Silent Hill Downpour review: Return to Silent Hill where terror and fear is inescapable

The Silent Hill series has been popular for several years ever since after the first game and it's first two sequels were released and received a high amount of positive reviews compared to the Resident Evil series. After the first three became a big success in the franchise the series were less received by gamers because the formula is now new in the new Silent Hill games. I mainly played Silent Hill Homecoming and I've played the other Silent Hill games. There's no denying for me that after Silent Hill 3 the other games went down the hill. With the release of Silent Hill Downpour this game has all of the old school formula elements back again in a more serious and darker way.

The new Silent Hill game is now once again in the hands of another gaming company Vatra games based on the Czech republic. Vatra games this time has taken the series to an all new direction where we are introduced to a new story, new characters, new enemies, return of old school tricks and puzzles and an all new soundtrack from Dexter composer Daniel Licht who replaced long time composer of the Silent Hill series Akira Yamaoka.

Silent Hill Downpour is a new and bigger improvement over the previous Silent Hill games with new features and of course more genuine spooks and scares than the old Silent Hill games. For Silent Hill fans Downpour is a game that will please the hardcore fans of the Silent Hill series because Silent Hill Downpour is a mixture of old school and new school elements. This game also has the psychological Horror theme back on the game mixed with suspense/thriller themes that will make the Silent Hill fans play more in the game.

To start with the good things of the game let's try to discuss things for beginners of any gamer who never played the Silent Hill series.

For beginners who never played the Silent Hill series this game is a nice experience in gaming for beginners. They will rather know the things about the Silent Hill series once they played this game. This game has some disturbing content on a couple of paces from the start of the game then the game changes into survival an terror mixed with some disturbing content this game has everything new for the fans of the series. It was a good thing that the game does a unique job than the older Silent Hill games due to it's new, fresh and clean content and everything about Silent Hill Downpour is pure fantastic and absolutely stunning and amazing.

The most fantastic thing about Silent Hill Downpour is that the game has a better hand to hand combat system this time you can only use one weapon at the time and each weapon is breakable and once a weapon breaks you mainly have to run either the weapon you use breaks or there are two or more monsters that are about to kill you and the combat system is way better than Silent Hill Homecoming's combat system but still I still like the combat system of Silent Hill Homecoming and I'm not saying that Silent Hill Homecoming is a bad game but it is just a game that is fine but could have been better if that game did something different to please the fans as well and receive positive reviews. I personally like the combat system's idea of a weapon breaking once you use it too much on every monster and you have no choice but to run for your life that idea for this game is really incredible and nice as well because the combat system of Homecoming is too action instead of scary but I would say that Silent Hill Homecoming is a bland game. This game does a unique job to be successful in the Silent Hill series and the good thing about this game is that it borrows and shares elements from the first three Silent Hill games and from the later on Silent Hill games like Silent Hill Origins, Shattered Memories and a couple of good elements from Homecoming and I'm going to explain each of the elements from the previous Silent Hill games that they shared and borrowed for this game. From Silent Hill 1-3 they borrowed the foggy elements because the fog in the game is like in the first three and there are so many fixed camera angles in this game n a couple of parts from the game. While from Silent Hill Origins the use of weapons that breaks easily like bottles, chairs and other things that were used in this game is like in Silent Hill Origins because the gameplay elements of Silent Hill Origins is when the weapon like a bottle is used on an enemy it breaks easily or other breakable weapons like the scalpel and knife this game has those elements from Silent Hill Origins. While from Shattered Memories the chase mechanics like when Murphy gets chased by a red glowing ball and when it gets too close Murphy's health decreases slowly as the red ball gets nearer to Murphy and the idea of knocking down objects to slow the red ball is like in Silent Hill Shattered Memories only better, longer and more intense than before. While the elements they borrowed from Silent Hill Homecoming is the transitioning from the normal world to the otherworld.

