Travis Laidlaw

Travis Laidlaw

Director of The Trunk, The Silent Lay Steady and Dead House - Watch all on Alter

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Army of Darkness
  • The Frighteners

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  • Companion

    ★★★½

  • Things Will Be Different

    ★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

  • Exists

    ★★★

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  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    The first half is great and sets up a couple interesting directions I thought it might go. Unfortunately it goes to neither and ends in a bit of an underwhelming (and even silly) way. There’s a lot of palpable tension for most of it but the scares are lacking.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    ★★★★

    Plenty of cheese to be had, but the crazy effects and set pieces make this instalment a super fun ride.

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  • The Haunting of Hill House

    The Haunting of Hill House

    ★★★★

    The time jump aspect between past and present was done really well. I always had questions and the answers were eventually all given to me. Upon watching the first episode the scares seemed like they were  going to be the typical jump scare style but they really held back as the season progressed and they got much more sophisticated, building dread and atmosphere that led to and fed into the scares. The character development felt clunky at the start but…

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