Tuesday, November 03, 2009 06:22 PM
Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm
RAISING HELL
 Having been bombarded with hype-filled reviews, I went into THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL with high expectations. Unfortunately, I came away from the film feeling as disappointed as I felt after watching Oren Peli's over-hyped PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (which may have worked as a short film that took place over three nights, but was simply excruciatingly at feature length).
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:56 AM
Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm
RAISING HELL
 Just when it seemed that usage of the term “torture porn” was behind us, it’s once again raised its ugly head - from reviews of THE HILLS RUN RED and Lars von Trier's ANTICHRIST to blog posts about how PARANORMAL ACTIVITY earned more than SAW VI this past weekend. "Torture porn" is a term that simply doesn't make sense when describing horror films that feature graphic depictions of torture. To the uninitiated, it sounds more like a subgenre of porn than a horror subgenre, as evidenced by Roger Ebert's review of ANTICHRIST:
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 08:52 PM
Brian Matus aka Hellstorm
RAISING HELL
 I recently listened to an episode of Creative Screenwriting Magazine's podcast which was recorded after an advance screening of 30 Days of Night in October 2007. Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith stated that since it seemed to have gotten lost from iTunes, he decided to re-release his interview with writers Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie and Brian Nelson. I'm glad he did, because I learned more about Hollywood in just over an hour than I ever expected.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 02:57 PM
Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm
RAISING HELL
I recently read a blog post titled "Hollywood Recycling" on another site complaining (yet again) about how Hollywood is devoid of ideas, inspired by the "discovery" of yet another list of remakes.
It seems that the same arguments are being repeated, "recycled" and "remade" so often on various blogs, podcasts and other websites that people actually believe these things to be true.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:35 PM
Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm
RAISING HELL
As the dust settles after the release of what looks to be the most contentious remake of the year, it seems like a good time to ask, "What's wrong with the new FRIDAY THE 13TH?"
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