Clark Collis

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For 46 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 95% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 3% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Clark Collis' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 70
Highest review score: 83 Under the Shadow
Lowest review score: 42 Underworld: Blood Wars
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
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    • 41 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    The Grudge
    The Grudge is overly reliant on jump scares and the sheer number of characters involved here means that some are thinly-drawn, though the crackerjack cast of actors breathes at least some life into their respective parts. The real asset here — as well as the movie’s main likely problem for many viewers — is its bleak tone.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Ad Astra
    The result is a genuine space epic which also succeeds in being a very personal film, thanks in large part to Pitt’s performance.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
    Blessed with some firm hands on the terror tiller and a winning cast, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a handsome, and deliciously horrible, horror movie.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Cargo
    The Australian setting brings a fresh, and epic, quality to this now done-to-death genre, and the directors introduce a few nice new kinks to the zombie mythology, notably a desire on the part of the undead to literally — and hauntingly — bury their heads in the sand. But the real treat is Freeman.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
    Hale and Posey are likable leads and director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) injects proceedings with a propulsiveness which allows you to mostly ignore the odd plot strand which doesn’t really pay off or the general air of preposterousness.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Finding Your Feet
    Finding Your Feet leans heavily on its cast of British screen greats. Luckily, Staunton, Imrie, Spall, Lumley et al are up to the task of dancing around most of the plot’s more tired or ill-considered moments.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    The Strangers: Prey at Night
    Two films in, The Strangers has already become a horribly familiar franchise.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Happy Death Day
    Happy Death Day is directed with vim, vigor, and heart by Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), and boasts a winning central performance from Rothe.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Better Watch Out
    Peckover’s sharp directing keeps things nicely nasty without ever going too far over the top — though it’s possible some gore-averse Scrooges may disagree. If you want to gift yourself a holiday film that decks the halls with blood, this is one to put under the tree.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Goon: Last of the Enforcers
    The film’s real treat is its deep acting bench with franchise veterans Scott, Pill, Liev Schreiber, Kim Coates, and Marc-André Grondin joined by Elisha Cuthbert, TJ Miller, and, of course, Russell, a real-life former hockey pro whose troubled villain is worthy of a redemptive spin-off film.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
    The climax makes for a satisfying conclusion to the franchise—an ending which this writer expects, and even hopes, all concerned will studiously ignore when they get around to making the next one.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 42 Clark Collis
    Underworld: Blood Wars
    While the film may justify its title in terms of the viscera on display, it is badly in need of a funny bone.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    The Monster
    Like "The Strangers," the result is a simple but skillfully told shocker.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Under the Shadow
    Under the Shadow is a skilled, chilling feature debut that might follow you around a while after seeing it.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Train to Busan
    The result is first-class throughout.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    The Wailing
    Despite its epic length, The Wailing never bores as Na slathers his tale with generous supplies of atmosphere and awfulness.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Hush
    Flanagan’s taut direction reinforces his rep as an up-and-comer we will hopefully be hearing much more from.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
    The result should appeal to Austen aficionados and horror hounds alike—which is not a sentence you get to write too often.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    JeruZalem
    The niftily claustrophobic use of actual Jerusalem locations offers a nice holiday from the more familiar backdrops favored by the POV genre.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    The 5th Wave
    The frankly preposterous nature of the film’s setup is rendered slightly less so by a couple of second act reveals. But, by then, many viewers will have lost interest in a movie with a very high bodycount but a very small amount of grit, either emotional or literal.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    The Visit
    This is the first Shyamalan movie in a long time that viewers may be tempted to re-visit just to see how he pulls off his magic trick.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 50 Clark Collis
    Fantastic Four
    In short, this Josh Trank-directed reboot had a very low hurdle to overcome to become the best FF movie so far. The most fantastical aspect of the movie is that it may not achieve that goal.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Poltergeist
    The only really frightening thing about the 2015 version of Poltergeist is how haunted it is by the original.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Unfriended
