2009

Review – Friday the 13th (2009) **31 Days of Horror**

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It’s Friday the 13th everyday during ‘31 Days of Horror’ and we’re back in Camp Crystal Lake where Jason is terrorizing campers in the 2009 reboot Friday the 13th, directed by Marcus Nispel. Check out our review and also make sure to watch our review of Freddy vs. Jason from this year’s ‘31 Days of Horror’! 🎃🪦🔪

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“A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.”

 

 

Review – The House of the Devil (2009) **31 Days of Horror**

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We’re back again for more ‘31 Days of Horror’. A babysitter in desperate need of cash takes a job on the night of a full lunar eclipse in Ti West’s The House of the Devil. Check back as we’ll be back to review Ti West’s follow-up, The Innkeepers. 🎃🪦👻💀

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“In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.”

Review – Macabre aka Rumah Dara (2009) **31 Days of Horror**

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Comes to Indonesia

by Nile Fortner

A young group of naïve kids pick up a hitchhiking stranger and their kindness will lead to suffering and gore. We’ve seen this horror formula again-and-again in films. The 2009 Indonesian horror film Macabre does follow this similar formula and the usual clichés. However, Macabre is worth sinking your teeth into and delivers on the cannibal carnage.

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Review – Today’s Special (2009)

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Take a Bite Out of ‘Today’s Special’!

by Nile Fortner

The 2009 independent comedy film Today’s Special comes from fairy tale and folklore director David Kaplan and the film is an adaptation from the Off-Broadway play. Taking place mostly in an Indian restaurant, a young Manhattan chef played by Aasif Mandvi (The Internship and Spider-Man 2) rediscovers his passion for life by making Indian food. The film mostly has a Bollywood cast and has been played at the Mumbai Indian Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival where it won the “Best of the Fest” award.

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