Peculiar Reviewer

Gather 'round ghoulies. Come into the light. Let me tell you a story revolving quite possibly the best horror film ever made: Poltergeist (Steven Spielberg, 1982). The following information are facts, based on actual events that happened to many of the cast involved in the Poltergeist movie trilogy. Six cast members died deaths shrouded by mystery or tragedy, while the other cast is said to be "cursed." So why were they cursed? Remember the scene (pictured above) where JoBeth Williams is swimming in a muddy pool of bodies? Production decided to use real human cadavers as props because it was allegedly cheaper than using prop skeletons. The Poltergeist cast and crew thereby cursed by the angry spirits of the deceased used in the making of the 1980s box office hits. Actors and actresses in the Poltergeist trilogy who died untimely deaths are: Dominique Dunne , who played older sister Dana in the first film, was strangled to death by her abusive boyfriend in 1982,

The backdrop is the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, in which 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran for 444 days after a group of Islamist militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran.  Argo shows the story of how a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist, played by Ben Affleck , was able to free six Americans hiding in Iran at the Canadian ambassador's residence. So how does the Central Intelligence Agency plan to get the six Americans out of Iran? By pretending they are part of a movie crew searching for an exotic location for a very bad sci-fi movie, of course. Ben Affleck's directorial follow-up to 2010's  The Town  is not only better, but it is one of the most entertaining films of the year - and will be a front-runner for the upcoming Oscars. In this political espionage thriller, Ben Affleck brings a keen attention to detail, as his recreation of archival footage is gritty and '70s-tense. Affleck brings in a slew of character actors to this ensemble cast w

In 1984, Tim Burton created a short film for Disney called Frankenweenie . Burton was then fired by Disney after the film was completed because they thought it was too spooky for young audiences, and claimed that Burton had wasted Disney's resources. The original Frankenweenie never debuted in US theatres until now, with Burton's own full-length stop-motion remake of his 1984 short film. After making Disney tons of money with his 2010 smash  Alice in Wonderland , I'm sure they could afford it now. Fun fact: it takes one week for an animator to film about 5 seconds of stop-motion. The intro to the animated feature   begins with the beautiful Disney credits, which get electrocuted and switch to black-and-white (Burton's way of telling Disney to...well, you get the picture). Frankenweenie tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein, a young boy who loses his beloved dog Sparky unexpectedly, leaving him heartbroken. Victor wants to bring Sparky back ala Pet Cemetery , so he

Finally, a family animated movie with characters that include housekeeping witches, zombie Mozart's, and a skeleton Mariachi band. From Sony Pictures,  Hotel Transylvania  went through 5 directors until it landed on Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory , Star Wars: Clone Wars). Dracula ( Adam Sandler ) has a strict no humans allowed policy at the Hotel Transylvania, preserving it under all costs to remain the sanctuary of the undead, monsters, and displaced freaks of the living world. So when an American backpacking tourist voiced by Andy Samberg ( SNL ) stumbles upon the hotel, Drac must disguise the human as Frankenhomie, whose monstrous appearance is more acceptable for the special weekend guests: Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, and the Invisible Man. The few hip hop/pop song numbers are intrusive, where for the sake of appealing to the masses, an alternative soundtrack would have married sound and visuals in better harmony. For a vampire who has impeccable tas