    Though not particularly ground-breaking — last year’s Elijah Wood-starring Open Windows pulled the same trick, and much more ambitiously — we’re still going to “like” the result.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Starry Eyes
    Horror fans should keep their eyes on the filmmakers — and Essoe, who gives a star-making performance.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Jessabelle
    While this Blumhouse production may be a less ruthlessly efficient scream machine than, say, its corporate sibling "Ouija," it is much more atmospheric and benefits from a winning central performance from Snook.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Tusk
    Tusk lands close to Human Centipede territory in gross-out-ness — a warning, not a complaint — but it also has a genuinely haunting quality as Long's ties to humanity become ever more tenuous.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    The Signal
    If all this sounds like a souped-up episode of "The Twilight Zone" or "The X-Files," then you're in the right ballpark — or underground bunker.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Coherence
    The wordy end product may be short on demons and murderous droids, yet Coherence is a satisfying and chilling addition to the ever-growing pal-ocalypse subgenre.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Chef
    The first two thirds of Chef crackle with hunger-inducing imagery and laughter-provoking gags.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 50 Clark Collis
    I, Frankenstein
    To be fair, Eckhart is physically impressive and Bill Nighy and his raised eyebrow do their best in the role of demon leader Naberius. But I, Frankenstein shares something else with it's monster-hero, something much worse than its patchwork nature: The film is distinctly lacking in the soul department.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Aftershock
    The first, pre-'quake half hour is such a patience-testing slow burn that director Nicolás López runs the risk of extinguishing the viewer's interest altogether. But when things head (metaphorically) south they do so with an escalating, apocalyptic ferocity which continues until the very last second.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    The Last Exorcism Part II
    Unfortunately, no one involved seems to have bent over backwards to make the movie either original or even all that scary.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Dark Skies
    While there are some scares along the way, Stewart foolishly gives away the whole kit and caboodle plot-wise with an opening quotation from Arthur C. Clarke.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    A Haunted House
    If the result features around 1,783 too many fart gags, to be fair, it also boasts a couple of genuine minor scares. Although there's no doubt that the film's most horrible sight is a way-too-long shot of Swardson's naked rump.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    The Collection
    Remarkably, the result manages to be both more preposterous and more efficient than its predecessor, with a couple of deaths occurring so swiftly they border on the subliminal.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
    Consider this a public service announcement: Folks who have a problem with onscreen flesh-hacking - or the fact that franchise stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren aren't in the movie all that much - should stay home.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 67 Clark Collis
    Resident Evil: Retribution
    Writer-director W.S. Anderson's overseeing of the Resident Evil zombie franchise has proven to be both lunatically haphazard and dementedly enthusiastic.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 42 Clark Collis
    The Cold Light of Day
    The result apes "The Bourne Identity" so slavishly yet so boringly it winds up with no identity at all.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    Gone
    Which stinks worse? The absurdly large pile of red herrings Gone amasses? Or the film's sub-Scooby Doo conclusion?
    • 18 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    The Devil Inside
    While this religio-horror effort does contain some nice scares, and a memorably unnerving turn from Crowley, The Devil Inside's biggest shock arrives when it abruptly ends - just as it hits its stride. The result is a found-footage movie whose third act remains missing.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    Johnny English Reborn
    Fans of sophisticated humor may feel empathy with, if not sympathy for, the lead character on those many occasions he is kicked in the nuts.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    Monsters
    Monsters is really a road-movie romance that tracks the burgeoning relationship between two strangers as they travel through the "infected" zone.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Clark Collis
    Heartless
    Unpredictability isn't this horror film's strength, but it's stylishly crafted and excellently acted, and it boasts an abundance of heart in every sense of the word.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 58 Clark Collis
    Survival of the Dead
    There are some memorable images, including the sight of a beautiful, horse-riding ''dead head.'' But for much of the movie, Van Sprang's zombie fatigue seems to be an echo of Romero's own.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Clark Collis
    The Poseidon Adventure
    Once the lady in question is overturned by a freak tidal wave the tone shifts from unintentionally comedic to undeniably exciting as renegade priest Gene Hackman leads a motley band of souls (including Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, and Roddy McDowall) on their upside down quest to escape from a watery grave.

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