Dark Horror Tales

PLOT SUMMARY:  Ethan thinks he's invented a device that helps him communicate with his dead parents. However, he soon realizes that the channel he has opened has brought something sinister into his home.  Life is sometimes about making connections with other people. The world can be dark, scary, and unforgiving, so it's always nice to have someone by your side who sticks by through thick and thin. Having your parents support you is a blessing and having good friends, a boon. Sometimes, though, bad things happen, and you are left without a support system. Your friends may leave and go live far away, your parents may not be by your side forever. It's a shuddering thought but unavoidable. As much as we appreciate people being there for us, we must live with a sense of fear, because something could happen to our loved ones and we would be left all alone. Our House addresses this issue and shows the aftermath of the parents' death. 

PLOT SUMMARY: When Megan starts a new job at the mortuary, she finds that one of the corpses is possessed by something evil.  The more horror movies I watch, the more I've begun to analyze the different components that make a story work and watchable. Special effects are not necessary to the story, the characters must make you want to sympathize with them, the story must have pace, and especially in a horror movie, there must be a small element, at least, of suspense. As a viewer, I want to guess what will happen in the end, and also feel a little jumpy as I watch the film. Basically, the scenes have to be unpredictable and scary. In some ways, The possession of Hannah Grace reminded me of The Autopsy of Jane Doe, a movie that genuinely scared me mostly because of the way the mystery of the corpse was unravelled.

PLOT SUMMARY: Ashley and Brad, a vacationing couple, are sent to visit a castle with a dark past and violent secrets.  Have you ever been in a situation that you later thought you could have dealt with better? Well, sometimes things are supposed to be played out as is although we do not see it then. In movies, though, we do get to explore several what-if situations, especially the time loops one. There have been comedies around this concept and psychological horrors, but let's face it, not all of them get it right. Living Space unnecessarily borrows themes from history and doesn't put it to good use.