David Gifford

David Gifford

When Renting is Not Enough
"There's Nothing Better Than Cheddar"
Horror Movie Academic. Metal Musician. Self-Proclaimed Journalist.

Favorite films

  • Halloween
  • Mandy
  • Pumpkinhead
  • Suspiria

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  • DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

    ★★★★½

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    ★★★★

  • Five Nights at Freddy's

    ★★★★

  • Talk to Me

    ★★★★½

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  • DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

    DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

    ★★★★½

    Absolutely fantastic. As a fan of the source material I was hopeful that Science Saru would knock this out of the park. This left me with no questions on that. The first 3 episodes are shown including a great set of interviews about the process for the show. It was overall an excellent presentation, and this one will be worth streaming in October.

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    ★★★★

    I ended up liking this one a lot. It gets a bit ambitious at times, but to me it fits the chaotic events with the tone and editing. Solid stuff, and covered a lot of cool topics. Doing a few new things while still holding to the past along the way.

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  • Ghostland

    Ghostland

    ★★

    What a vile film. The director of Martyrs made this movie, and that adds up pretty quickly. Unlike Martyrs though the violence in this movie doesn't have any meaning behind it. The movie also tells about 15 minutes worth of plot, in about an hour and a half which makes this movie needlessly convoluted. The acting and script never felt natural or meaningful. When the horror was happening it was just repetitive. Things we have seen done better before. I…

  • Child's Play

    Child's Play

    ★★★★

    For those that know me, they know that Child’s Play holds one of the most special places in my heart. In many ways my terror towards the doll Chucky got me into horror, and facing my fears of dolls in general. The entire franchise I have watched many times over, and I still do fairly often when I am wanting some nice entertaining killer doll movies. I was still excited though about the idea of this movie. I will not…