10 Most Terrifying Horror Movies Released In 2021 So Far
3. The Queen Of Black Magic
As horror fans, audiences have often been conditioned to wince at the mere mention of the word remake. Or reboot. Or reimagining. Or reimaging. Or recalibration. Or... you get the point.
Where The Queen of Black Magic is concerned, it has the benefit of being a fairly loose remake, a remake of a movie many have never heard of, and is a genuinely good horror picture.
Based on the 1981 film of the same name, Kimo Stamboel's take on The Queen of Black Magic is a gripping, gory offering that hits so many of the right notes that horror hounds seek out. While the gore is indeed plentiful when it comes, the film is far more than that when it comes to terror and torment - for The Queen of Black Magic primarily plays on the supernatural in order to establish the initial dread of the tale.
Plot-wise, Stomboel's offering, much like the '81 original, centres on dark magic, deep-seated revenge plans and mystery as three childhood friends and their families return to an orphanage to pay their respects to the gravely ill man who played a part in raising them.
There's a somewhat steady and possibly slightly too plodding start to The Queen of Magic, but this picture amps up the tension and horrors once it finds its feet.