Articles by John Portanova
Last Exorcism: A solid script and impressive acting highlight this chiller. Only downside is the abrupt (though still good) ending. 8/10
Piranha (2010): Aims to be a fun ride full of bloody gore and tanned skin, and that’s exactly what it achieves. Great cast too. 7/10
Burning Bright: A killer tiger in a house during a hurricane is maybe the craziest plot ever. Surprisingly it makes a good movie. 7/10
Forbidden World (1982): This fast-paced Alien rip-off is entertaining, but is brought down by some terrible editing and creature FX. 5/10
Galaxy of Terror: Good looking sci-fi/horror hybrid features a solid cast and atmosphere, but the story makes absolutely no sense. 4/10
The Descent 2: A pretty good horror movie that is brought down by unnecessary changes to the original’s story and an atrocious ending. 6/10
The Descent (2006): The best horror film of the last 15 years. Features interesting characters, great monsters, and plenty of style. 9/10
Predators: Certain story aspects could’ve been more developed, but all in all this is the Predator sequel fans have been waiting for. 8/10
Aliens vs. Predator 2: Makes up for the original’s PG-13 rating with buckets of blood, but has even less interesting human characters. 5/10
Alien vs. Predator: You wait the whole movie with uninteresting human characters for a monster fight…and then it’s mediocre at best. 5/10



