Did I post these reviews already? I suppose not.
Sleepy Hollow
This is the Tim Burton I love. Not really scary, but a film with horror elements and a powerful macabre goth texture throughout. The script goes far beyond the bare short story, but it explores in the realm of the supernatural and Johnny Depp’s Icabod Crane isn’t the coward of the Disney film. It begins as if it were going to be a Scooby Doo detective story, but there are no masks, and no pat answers.
It isn’t deep, but it is a pleasant romp through a graveyard or two.
4/5 Moments of scariness.
As Above, So Below
Less of a horror film than an archeology adventure with horror elements. Kinda like Indiana Jones with a female protagonist. The setting is the catacombs under Paris, where everyone is using DiVinci Code logic to figure out why their fellow spelunkers are dying. There is a lot going for this film, but in the end it’s pretty shallow. I’d love to see it made with more money, a better script or… something. There is a kernel of potential greatness there, but it didn’t reach it.
3.5/5 Moments of scariness
Suicide Club
Kind of a confused mess, giving us a mystery and telling us nothing about what caused it. The acting was poor, and the set up was odd, at best. As a stand alone film, it’s weak at best. But as the first volume of a story that concludes with Noiko’s Dinner Table, it’s great. My recommendation: Watch this film with Noiko’s Dinner Table warmed up already.
3/5 Gory, but not scary.