Sean Patrick
Bio
Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
Stories (291/1976)
Filter by community
Movie Review: 'The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders' Exploits a Cult Legend
Room 37 The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders has a high ick factor. A speculative horror movie about the final days of former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders, played by Leo Ramsey, Room 37 leaves good taste well behind with its very premise. Leering and sweaty, Room 37 The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders opts for ugly, unfounded speculation over anything remotely accurate about what may have happened to the mercurial rock star.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
The 2000s Movie Project: 'Scream 3'
The third entry in The 2000s Movie Project was the first blockbuster of this young century Scream 3. I won't lie to you, when it was released on February 11, 2000, I was a Scream 3 apologist. I defended the movie even as the critical consensus was dire. Naturally, I never revisited the movie again so as to preserve my opinion. Watching it again, from a more mature perspective, it's not that I was wrong, it's that I did not yet know how to determine how wrong I was.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: The Original 'I Spit on Your Grave' Is Still Terrible
In the early 2000s, it became briefly hip amongst film cultists to defend Meir Zarchi's 1978 exploitation flick, I Spit on Your Grave. Cult film critic, Joe Bob Briggs, is on the record calling the film a "masterpiece of cinema.” So many stepped forward to defend the film, that it earned a special edition dvd release from Elite Entertainment to celebrate the film’s 25 year anniversary back in 2003. The dvd came complete with THX sound, tv spots, critic reviews, and two commentary tracks—one by the film’s director Meir Zarchi and the other by the aforementioned Joe Bob Briggs.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Porno'
Porno is a mixed bag of horror and comedy. Porno is a horror comedy that involves a small town movie theater that is cursed by a sex demon, though owned by a religious fanatic. One night, after the owner has gone home, and the teenage staff is going to watch a movie, when a crazed homeless man bursts into the building and runs through a wall.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review 'Devil's Path' Is a Throwback Drive in Thriller
Devil’s Path is the kind of old school, grind house, chase in the woods thriller Hollywood doesn’t know how to make anymore. A throwback to the bloody, drive in thrillers of the 1970s, Devil’s Path is a visceral and often disturbing thriller with exceptional characters and a killer pace. Actor turned first time director Matthew Montgomery directs Devil’s Path and delivers a stunner of a debut feature.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review 'The Drone'
The Drone is one of the silliest nonsense horror movies of recent memory. The film ranks next to movies like Zombeavers or the Korean horror movie, The Wig, which features killer hair extensions, as a movie with a dopey beyond dopey premise. The Drone features exactly what the title promises, a drone. Only this particular drone happens to have the spirit of a dead serial killer inside of it.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review 'Dry Blood'
Dry Blood stars Clint Carney as Brian Barnes, a drug addict desperately hoping to get clean. After waking up in his car in some lonely Los Angeles alley, with no idea what he did in the preceding days, Brian decides he wants to quit. So, Brian calls a friend to be his sponsor and join him as he dries out a cabin he owns on a remote, California mountainside.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Top 5 Demonic Possession Movies
The demonic possession movie remains an undying fascination for filmmakers and fans alike. People love speculating about life after death, heaven and hell and especially the powers of demons. Hollywood has been mining this fertile horror ground for years with the most famous examples coming in the late 60s and early 70s.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Child's Play: Chucky at 30
How did our culture come to allow Chucky from Child’s Play become a thing? Thirty years after the film debuted Chucky remains in the darkest corners of our popular culture appealing to those with a bizarre, macabre sense of humor and a deep tolerance for stupid. Personally, I’ve never had any interest in this silly horror doll nonsense. I’ve never understood the appeal.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Fog' - 4K Restoration
John Carpenter had a tough act to follow when he set out to followup his 1978 slasher flick Halloween. I may not be a fan of Halloween, but even I can recognize the impact the film had, becoming a big grossing genre flick and an influential piece of pop genre work. Carpenter became a cult hero overnight, and following that kind of success the first time out was a challenge.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Hereditary'
Hereditary is a shocking and deeply unsettling horror thriller. Writer-director Ari Ascher’s remarkable attention to detail in production design, cinematography, and even character blocking, where a character is positioned in the frame, contributes to the brilliance of Hereditary. That the film also features a career-best performance from Toni Collette only underlines the genius at play in Hereditary.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Night of the Virgin'
Night of the Virgin turned my stomach. That sounds like the start of a negative review but, far from it. I actually loved Night of the Virgin. This Spanish import from director Roberto San Sebastian is hysterically funny and deeply disturbing all at once. The film is teeming with horrific invention and deep themes about women and sexuality and I loved every minute of it, even as I was queasy most of the way.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Horror
