Quick Post: Scary Movie 2

"Let me use my strong hand" to type this post. People hate on this movie yet a lot know the movie quote by quote. Those drunken conversations you have with friends where you act out the scenes with the butler. Yeah you know you are one of them. I loved the Scary Movie franchise up until the Wayans brothers backed out of them.

Movie of the Day: Nightmare on Elm Street 2010

About the Film: Directed by Smauel Bayer and stars Katie Cassidy, Rooney Mara, Kellan Lutz, Kyle Gallner and Freddy himself Jackie Haley. This 2010 remake gives a new light to the original script written and directed by the genius Wes Craven. It follows the original characters who are haunted by a dark figure in the dreams. They soon realize this figure known to us as Freddy Kruger was a real person from their past. What is their parents hiding from them and who is Freddy Krueger? Step into this dark dream world and discover the truth. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street is on DVD now.

Check out the trailer:

Netflix: Haunter

Haunter: This movie took me by surprise. It was a late night and me and my friends had been up watching scary movies and outside telling ghost stories by the fire. Haunter was the final choice of the evening and it was fresh and exciting coming from the bottomless pit known as Netflix. 

It stars Abigail Breslin and was written by Matthew and Brian King. A young girl is soon to discover that her and her entire family are stuck in the time loop of death and makes contact with the living. Being a victim of an unknown crime she soon branches out to help her new friend and solve the mystery that is their new life.

This movie had a new twist of the ghost haunting idea for the main character is actually the ghost. From the beginning and on the movie takes you into a murder mystery journey into the unknown and spits you out with shock and freight.

Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer gives it a 53% rating and 43% of the audience liked it. 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/haunter_2013/

IMDB: Users gave it a 5.9 rating which is decent enough.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345567/

The movie is an obvious straight to DVD but since it is on Netflix give it a shot!

- Michael Maxson

Throwback Thursday: One Missed Call

About the Film: One Missed Call ( 2007 ) was written by Andrew Klavan and directed by Eric Valette 

and stars Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns and Meagan Good. This isn't another Ring movie or another 

Grudge, One missed Call ruined ringtones and cell phone calls for months after the film was released. Calling 

people with this tone makes for a great prank. In the film a Ghost is able to use phone calls to haunt and 

murder its victims. Beth Raymond must fight for her and her friends life in this crazy Horror Thriller. 

My Opinion: Miss Shannyn stuns as always in this movie and remains one of my favorite horror films. Yes 

this movie is cliche and predictable at best but somehow there's something special about it for me. It does 

have its good scares but it is the mystery behind it that makes it worth watching. They chose a beautiful cast 

to keep you captivated and wanting more. If you heard the theme ringtone of this film would you answer it?

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Blindsided

About the Film: Written by David Loughery and directed by Joseph Ruben. Blindsided is also known as 

Penthouse North and is about Sara, a woman who became blind by serving as a war photographer. She 

now lives in New York with her handsome and successful boyfriend Ryan. Things go awry when Sara 

leaves her home to prepare for her sister and husband to come over for a New Years celebration. During 

this time there are people out for something Ryan and Sara have in their home. How will a blind Sara 

protect herself in this crime thriller? Blindsided stars Michelle Monaghan, Michael Keaton and Barry Sloane 

( Revenge ).

Blindsided or Penthouse North is on Netflix now!

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Odd Thomas

About the Film: Based on the novel by Dean Koontz and written and directed by Stephen Sommers. Odd 

Thomas stars Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe and Addison Timlin. Odd Thomas is a young man with a unique 

ability to see and speak to dead people in which he uses his talents to help Officer Wyatt Porter ( Dafoe ) to 

capture the men or women who wronged the dead and throw them in jail. The movie gets intense as they 

find out the town they live in is being threatened by a greater evil than they have ever faced before.

Odd Thomas can be found on Netflix now!

