Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A breakthrough film for director and co-scripter George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead), in what would forever be known as the father of all zombie movies, Night of the Living Dead had...
1960s / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published March 2, 2013 · Last modified May 7, 2019
A breakthrough film for director and co-scripter George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead), in what would forever be known as the father of all zombie movies, Night of the Living Dead had...
1990s / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published February 24, 2013 · Last modified February 20, 2019
Army of Darkness represents the third and (so far) final entry in the Evil Dead trilogy by Sam Raimi (Darkman, The Quick and the Dead), further continuing the trend away from the more straightforward horror of The Evil Dead and...
Sam Raimi’s directorial debut, The Evil Dead, is one in which the target audience, i.e., lovers of good ol’ gory horror flicks, will relish every second of, while your casual moviegoer with a passing interest may...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 23, 2013 · Last modified April 12, 2019
Foreign Correspondent is a very loose adaptation of actual wartime reporter Vincent Sheean’s memoirs, “Personal History”, produced by Walter Wanger (Stagecoach, Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Jamaica Inn, The Lady Vanishes),...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 16, 2013 · Last modified February 18, 2019
The duo of Robert Redford (The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor) and Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke, Torn Curtain) reunite for another classic, directed by George Roy Hill (Slap Shot, Funny Farm), who had worked with...
In August 1984, Universal greenlit the next entry in the Psycho franchise, Psycho III. Psycho II director Richard Franklin and screenwriter Tom Holland declined to return, causing Universal chairman Frank Price to hire Charles...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 12, 2013 · Last modified October 5, 2018
Carrie is an adaptation of Stephen King’s first published novel, and the first to be adapted for the big screen. Despite its age, the film still holds up as quite effective to this day, thanks...
Martin Scorsese’s lucrative follow-up to Goodfellas sees the director in more of an experimental mood, and the result is intriguing, beguiling and frustrating at the same time. It’s a remake of a noir-ish 1962 thriller starring...
2010s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 10, 2013 · Last modified August 6, 2018
Reviewing a film like Side Effects poses a bit of a challenge, as revealing the aspect of it that will make or break it for most people will likely be the very thing that spoils that...
1980s / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 2013 · Last modified May 17, 2022
In 1980, the screenwriting team of Gary Travis and Michael January concocted an original horror film idea of a woman buying a house and coming to believe it’s haunted. It’s later revealed that there...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.