THE BLOB (full review at The Reel Word)

In 1988 the relatively unknown director / writer team of Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont, fresh off A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, tackled a new version of a classic Steve McQueen monster movie. Russell would go on to score a big hit with Jim Carrey comedy The Mask, and Darabont  would achieve global acclaim with his much-loved adaptation of Stephen King’s Shawshank Redemption. But the seeds of their future success were sown in the gory, body horror slime of their Blob remake.

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IMDB: The Blob

GREEN ROOM (full review at The Reel Word)

Jeremy Saulnier’s sophomore movie, Blue Ruin, by-and-large slipped under the radar for a lot of people. But those that managed to catch it witnessed a tense, brutal tour-de-force; a stunning, bloody revenge picture that lingered long in the memory. Fortunately, for those of us excited to see how he would follow it up, much the same can be said about Green Room.

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IMDB: Green Room