North American theatres this year, it's arguably the top Canadian shocker of all time…

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Review of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2014

Horror fans-particularly those who enjoy the Tales From the Darkside TV show-should be content with this two-out-of-three…

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Review of Stuck (2007)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2014

Stuck is not only the most entertaining horror flick to hit North American theatres this year, it's arguably the top Canadian shocker of all time…

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Review of Stuck! (2009)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2014

Stuck is not only the most entertaining horror flick to hit North American theatres this year, it's arguably the top Canadian shocker of all time…

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Review of Stuck (2002)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2014

Stuck is not only the most entertaining horror flick to hit North American theatres this year, it's arguably the top Canadian shocker of all time…

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Review of The First Power (1990)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 20 Feb 2014

When you get right down to it, make-up and masks aren't nearly as scary as a human countenance hiding a black heart…

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Review of Nightbreed (1990)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 19 Feb 2014

The only really strong aspect of Nightbreed is the 'breed itself-there are some truly bizarre and imaginative monstrosities on display…

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Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 19 Feb 2014

Don't wait for this one to come out on video-see it in the theatre and sit close to the screen. Roller coasters are always better at the front…

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Review of They Live (1988)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 19 Feb 2014

Carpenter should stick to what he's good at-scaring folks-and leave the political satire to Spitting Image…

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Review of Night of the Demons (1988)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 19 Feb 2014

It's hardly worth seven bucks to see Linnea Quigley, in the flick's wildest scene, thrust a lipstick into her own breast…

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Review of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 19 Feb 2014

The makers of the Friday films wouldn't even consider stopping the series till they hit that magic number: Part XIII…

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Review of Alien Nation (1988)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 18 Feb 2014

With the sci-fi and horror aspects toned down, Alien Nation becomes little more than a cop show with a twist-and one that will satisfy only…

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Review of Dead Ringers (1988)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 18 Feb 2014

In a weird variation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr…

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Review of Watchers (1988)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 10 Feb 2014

Watchers is a real mess, and it's only a couple of steps up from the dismal Maximum Overdrive, the last Stephen King story to be slaughtered…

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Review of Wrong Turn (2003)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 09 Feb 2014

This horror flick about young campers stalked and slaughtered by gruesome backwoods barbarians is a fairly decent crossbreeding of Friday the…

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Review of House of the Dead (2003)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 09 Feb 2014

The novelty of seeing rampaging zombies get shot in the head wears off after 40 minutes or so…

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Review of Identity (2012)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 09 Feb 2014

My eyeballs were doing some serious rolling of their own at the general ineptitude of this failed mating of Friday the 13th and Ten Little Indians…

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Review of Willard (2003)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 09 Feb 2014

The vengeance-driven plot creeps along at a snail's pace, and all the teeth-gnashing and cheek-quivering in the world-courtesy of Glover's…

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Review of Dreamcatcher (1999)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 09 Feb 2014

As soon as Morgan Freeman's alien hunter/military commander turns up, a riveting movie starts morphing into a predictable villain-on-the-warpath…

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