Amber Alert (2012)

Running Time: 80 minutes

Release Date: November 2, 2012

Review by: Stacey

Holy shit, this movie pissed me off so much in a way that I didn't think was possible just from watching a movie.  I think the last time a movie made me legit angry was when I saw Kevin Smith's Red State (for obvious reasons), but Amber Alert was aggravating to me on a whole other level.

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Running Time: 95 minutes

Release Date: April 13, 2012

Review by: Adam

 

 Sometimes you just want to punch somebody in the face.  Well, maybe I just want to.  Because at some point, sometime during its theatrical run, someone I “trusted” told me “Cabin in the Woods” was a piece of crap.  And I believed this person.  Which means I was unable to see this movie in all of it’s big-screen glory.  Never experienced the Sam Raimi-view as we were introduced to the cabin; didn’t see “jump” in all of it’s high-dying glory; would never get that giddiness as the cube-prison keeps expanding across all 52 fabulous feet of screen.

V/H/S (2012)

Running Time: 116 minutes

Release Date: October 5, 2012

Review by: Stacey

 

I'm a huge fan of anthology horror films- Creepshow, Trick 'r Treat, 3 Extremes, just to name a few.  It might be my mild ADD but I love a film that gives me mini-films in itself that all come together to tell a cohesive story.  There probably aren't as many anthology films as there are found footage ones, so hearing that V/H/S was going to combine the two with a group of (then) relatively unknown directors, I was all in.  2 1/2 years later and this movie is still is a blast to watch.

Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

Running Time: 100 minutes

Release Date: October 2, 2012

Review by: Stacey

 

(remember that one time the GE2 poster looked exactly like the Quarantine poster?)

Grave Encounters 2 was definitely one of those movies that tried to cash in on the unexpected success of it's predecessor.  But as many sequels have shown us time and time again, this one failed to garner any kind of positive attention for the most part (especially from me).  I tried to go into this film with an open-mind as most reviewers should, but this one didn't give me much hope- and for good reason.