 Speaking of the otherworld in Silent Hill Downpour. The otherworld in this game is back and it is one of the most terrifying parts of the game and the way the normal world transits through the otherworld is done in a scarier style than Silent Hill Homecoming's transition. The otherworld is much more newer in this game and there are certain places when the normal world changes into the otherworld has a couple of new sequences where Murphy will end up running through endless staircases and stretchy hallways that are also endless which will disorient your head and Vatra games really understands the world of Silent Hill and it's feel and concept which will please the fans of the series and let them continue playing more of the game.

Aside from the amazing transition of the otherworld the town of Silent Hill is much more different looking than before because the setting of this game takes place in the unexplored region of Silent Hill if you saw this on the map of the old Silent Hill games well this is the actual setting of the unexplored region of Silent Hill only the fog is thicker and darker looking.

This game also has some old school things that are back in Silent Hill Downpour. The mind bending puzzles are back on the track of this game and this time the puzzles are much more easier because there is a difficulty setting for the puzzles either it can be easy for beginners, normal for people who played easy many times and hard for experts who played the game on normal difficulty. Aside from that the new characters of this game are  likable. Murphy Pendleton is the best character in the Silent Hill series since James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 and Henry Townshend from Silent Hill 4 The Room and Murphy Pendleton shares similarities to James Sunderland due to his personalities and other stuff as well. The soundtrack is also an incredible part of Silent Hill Downpour. The music this time is composed by Dexter composer Daniel Licht since longtime composer of the Silent Hill series Akira Yamaoka left to compose the soundtrack for Silent Hill Downpour. Daniel Licht's music is much more newer than Akira's music and they are done in a darker style. Silent Hill Downpour is a fantastic game that had all of the old school gameplay elements and formula back to it's serious roots and it is the best in the Silent Hill series.

Borderland: Welcome to Mexico

Welcome to Mexico everybody. You know this country people if you've been there already. Today I'm going to do my review of the 2007 Horror film Borderland. Horror Cinema has been releasing movies like Hostel and Saw now a days. If any of you guys ever heard of the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo who killed and murdered a University Texas Junior student Mark Kilroy in the Spring of 1989 and when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo was arrested he and his other cult member who are responsible as well for Mark Kilroy's death this movie is based on a true story about Mark Kilroy's death and other murder cases that happened in Mexico. The plot of this film follows a lot on the case of Mark Kilroy's death when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo killed him in the spring of 1989. Borderland is a film done in a new kind of style and this is a Horror film that follows a lot on the case of Mark Kilroy's death. The Horror Cinema has a new kind of style when this movie was made. Borderland is a really serious film and it has similarities to Eli Roth's Hostel only darker and much more grittier than Hostel. Borderland's concept is much more realistic and true to the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo's murder on Mark Kilroy. Like Hostel which focus more on the onscreen violence Borderland focus a lot on suspense, tension and atmosphere. This movie also has a serious and darker tone than Hostel. This film has a terrifying experience for viewers because Borderland scares the audience with the cases of Mark Kilroy's death and other murder and crime scenes that happened in Mexico.

