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Call Me Fishmealnew
'Piranha 3-D' satisfies an appetite for blood and circuses.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Piranha 3-D
For All its Flaws, 'Mirrors' Offers Insight into an Intriguing Directornew
Director Alexandre Aja's films have been so mired in controversy that no one seems to notice how personal they are.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Mirrors
Disgusting Desertnew
Nuclear mutants provide great scares and extreme gore in The Hills Have Eyes.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Axes, Too
The new face of fright: no more camp, no more suggestion, no more edge-of-your-seat fun -- only ultrarealistic, unapologetically nasty bloodshed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
Cannibalism: Just Another Dysfunctionnew
This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
A Bloody Messnew
While the word of mouth attached to High Tension suggested that it might inject new energy into the exhausted "slasher" genre, Aja has created a formulaic horror story with one of the most laughable twist endings in history.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
Euro-Horror Fizzles Where It Should Sizzlenew
This is a gripping piece of splatterpunk, despite the fact that there's not much to it and the plot crumbles in the third act.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
Gory, Gory Hallelujahnew
French film director Alexandre Aja eschews psychological mindgames of the horror genre and returns to straight-out slasher gore in a badly dubbed bloodfest.
Dig Boston |
Shaula Clark |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
