Day 31 (Happy Halloween!!): The Visit (2015)
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Day 31 (Happy Halloween!!): The Visit (2015)

It's Day 31, which means we're ending this year's 31 Days of Horror with the most recently released film on our list, The Visit!! Many of you may not know this, but The Visit is an M. Night Shyamalan film. I imagine when I say his name, there's a good chance you're rolling your eyes and thinking back on some of his... shall we say... lesser films, but the truth of the matter is that he is a great filmmaker. When you've got The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs as back-to-back-to-back films you've created on your résumé, you're clearly doing…
Day 30: The Conjuring (2013)
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Day 30: The Conjuring (2013)

It's Day 30 already (just one more movie left) and we're talking about The Conjuring!! I need to point out that I consider Insidious to be one of the scariest movies of this decade so far. I bring that up because it's also from director James Wan and shares many of the same styles (and even actors) as The Conjuring. Insidious scared the heck out of me when I watched it in theaters and I had a hard time sleeping for days. I really wanted to see The Conjuring in theaters, but I just never got around to it. This…
Day 29: The Woman in Black (2012)
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Day 29: The Woman in Black (2012)

Welcome back for Day 29 of our 31 Days of Horror series! Only two more days after today....EEP! This will be my final review of the month, and Charles will bring it home with reviews on Days 30 and 31. Today, though, we're talking about James Watkins' The Woman in Black (2012). This movie, starring Daniel Radcliffe, is an adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 horror novella of the same name. Interestingly enough, The Woman in Black is also an immensely successful stage play in London--the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after The Mouse Trap. Several years ago, my…