Mike Vogel Archives

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 27, 2004Backwoods Brutality

A remake of Tobe Hooper's landmark classic that presaged a host of inferior 70s/80s horror remakes throughout the 2000s/10s. What we have is now a different film although not entirely an uninteresting one

Director: Marcus Nispel

Actors: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, …

Category: Horror

27 January 20042 October 2024 by Roog

The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)

Rating: ★★

Jun 25, 2009Reality Bender

Extremely confusing film in which Mike Vogel keeps waking up in different lives where he is pursued by creatures. Sort of like Dark City reconceived as a horror film.

Director: Dario Piana

Actors: Mike Vogel, Jaime Murray, Christina Cole, Michael Feast

Category: Fantasy

25 June 200925 February 2025 by Roog

Cloverfield (2008)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 19, 2008Found Footage Monster Movie

A J.J. Abrams produced film that was made under an absolute pall of secrecy. Released, it turns out to only be a fairly ordinary monster movie that is shot Found Footage style

Director: Matt Reeves

Actors: Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 January 200821 May 2026 by Roog

Childhood’s End (2015)

Rating: ★

Jan 17, 2016Alien Visitors/Arthur C. Clarke Adaptation

Arthur C. Clarke's book is one of the all-time SF classics; this mini-series adaptation counts as one of the biggest book-to-film abortions in the SF genre handled by people who know nothing about SF

Director: Nick Hurran

Actors: Mike Vogel, Osy Ikhile, Charles Dance, Daisy Betts, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 January 201629 May 2026 by Roog

The Boy (2015)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 26, 2018Psychopathic Child

Not to be confused with the more profile film of the same name around the same time, this is a standout work about a psychopathic child. A real slow burn film that comes so understated that it can leave you gasping

Director: Craig William MacNeill

Actors: Jared Breeze, David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Bill Sage, …

Category: Horror

26 November 201828 December 2025 by Roog

Fantasy Island (2020)

Rating: ★★

Apr 25, 2020TV Series Remake/Island That Makes Fantasies Come True

The big screen remake of the popular 70s/80s tv series about an island that makes guests fantasies come true. In the hands of Blumhouse, this has now been turned into a horror film

Director: Jeff Wadlow

Actors: Michael Peña, Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Austin Stowell, …

Category: Fantasy

25 April 202017 January 2026 by Roog