Don McManus

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)
Rating: ★★
Nov 2, 2009Young Adult/Vampire Wars/Circus of Freaks
Adaptation of a series of Young Adult books that should have emerged as Harry Potter made with the sensibilities of a Tim Burton. But the result fails to come to life in Paul Weitz's hands
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Kill Theory (2009)

Kill Theory (2009)
Rating: ★★
Apr 11, 2017People Imprisoned in an Elimination Game
This has clearly been conceived as Saw by way of Big Brother in which a group of teens are imprisoned in a house and forced to eliminate one another until only one remains. Alas it is a promising premise that suffers a banal and utterly ordinary handling
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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Rating: ★★
Jan 9, 2016Haunting Found Footage Film
For supposedly the Paranormal Activity series final entry, this offer the novelty of the first Found Footage film in 3D – a gimmick that signals the series is out of fresh ideas. Moreover, the series' look via watching security cameras has been de-emphasised in favour of another CGI driven ghost story
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