Other than that Borderland is a film that is full of suspense and tension on every scene that makes the viewers want to watch more on every level and keeps them on the right track when they watch this film. Borderland is also a force to reckon due to the true cases of Mexican cults and they're hobbies like Human Sacrifices so that they're God can serve them and make them invisible. Borderland also has some evidence that shows what the cult members do to people and why they enjoy doing it.
For any Horror fan this movie also makes the viewers guess a lot on cult groups performing sacrifices. This movie also has a deep humor compared to other Horror movies like Hostel and other Horror films as well. Everything about Borderland is realistic the concept, style and the plot everything is really realistic and full of dark themes. This is a film that constantly has the right feel and the right tone that sets the moods of the viewers and keeps them watching the entire time.
What was really realistic with this movie is that Writer and Director Zev Berman grounds the entire film in a real life situation on what would happen to people if they ever travel to Mexico either they would vanish and never be heard again or end up dying as Mark Kilroy in 1989 when Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo killed him on that year. For the first 15 minutes the film is full of suspense and tension and the suspense and tension used in the film is really unsettling, unnerving and realistic. Other than that each of the characters shares similarities to the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo. Phil for an example played by actor Rider Strong has a lot of similar personalities to Mark Kilroy while the cult leader is similar to Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo and the cult leader's group also shares similarities to Adolfo's members the bald guy is a great example in the movie along with his other comrades. To say this Borderland is also a force to reckon on the history of Torture Cinema. For the first 15 minutes the movie is full of violent sequences that are sheer on the brutality, graphic violence and gore and they are also intense and suspenceful as well. The slicing of eyeballs, The cutting of limbs, The cutting and butchering of body parts like the arms and legs and the slicing of tendons with Machetes and Butcher knives are one of the hardest scenes to watch for any audience in the history of torture cinema oh and let's not forget the biting and ripping of tongues and lips are one of the second hardest scenes to watch in the history of torture cinema.

The torture scenes of Borderland not only focus more on torture but it also focus more on human sacrifice and worship because the way the cult group performs they're sacrifice after they're torture they call they're God and help them become invisible so mainly the torture scenes in this film is also more into Human Sacrifice and worship. This movie also has some of the hardest scenes to watch in the history of Horror cinema. The sacrifice of Phil is a really gruesome and hard scene to watch because the way Phil was sacrificed was really gruesome and disturbing as well. The most brutal scene in Borderland is the scene where Henry gets ambushed and hacked to death by the cult group with they're Machetes is one of the most brutal scenes in the history of Horror cinema and the way they hack Henry is gritty and gruesome the use of Machetes are really a perfect fit for this kind of movie because of it's setting and concept as well. The performances from the casts is really good all of the casts did a good job with they're performances in the film. Rider Strong from Eli Roth's Cabin Fever did a good job with his performance in the film. The beautiful and gorgeous Martha Higareda did a good job with her performance in the movie and she also looks beautiful, stunning and gorgeous in the movie as well since her performance match well with her looks in the film an Lord of The Rings actor Sean Astin did a good job with his performance in the movie as Randall one of the members of the cult group who is holding Phil Hostage in the later on parts of the movie. Writer and Director Zev Berman did a good job with his work with this movie and he seriously followed the case of Mark Kilroy's death when he made this movie. Overall Borderland is a really suspenceful and tense Horror film based on a true story on the case of Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo's murder on Mark Kilroy in the Spring of 1989. This is a film that is worth watching darker and scarier than Hostel.

I'm going to make a list of special Horror movies that are worth watching I'm adding this on the list and I will make the list once I made a couple of decisions with the Horror films I've watched.

Two new Cabin Fever prequels are going to be shot back to back.

This is a big news for everyone. For those of you who heard of the horror movie Cabin Fever which was Eli Roth's first movie before he directed Hostel 1 and 2 about a group of friends who spent their vacation in a cabin in the woods and after encountering a hermit and they kill him and when one of the group gets sick they discovered that they can't do anything to cure the disease and the group must do something before the disease consumes them all. After the release of the first movie. A later on direct to DVD sequel was released titled Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever with TI West as the director of the movie and a new plot with a new set of casts. The plot of Cabin Fever 2 is when the flesh eating virus goes to the prom via water contamination and when the kids started drinking the contaminated water all of the kids gets sick and all of them are not allowed to leave the school building under orders from the CDC and the other kids who are not infected must escape before the CDC terminates everyone in the building. After Cabin Fever 2 was released two new Cabin fever movies are in pre production titled Cabin Fever: Patient Zero and Cabin Fever: Outbreak. Both movies are expected to be shot back to back and they are served as prequels to the first two Cabin Fever movies that explains the origins of the Flesh eating virus and how it was created. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is going to be Directed by Altitude director Kaare Andrews with the writer of The Hitcher remake Jake Wade Wall writing the screenplay while Cabin Fever Outbreak will be written by Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D writers Adam and Deborah Marcus and both films have a plot.
Cabin Fever Patient Zero plot:
Cabin Fever Patient Zero is about a Caribbean ship collides with an abandoned research vessel a deadly flesh eating virus has been released and the passengers must escape before the Flesh Eating Virus consumes them all.
Cabin Fever Outbreak plot:
A Doctor and his family travels to a remote island to investigate a flu outbreak only to encounter the Flesh Eating Disease when they enter the island and the family is about to face their responsibilities to stop the spread of the flesh eating virus.