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Heaven is For Real

                                           

About The Film: Based on the book written by Todd Burpo and his son Colton burpo about a young boy 

who recounts his visit to heaven and meeting Jesus and lost family members. Heaven is For Real was written 

and directed by Randall Wallace and stars Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly and Connor Corum. In the film you 

follow Todd Burpos family as they go through struggles and doubts after their family hits a series of tragic 

events including their son Colton going into emergency surgery. As the movie progresses the son reveals 

more and more about Heaven which sparks many controversy for the Burpo family and their community.

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Movie Blog Update

Time to widen my horizons. All current updates will be on all types of movies. My inspiration comes from my huge collection of DVDs and my love for movies in general. Horror will ALWAYS be my favorite but now I can suggest many movies for your week!

- Michael Maxson

New On DVD: Devil's Due

About the Film: Written by Lindsay Devlin and directed by Matt Olpin and Tyler Gillet, Devil's Due stars 

Allison Miller and Zach Gilford and it is about a couple on their honeymoon and on one day they wake up 

not recollecting the previous night. Wanting to document their new life together as a married couple the 

Husband videotapes everything creating the now cliche' Found Footage style filming. The young couple 

soon discovered the wife is pregnant and and was not planned. As time passes it becomes obvious that 

Zach is witnessing his wife Samantha go through sinister changes. 

Devil's Due is DVD this week!

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In Theaters: The Quiet Ones

About the Film: Directed by John Pogue and starring Jared Harris, Erin Richards, and Olivia Cooke is 

about a Professor and team of students, out of London, experimenting on a young girl who may or may not 

be possessed with spirits. The professor believes she is just unwell, however as they do the experiments 

ghastly occurrences begin all around them. How will their journey into the netherworld end? Find out as The 

Quiet Ones is in theaters now.

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Throw Back Thursday: Suspiria

About the Film: Suspiria was written and directed by Dario Argento and stars Jessica Harper. The film 

follows Susie Bannion, ( Harper ) a dancer who decides to study abroad at a prestigious school in Germany 

only to find that it is run by a coven of sinister witches. The movie was filmed in technicolor and was praised 

world wide for its artistic value and bright colors. Suspiria was the first of a trilogy entitled The Three 

Mothers stories about three specific witches in different locations and purposes. It holds one of the most 

infamous double death scenes in a horror film of all time. 

Suspiria is on DVD now.

See clip and ratings after jump

What's in RedBox this Week: Carrie

About the Film: Directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloe Grace Moretz ( Kick ass ), Julianne 

Moore, and Gabriella Wilde ( The Three Musketeers ). This is an obvious remake of the Stephen King Film 

starring Sissy Spacek. The story follows A young girl captive in her mothers overly religious induced world 

as she learns she has special abilities which could be a blessing or a curse. In this film adaptation Carrie is 

flipped to be seen as a typical young woman who faces peer pressure and rebels against her religious 

mother playing less of a victim to society and more of a rebellious teenager willing to make the changes to fit 

in today's society. Her power strengthens throughout the film as steers further and further away from her 

mother's grasp.

Carrie is in RedBox and on DVD now.

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In Theaters This Week: A Haunted House 2

                                          

About the Film: Directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans. Wayans and Essence Atkins 

is back in this Sequel about the main character from the previous film moving on from his now exercised ex 

and soon remarries Megan ( Jamie Pressly ) a stunning mom of two. Their new home is again haunted as 

Malcom and Megan enter a new journey into the Paranormal. A Haunted House 2 parodies Paranormal 

Activity, Insidious, Conjuring, and Sinister. A Haunted House 2 is a Horror and Comedy film.

A Haunted House is in Theaters now.

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ATM

About the Film: Written by Chris Sparling and Directed by David Brooks, ATM stars Brian Geraghty ( 

When A Stranger Calls ), Josh Peck ( Drake and Josh ) and Alice Eve ( She's Out of My League, The 

Raven ) in a thriller of three unsuspecting victims who all leave together from a company Christmas party. 

