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Steve Hutchison reviews 100 amazing monster films from the 2000's. Each film is analyzed and discussed with a synopsis and a rating. The movies are ranked from best to worst. How many have you seen?
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Artist, developer and entrepreneur in film, video games and communications Steve Hutchison co-founded Shade.ca Art and Code in 1999, then Terror.ca and its French equivalent Terreur.ca in 2000. With his background as an artist and integrator, Steve worked on such games as Capcom's Street Fighter, PopCap's Bejeweled, Tetris, Bandai/Namco's Pac-Man and Mattel's Skip-Bo & Phase 10 as a localization manager, 2-D artist and usability expert. Having acquired skills in gamification, he invented a unique horror movie review system that is filterable, searchable and sortable by moods, genres, subgenres and antagonists. Horror movie fans love it, and so do horror authors and filmmakers, as it is a great source of inspiration. In March 2013, Steve launched Tales of Terror, with the same goals in mind but with a much finer technology and a complex engine, something that wasn’t possible initially. He has since published countless horror-themed books.
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Decades of Terror 2019
2000’s Monster Films
INTRODUCTION
Steve Hutchison reviews 100 amazing monster films from the 2000’s. Each film is analyzed and discussed with a synopsis and a rating. The movies are ranked from best to worst. How many have you seen?
1408
2007
A man is trapped inside a hotel room and terrorized by ghosts.
At its purest form, 1408 is a condensed version of The Shining. This is obvious. The film is based on a short story by Stephen King and he can rip off his own material if he feels like it, but is it worth watching? 1408 needs to be considered a stand alone film and appreciated as such. It contains enough fresh material and twists you won’t see coming. All in all, this is a great movie. Here’s why…
First, it stars John Cusack in one of the best roles of his glorious career. Samuel L. Jackson is there to shuffle the deck. He wants to help, he’s friendly, yet he’s ominous. This is one of the most claustrophobic horror movies ever made. It’s basically about a man stuck in a hotel room from another dimension. He should be surrounded by people and traffic, yet he couldn’t be more isolated.
The acting is irreproachable. The limited set and cast are an advantage. Horror is mostly psychological, here, and it will send shivers down your spine on many occasions. One of 1408’s creepiest cards is making your imagination wander. Exactly how far does room 1408’s reach extends? At what point, in the film, does the haunting start? The more you think, the scarier this film gets…
8/8
The Others
2001
The mother of two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her house is haunted.
This is the kind of film you want to watch in one streak, without interruption and in the right mood, because subsequent viewing won’t be as impactful. A lot of this production resides in its surprises, scattered here and there, and in its twists. The Others will definitely become your go-to movie about ghosts for its quintessence and its haunting atmosphere.
Nicole Kidman deserves praise for her acting. She’s not playing your run-of-the-mill mother. First, this is a period piece. Second, she’s isolated in the middle of nowhere. Third, her husband is at war. Fourth, her kids are weird. There is more to this character than meets the eye. We know this because the first shot of the movie presents her in a state of panic. Her character never gets better.
Every word, in The Others, has a meaning. Alejandro Amenábar, writer, director and musician, shows you what he thinks you should see. His film is slow but surprisingly dense. The cast and sets are limited, but the film looks like a million bucks. It is visually rich, it is immersive and it’s scary as hell. Also, all the actors, even the young ones, do a bang-up job.
8/8
Drag Me to Hell
2009
A loan officer becomes the recipient of a supernatural curse.
When it comes to horror movies, Sam Raimi knows more than you do what’s good for you. He pulls many tricks that he experimented with in the Evil Dead franchise. That is where he learned to build tension, make us laugh and frighten us, sometimes all at once. This is a very stressful film with excellent build-up, well-written characters and incessant terror.
The film is naturally paced, yet extremely calculated. When you’re not scared, you’re disgusted or feel terrible for Alison Lohman’s adorable character. Witchcraft is a recurring theme. There is gore at every corner. The effects are 90% amazing and 10% made of bad CG. Who cares; this is one fun roller coaster ride that will make you laugh and jump just as much.
The jump scares are earned. The actors are irreproachable. The slapstick comedy gives Drag Me to Hell its signature. It wouldn’t be half as interesting without it. Prepare to meet one of the most despicable and repulsive horror villains ever imagined. Sure, the story is kind of hard to keep up with and the ending is kind of weak, but most of this film is an absolute blast.
7/8
Hollow Man
2000
A scientist turned invisible by a newly discovered potion becomes a threat for his colleagues.
Watch Kevin Bacon lose his mind in ways only he can in a superior horror thriller directed by the great Paul Verhoeven. Elisabeth Shue plays the love interest and the protagonist. She is the ideal ex-girlfriend and a perfect fit for the role. Hollow Man is the classic story of a rushed scientific experiment gone wrong, but with a huge budget invested in big names and special effects.
In this unofficial remake of The Invisible Man, Bacon becomes increasingly unstable and violent. This is a remarkable thriller when it is tense, an excellent horror movie when it is violent and enthralling science fiction otherwise. The metamorphosis sequences are stellar. We get to see complex and somewhat realistic 3-D renders of the whole transformation from opacity to transparency and back.
The actors are on top of their game. The film wouldn’t work without their chemistry. They make use believe in what they see despite the green screens and color keying. They have a plausible love and hate dynamic, a past and a present, conflicts and friendships. Despite the fantastic elements they deal with, their dialog is mature and right out of a 90’s titillating thriller. This is a must see!
7/8
Dawn of the Dead
2004
Strangers take refuge in a mall during a zombie outbreak.
Those coming into this unaware of the classic horror movie it remakes will have their mind blown and will fully appreciate the ride regardless. This film stands alone but honors a great legacy. Hardcore fans of George A. Romero’s work will recognize antisocial patterns of 1985’s dramatic Day of the Dead transported in shopping mall sets reminiscent of 1978’s more comedic Dawn of the Dead.
The zombies look amazing, but they run and twitch. Because our leads must survive a while for a movie to exist, the living dead are limited in number to compensate for their speed and strength. The