Two new Final Destination films have been announced to be shot back to back if Final Destination 5 is a success in the box office reception.

Actor Tony Todd who plays William Bludworth has announced that there will be two new Final Destination films that will be shot back to back it is the sixth and seventh Final Destination films. Tony Todd says that if Final Destination 5 is a success then the two films are going to be confirmed and will be shot back to back.

Hammer films is producing a new sequel to The Woman In Black.

An announcement has been announced from the production company Hammer studios the production company of successful Horror films like Dracula and other movies as well. Last February 2012 The Woman In Black was released in many theaters an the movie became a success and a big hit as well in the UK. Hammer films has announced in making a new sequel to The Woman In Black titled The Woman In Black: Angels Of Death there's no director at the moment or a casts as well but there's a writer for the movie already. Susan Hill(author of The Woman In Black) is writing the film along with writer Jon Croker. The upcoming sequel already has a new plot that takes place after the events of the first movie.
Plot:
Back in February 2012 The Woman In Black was released in theaters and it takes place in the 1900's and tells the story of a young lawyer who is working on a deceased client's paper. Where he is haunted by spirits in the house of Eel Marsh.
Now in the sequel to The Woman In Black titled The Woman In Black: Angels of Death will focus on a young couple who are haunted by the spirits of the house of Eel Marsh and the spirit of The Woman In Black who is also haunting the couple in the isolated house of Eel Marsh.

Hostel Part III: Welcome to Las Vegas

It's been so many years after Eli Roth has made two successful Horror films he first made his first feature film Cabin Fever. Then after Cabin Fever he made Hostel. Then he made a direct sequel to Hostel titled Hostel Part II. Now we go for the latest entry in the Hostel series that is a straight to DVD release titled Hostel Part III. This film doesn't have any involvement with Director Eli Roth although he is a producer for this movie. This film is directed by Scott Spiegel the writer of Evil Dead 2 and Director of From Dusk Till Dawn 2. Hostel Part III is a big change in the franchise. Unlike the first two Hostel Part III is way more different to the first two Hostel movies. I was sadly disappointed with the first two mainly I have a couple of opinions between the first two Hostel films. The first Hostel movie was great it has a nice theme and the film has a really dark atmosphere and the violence is really gory and graphic but Hostel was really lousy because the entire film doesn't have any tension, suspense or any tactical scares there are some good scares in that movie but the film goes down the hill really quick but not too much and it is a huge improvement over the disappointing part II. While Hostel Part II is pure dumb and it wasn't scary at all it was super lazy, pointless, not scary and dumb. The main problem with Hostel Part II is that the film doesn't have a lot of scares like the first movie and the entire film is too predictable and full of cliches which I hated in that movie and I think that the first movie is way better than the second film but the third film is a major improvement over the first two Hostel films. The new things about Hostel Part III is that the movie is quicker and faster than the first two Hostel films and they had a lot of improvements over the first two Hostel films. This film had the right formula and the right amount of thrills and excitement. This movie seriously had the suspense and tension on the right track. Everything was way better in Hostel Part III than in Part I and II. This movie really moves quick and fast and I personally like that idea in the movie so far it doesn't make the film look boring at all. This movie also had the violence onscreen and it is seriously non stop and the violence is more graphic than the first two Hostel films. This movie has the entire violence onscreen. The face removing is a really intense death scene and it is super graphic and hard to watch at the same time. The cockroach scene is one of the most disturbing parts of the movie where the girl gets her mouth invaded by a group of cockroaches and the scene where Justin gets hit by six arrows is a really gruesome and nasty death scene in the movie.