They stop by an ATM to grab quick cash for food while unknowingly stepping into a serial killer's 

playground.

ATM is on Netflix, DVD and in RedBox currently.

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Happy Easter 2014

In Honor of Easter here is Peep Barrymore starring in her very first Horror film "Scream 5"

Happy Easter ya'll, go to church and enjoy family time today.

My review of "ATM" will be up later today.

- Michael Maxson

Nurse 3D

About the Film: Co-written and directed by Douglas Aarniokoski and stars Paz De La Huerta, Katrina

Bowden and Corbin Bleu ( High school Musical ). Abbey Russell ( De La Huerta ) is a nurse by day and

serial killer vixen by night. Using her questionably seductive look to lure unfaithful married men and torture

them to her liking. Abbey begins to lust and obsess with new comer Danni ( Bowden ) and soon sends her

down an insane journey that all leads up to one epic cat fight in this 3D campy thriller.

Nurse 3D can be found on DVD and Blu Ray in stores now.

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Flashback Friday: The Descent

About the Film: The Descent is written and directed by Neil Marshall and stars Shauna MacDonald and 

Natalie Mendoza. After her life changing accident, Main character Sarah agrees to go on a spelunking 

expedition arranged by her friend Juno. Juno has other things on her mind as she leads the group of women 

on a journey to discover a new cave and route. Their expedition into the dark caves soon turns insidious and 

hopeless as they travel deeper and deeper into the depths of a living Hell. 

The Descent is currently on DVD and BluRay

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What's in Redbox This Week?

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

                                           

About the Film: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is written and directed by Christopher Landon

and 

shows a different view point of the Paranormal series. It stars Andrew Jacobs and brings back in a cameo 

Katie Featherston ( Paranormal Activity ). The story focuses on a group of Hispanic neighbors and a 

rumored witch. The evil presence of the series has now marked one of the young boys and continues to do 

its evil bidding. The story maybe focus on all new characters but somehow intertwines with the rest of the

series in a smart way.

The Marked Ones is now on DVD and in Redbox currently.

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Oculus

About the Film: Oculus is a horror/ supernatural film directed by Mike Flanagan. It stars Karen Gillan, 

Brenton Thwaites and one of my favorite scream queens Katee Sackhoff ( Halloween: Resurrection ). The 

main plot centers around a woman who is trying to exonerate her brother of murder trying to prove the 

crime 

was committed by a supernatural force. It is believed a family mirror holds an evil entity and this entity plays 

tricks on the characters and audience as to what is reality and what is not. They always say "Seeing is 

believing" or is it?

Oculus is in theaters now as of April 11, 2014

Ratings: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/ 

IMDB: 7.1 user rating

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oculus/

Tomatometer: 72% Liked

Audience: 55% Liked

My Opinion: I've seen the previews not the film. Based on what I have seen the film comes across as 

cliche` and tired but reviews are telling me to give it a shot. 

Theater/ Rentable/ Trash: My heart tells me this is a rentable flick not something to spend 9 bucks on. 

Though it isn't trash it doesn't seem like a theater gem like "Insidious". Although I wouldn't be upset to watch this one in theaters with friends.

- Michael Maxson

Welcome to Max Horror

Blog Author: My name is Michael Maxson and I will be your guide through a magical world of Horror, Fantasy, and more. 

When I was younger I was not allowed to watch horror movies or celebrate Halloween. Now that I am older I am obsessed with it all. I have learned that enjoying Halloween and scary stuff is like facing your fears and living out fantasy. Everyone has their means of escape and this is mine. I hope to share my passion through my blog and keep you entertained while doing so.

Blog Goal: Max Horror is about everything Halloween, Horror and the things that go bump in the night. I will be doing reviews of my favorite movies, discuss upcoming films and posting about anything under the listed topics. I really hope this grows to be something fun for everyone and I will do my best to keep the blog updated with new topics everyday.

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