Sam Raimi

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Some horror movies have aged very poorly...

Everything that goes wrong in Poltergeist stems from an act of desecration; the building of a cookie-cutter housing development on top of an old cemetery. Some might find the sheer act of attempting a remake of Poltergeist similarly disrespectful; the 1982 original is something of a masterpiece of suburban terror. But if viewers can look past the sheer audacity of attempting another Poltergeist, they’ll find a solid modernization, the cinematic equivalent of a decent cover version of a great rock song. It’s totally superfluous, and not nearly as satisfying as the original, but well-performed and effective in its own way. It’s nice (or, in this case, deeply unsettling) to revisit an old classic in a new arrangement.

I admit that I like scary movies, but not the torture horror movies like 'Hostel' or 'Saw'.  My favorite scary movies are horror stories like 'The Shining', 'The Changeling', and John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.  I also like campy, gross and funny movies like 'Evil Dead 2'.  When I heard they were remaking the first 'Evil Dead', I expected the worst.  However early reviews of the film have been mostl

A stage magician is transported to the land of Oz, where he encounters three witches and must prove to them that he's the all-powerful wizard they've been waiting for.

I realize my first three scary movie recommendations were for older movies and I think that is for two reasons.  First, I saw those movies when I was young and easier to scare.  Second, it is hard to make a good creepy movie and I never got into the torture type movies that became so popular in recent years, like 'Hostel'...