  The acting in Hostel Part III is really nice and good all the casts did a good job with their performances in the movie and I'm seriously proud with the performances of the casts so far. I also enjoy the setting most of all in the film since the first two  takes place in Europe this new Hostel movie takes place in Las Vegas and everything about the movie is perfect so far. From the setting until the graphic violence the movie looks good and perfect as well. I think that Hostel Part III is the best in the series and it seriously beat the disappointing part I and II and everything about Part III is better and more improved than the first two. This movie has all of the style and it is a good Horror movie and there are so many good moments with the film after all and it really succeeded to become a successful Horror film. To say this I enjoyed part III and it is a thrill ride with more graphic violence and intense and suspenceful scenes. With lots of effective scares than the disappointing part I and II.



Director Scott Spiegel seriously did a good job with his directing with this movie and I'm proud with his work with this film so far and he did a better job with his directing with this movie than the direct to DVD sequel of From Dusk Till Dawn. Overall Hostel Part III is worth a watch for any Horror fan and it is one of the most anticipated Direct To DVD films since Quarantine 2 Terminal and Wrong Turn 4 Bloody Beginnings.

Kill Theory: Deep Down We're All Killers

Here's another movie review I'm going to make. It's Kill Theory. Another After Dark Horrorfest movie and I consider it to be one of the better After Dark films since Clive Barker's Dread which I reviewed a while ago. Kill Theory is one of those films that has a really similar feel to Saw. The concept and the plot is really similar to Saw. At least everything is similar to Saw because the entire concept of this movie feels like a Saw rip off. This is After Dark's best offerings since Clive Barker's Dread and it is better than the other After Dark films that were really lazy and poor(Take ZMD: Zombies Of Mass Destruction as an example of an awful After Dark movie along with The Graves another lazy After Dark film due to it's horrendous acting and no suspense at all). For one reason Kill Theory is a really smart Horror film that has the right feel and the right concept and it is sheer perfection because this film has all of the suspense and tension on every level and it instantly goes up the hill really fast. The plot actually has several similarities to Battle Royal and The Hunger Games mixed with Saw elements if you ever heard of  Battle Royal a film where all the students are forced to kill each other and the 2012 Gary Ross' adaptation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This film is like Battle Royale or The Hunger Games mixed with Saw elements. Everything about Kill Theory is neat and perfect. The film is full of Jolty thrills and suspense with nonstop tension and most of all this movie has a lot of inventive gore effects and achieved graphic violence.
From the first sequence when the killer is starting to terrorize the group the film is full of onscreen and nonstop graphic violence and gore. And it perfectly fits well for the movie. There are lots of violent scenes in this movie. The scene where Freddy gets his eye stabbed is one of the nastiest scenes in the film. There are lots of incredible trap scenes that are really intense like the scene where Carlos gets his body rigged in a trap that is almost similar to a bear trap bigger only those scenes are really intense and thrilling. The shovel scene is super brutal in the film where the guy in an orange long sleeve shirt gets his hand shoved off with a shovel before he gets beaten to death with the shovel by his girlfriend those are one of the most gruesome scenes in the movie and the way the girl shoved her boyfriend's hand was really similar to Re Animator's shovel sequence.

