Final Destination 2 (2003)

A young woman stops her car, blocking traffic, after having a vision of a catastrophic accident.

'Final Destination 2' is a worthy sequel to the first one. Respecting the mythology of that one, it expands it in an inventive way, with a more impressive budget and technology, resulting in a film that has resisted the changes of time.

Director:  David R Ellis   

With: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes, Lynda Boyd, Keegan Connor Tracy, Justina Machado

Rating: 8.4/10

Final Destination (2000)

A teenager leaves his class' plane for France after a vision that showed him an accident, and those who followed him out begin to die in bizarre accidents one by one.

'Final Destination' is the clever start to a popular supernatural horror film franchise. Far from being perfect, the film at least has plenty of originality and a team of actors from the well-known and popular generation of the 2000s. The deaths are ingenious and the screenwriters tried hard to make our expectations full of suspense, irony and surprises.

Director:  James Wong    

With: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd, Brendan Fehr, Amanda Detmer, Roger Guenveur Smith, Daniel Roebuck

Rating: 9/10

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

Candyman isi continua aventurile provocate in fata oglinzilor dar fiica unei familii vechi pare sa creeze o conexiune speciala cu acesta.

O urmare la un horror cult ce are mai mult merit decat te-ai astepta. Cu un amestec de personaje ori slab creionate ori bine dezvoltate, Candyman 2 se concentreaza mai mult pe poveste si cadru decat pe efecte de groaza. Si totusi cand vine vorba de partea horror, surplusul de jump scares e suparator de la ordinea zilei. Autenticitatea cadrului New Orleans-ian este bine pus la punct, insotit in mod evocator de arhiprezentul kingfisher, ce la un moment dat devine doar iritant. Aerul de horror al anilor 90 este binevenit dar din pacate inconsistentele frecvente darama povestea ce nu e complet rea.

Regia: Bill Condon

Dupa o poveste de: Clive Barker

Cu: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Veronica Cartwright, David Gianopoulos

Rating: 5/10

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