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Peninsula: Sequel to the South Korean zombie hit Train to Busan gives you more of everything, except originality

Peninsula: Sequel to the South Korean zombie hit Train to Busan gives you more of everything, except originality

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 7, 2020Yeon Sang-Ho, Train to Busan, Zombie movies, Peninsula, Horror sequels, Lee Hyung-deok, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, World War Z, Gang Dong-wonComment

It Chapter Two: Diminishing returns make Pennywise more a sad clown than a scary one

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 4, 2019It Chapter Two, Stephen King, Pennywise the Clown, Horror sequels, children in peril, Derry Maine, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jay Ryan, MacGuffin, Andy Muschietti, Gary Dauberman, Bill Skarsgård Comments

Happy Death Day 2U: Sequel to mash-up of Scream and Groundhog day makes for smart horror - maybe too smart

By Liam Lacey

ReviewFebruary 15, 2019Happy Death Day 2U, Horror sequels, Blumhouse, Christopher Landon, Time loops, Jessica Rothe, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma, Sarah YarkinComment