As for the killer you don't get to see his face until the ending you can barely see the guy's face. Mainly the killer is like Jigsaw from the Saw movies because his reaction towards the teens are like Jigsaw's personalities and he is somehow similar to Jigsaw. Although you can barely see his arm with a really big tattoo and most of his shadow in every scene the guy just makes orders first towards the teens and he suddenly watches somewhere where no one can see him easily and he is really sneaky and smart he doesn't get caught at all and he is the eye in the sky he sees everything and he hears everyone and he can also stop the things they planned like when the teens tried to escape by driving they're van and uses a spike trap to flatten the tires and he also does somethings if the teens doesn't follow his rules like placing Carlos' body outside while he's still breathing even though he's still alive so that he can kill him he is one genius serial killer who is really sneaky towards the teens. The writing of this movie is perfect Writer Kelly C. Palmer has a lot of crazy ideas that are panned in the box and Kelly's writing is perfect the screenplay is well written and the script is fine and clean. On the downside Kill Theory is full of problems and faults from start to finish. The concept of the film maybe perfect but there are some problems with it. The first problem with Kill Theory is the pacing of the film. The film's pace is too slow meaning the film is too slow paced from start to finish. The second problem with Kill Theory is that the movie is too lengthy on every scene. The third problem with Kill Theory is that the movie is too predictable. The fourth problem with Kill Theory is that the film is full of cliches and the last and final problem with Kill Theory is that there are too many faults and problems with the movie from start to finish but it's an ok movie so far. Director Chris Moore really did a good job with his directing with this movie and I hope that he makes another good Horror movie for the future. Overall Kill Theory is a great Horror film it is one of the better After Dark films since Clive Barker's Dread.

Dread: I want your soul to open up to me

Dread is a really good Clive Barker adaptation based on Clive Barker's short story of the same name in the second volume of Clive Barker's Books Of Blood. Dread is a really grimmy Horror film that focuses on really dark themes and tones plus this movie is not only a Horror film but more of a dark psychological thriller with unexpected twists and disturbing images. I mainly read the short story first before watching the film and I never heard of the film being made before but when I heard of it I was seriously interested with the entire film and so I read Clive Barker's short story first before I watched this film and when I watched it I was really amazed with it. The entire film has a really nice feel and the tones are on a right and dark mood. The entire film has the same story  as the short story by Clive Barker but there are just some minor differences and changes in this movie from start to finish. This movie also has a lot of disturbing and graphic content and the entire film is just disturbing and dark and unsettling as well. The best scene from this movie is the scene where Quaid tortures Joshua by making him deaf again when he shot his gun near his ear and his ear bleeds after hearing the sound of a gun shot that is one of the most disturbing parts of the movie. One of the things that made me enjoy a lot with this movie is that the film has a really dark and physical feel that makes you feel disturbed a lot. The violence is graphic and disturbing and gory as well plus the film has some new consequences compared to most book to movie adaptations. Usually the feel is really unsettling and the content is really hard enough for any Horror fan to watch.

This film uses a really dark cinematography and the suspense in this film is gritty and unsettling. The movie also has a good screenplay from Director Anthony DiBlasi. The pacing is good and there are so many nice sequences that aren't boring after all. This film is also full of incredible performances from the casts. All of the casts are really good with their performances in this movie. Twilight star Jackson Rathbone did a really good job with his performance as the main character Steve Grace and he really had an astounding performance in this movie and he really did a good job with his performance in the film as well. English actor Shaun Evans did a good job with his performance in the film as Quaid and his performance is really creepy and scary as well and the way Evan bring emotion to the character is really neat and strong and I did like his acting as a crazy villain haunted by memories of the death of his parents and the scene where he violently destroys Steve and Cheryl's equipment is really unsettling because the way he behaved in that scene is really scary and you don't know either Quaid has a problem or he's going crazy throughout the film and I did like his performance as a crazy psychopath. While newcomer Hanne Steen does a unique and incredible job with her performance in the film and she does a really talented job with her performance in the film so far.

