WOLF MAN takes a non-traditional approach to the werewolf genre
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor
Leigh Whannell’s take on the classic werewolf story offers solid body horror but not much else.
Grotesqueries Week: Playing games with Jigsaw and Billy the Puppet for SAW's 20th
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
What is Saw? Like, really? Well, it’s not actually torture porn, despite what poisonous fruits have since grown in its orchard. Instead, the original Saw is much more of a mystery.
How To Start Watching: Invisible Funny Assholes
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor
If there is one thing that unites all of these invisible people is that they tend to be assholes. The best kind, as we will see, are funny assholes, using invisibility in a playful way, at least until they lose their minds.
The Invisible Man
Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell
Starring Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid and Oliver Jackson-Cohen
MPAA Rating R for some strong bloody violence and language
Running time 2 hours and 4 minutes
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“I’m just a suburban girl that stumbled into your life at a party.”
Some of the scariest things in life are those that can’t be seen.
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Directed by Leigh Whannell (2018)
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
Upgrade takes place in the near future and tells the story of Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), a man who has shunned modern technology and spends his days working on muscle cars for fun and profit. On his way back from dropping off one of these repair jobs at the home of a local tech-giant, Eron (Harrison Gilbertson), he and his wife, Asha (Melanie Vallejo) are attacked and robbed, resulting in her death and his paralysis. In order to exact his Crank-like revenge (C’mon, we’ve all seen the trailer!), Eron offers to implant an experimental chip, Stem (Simon Maiden), in Grey that will help bridge the gaps left in his nervous system due to his spinal cord injury.
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