Damien Leone Terrifying 3 broke new ground in the horror genre along with many box office records, but one element about its heroine, Sienna Shaw, makes her unique among major horror's "final girls." Sienna Shaw by Lauren LaVera was featured in Terrifying 2 as a potential victim with a mysterious connection to the demonic Art the Clown, only to evolve into his starring role at the end of the acclaimed sequel. Their epic battle is relived in Terrifying 3 five years later, and Sienna once again proves herself capable of stopping Art. Many horror franchises have included the concept of…
Author: Bill Dubiel
THE Terrifying franchise has taken an exciting step forward with Terrifying 3and, in the process, established itself as the spiritual replacement for two of the most iconic franchises in horror film history. Terrifying 3 has already set several box office records, and a sequel is already in development to continue the overarching narrative that has gone down so well with both the franchise's most dedicated fans and moviegoing audiences. Between the box office numbers and the excellent critical reception, the Terrifying the franchise is drawing comparisons to other major horror franchises. One of the factors that separates Terrifying from other…
Terrifying 3 pushed the religious themes of Terrifying franchise to new heights, and one scene in particular revealed a new demonic entity that Sienna may cross paths with again in her ongoing battle against Art the Clown and his demonic allies. Art the Clown's murderous attacks have been interrupted twice by Lauren LaVera's Sienna Shaw, and their enmity is escalating. Sienne is redefining what it means to be a "final girl" as Terrifying the franchise progresses and Terrifying 3Annie's cliffhanger ending sets her on the path to encounter even more danger. With Terrifying 4 reportedly in development, Sienna should soon…
Kevin Costner has had a string of critical failures alongside his most iconic successes, but the film is considered by many to be the worst of all time, the 2002 film. Dragon-flyborn directly from M. Night Shyamalan's classic thriller The Sixth Sense. Director Tom Shadyac's supernatural thriller (Liar, liar, Patch Adams) stars Costner as a doctor who is mourning the loss of his wife, who was seven months pregnant when she died in a landslide. His wife reaches him from beyond the grave through his patients who have near-death experiences, which ultimately leads to a brief supernatural reunion. Dragon-fly fits…
One of GodzillaThe 70-year-old's defining characteristic on screen is his ability to adapt and transform from film to film, and he's not alone in that regard. The transformations that marked Godzilla's history have always been an important part of the metaphorical narrative surrounding him and his monstrous contemporaries. Godzilla has often been portrayed as an animal or dinosaur altered and enlarged by nuclear radiation, so the transformation is a central element of Godzilla's entire origin story. Its defining characteristics – its size and atomic breathing – are direct results of its original transformation. In addition to Big G himself, many…
Summary Pirates of the Caribbean 6 Needs a big change to succeed, with the franchise's past successes not guaranteeing future box office hits. Simplifying the story and reducing CGI could reinvigorate the series, focusing on classic pirate elements like swords, treasure and ships. Rebooting with a new central character and smaller scale conflicts could bring back the charm of the original film and revitalize the franchise. Pirates of the Caribbean was one of Disney's most profitable movie franchises, but if Pirates of the Caribbean 6 It's going to be a successful reboot, and it needs to be a big change…
Summary Quentin Tarantino's concept for a Halloween Sequel involved Michael Myers on a road trip killing people. Although Tarantino's exact idea was never executed, echoes of it can be found in the plot for Halloween ends. Halloween ends Featured Corey Cunningham's divisive subplot along with Michael Myers, contradicting the established "Shape" character. Quentin Tarantino was once on deck to write the sixth movie in the Halloween horror franchise, and although it never came to be, its core concept resurfaced in the final chapter of the reboot trilogy, Halloween ends. The Halloween Franchise has gone through multiple iterations (and an upcoming…
Kevin Costner's epic western franchise Horizon: An American Saga Set to play out over the course of more than 15 years, its sprawling timeline has already negatively impacted one of its primary plot threads. Intended to act over four movies, Horizon: An American Saga Explores a number of eventually intertwining stories in the American West before, during and after the Civil War. The first movie in the four-part series, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1introduces dozens of characters in its three-hour runtime, and spends only a short time with each. The lack of character exploration was one of the…
In the 70 years since Godzilla First stomping across the silver screen, he has undergone a number of transformations while fighting some of the most powerful and intimidating kaiju ever created. Godzilla's creature design is simple, but it has endured for a reason; Its glowing dorsal spikes, long tail and fiery blue atomic breath are all iconic in the annals of movie history. From the 1954 original tokusatsu Godzilla has retained the same basic shape to Legendary's massive Monsterverse CGI design, albeit with some extremely cool modifications. Many of Godzilla's enemies, however, are anything but basic. Since his first tussle…
Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the peak of his 1980s fighting powers in 1987 PredatorAnd a long-standing Internet theory completely changes how important his character Dutch is to science-fiction movies. Predator Schwarzenegger and a host of other 1980s action icons trying to survive an unseen extraterrestrial hunter of the Yautja species in a Central American jungle. Schwarzenegger's Alan "Dutch" Schaefer is the only member of his paramilitary rescue team to survive the creature and escape the jungle. Although there were multiple sequels and spinoffs PredatorSchwarzenegger's Dutch never made another appearance in the franchise. However, one internet theory posits that Dutch's history…