But my question in this film is that is this movie better than the short story? To say this it's a no. This film is not as good as the short story because for most books adapted into films they mainly have a lot of changes and some scenes removed from the novel as well plus they also have a couple of sometimes characters that were never mentioned in the novel. I found a lot of differences in this film from the book. In the novel the other two characters Abby and Joshua were never mentioned in the short story. Steve Grace has a different background story about his fear because in the novel his background story about his fear of being deaf was transferred to Joshua and Steve's fear in the novel was about being deaf while his fear in this movie is about dying in a car accident and Cheryl's fear of meat is much more different in this movie from the short story. Another change in this movie is that the year of the film is different I mean it happened in the same country but with a different year. Plus the other changes in the film from the novel is the ending where Quaid faced his comeuppance when Steve suddenly finds Quaids house after tormenting him in a really dark place because the ending of the film shows Quaid overcoming his own Dread and he doesn't feel scared anymore after killing both Steve and Joshua and he also kept Cheryl as a prisoner because in the novel she left after Quaid tormented her as well with the meat and Steve and Cheryl's relationship was never mentioned in the short story those are the changes from the novel to the movie. Director Anthony DiBlasi did a good job with his directing with this movie so far and I'm hoping to see more of his work in the future and I also can't wait for his next film Cassadaga with Bruce Wood writing the film instead of Anthony Diblasi writing the film again. Overall Dread is a really good Horror film and it is also a dark psychological thriller with lots of disturbing and graphic content.

Saw: I want to Play a Game

The original Saw is the start of the Saw franchise before the later on blood bath sequels. The first Saw is the start of the franchise and this is the best in the series since Saw VI and Saw 3D along with Saw III. The first Saw starts of with a good opening scene and the story is really well paced in this movie. Saw is a really similar film to David Fincher's Se7en and this film seriously has all of the goods it has the right amount of tension, right amount of suspense, right amount of genuine spooks and thrills. This movie is a good start in the franchise and it was the most popular Horror film for Horror fans and when the sequels were released all of the fans were getting wilder when the sequels were released. The Saw franchise seriously became part of the Guinness World Records as the most successful Horror movie franchise due to it's box office reception. Like I said Saw is really similar to Se7en and the concept of this film is grimmy and disturbing and the entire concept of the first Saw is really good and it is a pretty nice film so far. I didn't ave any problems with the first Saw and the concept is perfect and there are no cliches or faults and problems it is just a simple and perfect movie with loads of tension, scares and spooks. I was also amazed with the cinematography of the movie and I really find the cinematography to be really useful and powerful as well. The music by Charlie Clouser was really well used in this film the main theme of the Saw franchise is one of the best songs I've heard in a Horror movie along with the main theme of A Nightmare On Elm Street and the theme is really well used and incredible for this film it always plays on the last part of the movie it played on the last part of the first Saw movie until the last and final Saw film it really is a nice theme after all and I enjoyed it.

The traps of the first Saw are really nice and they are all introduced in the first movie. The introduction of the reverse bear trap and the bathroom trap is a really good way to introduce the series. All of the traps in this film are nice and creative but not bloody because this film didn't have a lot of graphic violence and less gore compared to the sequels. But despite that the first Saw didn't have a lot of graphic violence and gore this film still had the tension and suspense on the right routine and this will always be the first best Saw film that you can't beat because this had a lot of tension and suspense while the sequels followed the exact same path as the first movie only that it is full of nonstop and insane graphic violence and gore but I really enjoyed the Saw films even though I hated the second and fourth Saw film I still like all of them because the film has been really successful and Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate seriously enjoy this franchise and they never gave up after all.
Director James Wan and his writing partner Leigh Whannell seriously did a good job with their work on the first Saw film and they really showed proof that both of them are really good when it comes to the Horror genre. They haven't been involved in the later on Saw sequels after the third movie and Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan mainly took over the later on sequels while James and Leigh remain as executive producers of the Franchise. Another good thing about Saw is the introduction of John Kramer the mastermind of the Saw series and the creator of all of the trap ideas. Tobin Bell does a unique job with his performance as Jigsaw aka John Kramer and his role is perfect for this movie and he knows what he's doing with his role in the film and John Kramer is one genius when he made some of the traps in the first Saw films and I think that Tobin Bell's character really became popular when the films came out and Jigsaw is one smart killer so far when he is introduced in the first Saw film. Overall Saw is a great Horror film that has the right amount of tension, suspense and genuine spooks and scares and despite the lacking of violence and gore this is still a good movie along with it's sequels.

