Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll REVIEW: If there is one thing that delivers with consistency these days, it the abundance of Conjuring movies coming at us. “Annabelle Comes Home (2019)” which marks the 3rd Annabelle movie in the …
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Film Review: In The Tall Grass (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. REVIEW: Stephen King is everywhere these days. Every day I read about a new adaptation of one of his books, …
Read More »Film Review: The Conjuring (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives. REVIEW: James Wan has come a long way from “Saw” (2004), a long way indeed. Although he’s already established himself as …
Read More »Film Review: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits. REVIEW: As someone who genuinely believes The Conjuring to be one of the scariest films he’s ever seen, I could not mask my joy (& trepidation) at the prospect of a sequel. …
Read More »Film Review: Insidious (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a nether realm called The Further. REVIEW: The definition for the word “Insidious” is basically “Intended to entrap”. And that is exactly what James Wan’s latest offering “Insidious” did to The Black Saint. I found myself entrapped, beguiled & plain flat out spooked …
Read More »Film Review: Bone Tomahawk (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. REVIEW: Horror western tends to be an untapped well of creativity. It takes two genres that don’t usually blend together and brings them into each other’s arms to make something magical. Whether that magic is good or bad all comes down …
Read More »The Black Saint’s Ten Best Films of 2015
As I come to the end of 2015, I find myself with the unenviable task of going through every single film I’ve seen this year, and try to suss out the ten that I thought were best. Why do I call this task “Unenviable”? Well that’s because I’ve seen well over 200 films this year, and try as I might, …
Read More »Film Review: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
SYNOPSIS: The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Read More »The Good, The Bad and The Insidious: What’s in a Sequel
Insidious Chapter 2 – Comparison Points Analysis Insidious Chapter 2 is enjoying remarkable box office success on its opening weekend, bringing in a whopping $42 million on a small $5 million budget. Incredible. The reviews have been mixed as best, however. At the time of this writing, the film has a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 39% on Metacritic and …
Read More »New Trailer For THE CONJURING Tells The Facts
If you’ve been following our coverage of THE CONJURING then you already know that this one is based on real events but in case you didn’t believe us, a new trailer has come out that runs down the facts of the film. Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of …
Read More »Film Review: Prometheus (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. REVIEW: There are three films that the Black Saint was really looking forward to seeing this summer. “The …
Read More »Film Review: Passengers (2008)
SYNOPSIS: After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight’s five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident — which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened — Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire’s professional relationship with Eric …
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