The Thing (2011); Witness the origins of the alien infection in this prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter classic

John Carpenter fans get ready to see the new 2011 version of The Thing. But it is not a remake of Carpenter's original 1982 classic. This movie is a prequel to the 1982 classic that explains the backstories of the Norwegian camp on what happened and where the first Alien incident happened before we go to the 1982 John Carpenter classic. Now for the review of this movie. John Carpenter's The Thing was a really good Horror film in the early 80's I was amazed with JC's movie because when I watched it first I was amazed with the movie itself and everything was perfect for that movie the special and practical effects were one of the things that amazed me a lot with that film and John Carpenter seriously knows what he's doing with his work on that film. For the 2011 prequel the fans are seriously up on their sleeves to watch this film because they find that the entire film is looking neat and awesome. When I watched the 2011 prequel I was seriously amazed with the film. It pays homage to the 1982 John Carpenter classic because it followed the entire concept and it is faithful to the 1982 John Carpenter classic.
This prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter classic is a fresh and clean version of that film and it really had a lot of explanations that are easy to follow and it followed the footsteps of the 1982 classic with the same kind of feel as the original but done in a new style because the 1982 John Carpenter classic was done in an old school style and everything that the film carries is that this movie had the exact same feel as the original and the music is much more newer in this prequel compared to the 1982 classic.
This version really had the right amount of tension and scares. All of the genuine spooks and scares are really effective for this movie the concept is pretty neat and nice while the other good things about this film is that the movie is shot in a cleaner and nice way like the 1982 classic. Usually I really enjoyed this film and there are differences between this version along with the 1982 John Carpenter classic. The differences with this version is that the 1982 John Carpenter classic has the unbelievable sense of paranoia while this version has the same paranoia feel but it also has the unbelievable sense of claustrophobia which makes the movie look good and it really fits well to the movie.

What's different also to this movie is that the film's special effects are mixed in this version compared to the 1982 classic. Unlike the 1982 classic that film uses special and practical effects and the effects were really good and controlled and it was really perfect for the entire film and it made the movie look good. This version uses mixed effects mainly because the effects on this film are practical and special effects mixed with CGI effects there are certain scenes where the CGI needs to be used like the picture here of the two headed aliens that scene uses CGI because practical effects sometimes is difficult and the use of CG is really important when you work on these kinds of movies and all the monsters in this movie are really creative and it is seriously true art and every alien in this film look neat and amazing as well.




All of the effects were wonderful and really crafted and I didn't find any of the CGI to be distracting overall and I just don't get the reason on why CGI is not good for movies at all. I mean CGI is really important when you work on these kinds of movies because what you can do in the early times can't be done again in the modern world and you really must use CGI in many important ways and CGI sometimes doesn't make the movie look ugly at all but in certain movies it makes the film look bad and ugly although I never had problems with the CGI in this movie and it really fits well for this movie and the CGI was never distracting at all when I watched this film and it was perfect for the movie after all. The music by Marco Beltrami is really nice and I also like the idea that the main theme of the 1982 classic was used in the last part of the film and it is a perfect start for the 1982 classic when that song played in the ending. Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. seriously did a good job with his directing with this movie and he pays homage to John Carpenter when he made this film along with writer Eric Heisserer(who also did a good job with his writing on Final Destination 5 and A Nightmare On Elm Street remake)and Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. followed John Carpenter's footsteps when he made this film and I seriously like the way he worked on this movie and he really followed Carpenter's footsteps for some reason and he succeeded when he made this film and I'm proud with it so far and overall this prequel to the 1982 classic is a really big success and it is a perfect prequel to the 1982 classic.