Okay, say you’re in Thailand and you want to make a quick buck. You’re thinking maybe shoot a movie, glomming onto the success of Jaws or maybe a Godzilla type flick. Jaws it is then, but you want to giant radioactive lizard in it too, so maybe not a total …
Read More »A New Level Of WTF-ness: ‘RAT MAN’ (1988) – Blu-ray Review
At the risk of coming off as if I’m pigeonholing an entire ethnic group, I will make the following statement (that I believe in my heart is 100% true): Italians have made some fucking bonkers films. Exhibit A: Rat Man. Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo (Find A Place To Die), and …
Read More »M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘THE VILLAGE’ (2004) – Twenty Years Later
With his new film Trap in theaters, M. Night Shyamalan seems to have picked up a steady rhythm of success since the critical downturn of his work in the late 2010’s. Since The Visit and Split, Shyamalan seems to have climbed out of the rut in which his string of …
Read More »Milkshakes and Murders: ‘Confessions Of A Serial Killer’ (1985) – Blu-ray Review
In the pantheon of American serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas will always stand out. The way he matter-of-factly confessed to countless depraved acts, to the freewheeling way he would confess to crimes he likely didn’t commit (law enforcement from around the country would feed him details to clear their unsolved …
Read More »Ruffled Feathers: ‘THE CROW’ (2024) – Review (SPOILERS)
These days, with everyone so connected the whole world over, it’s tough to go into anything blind and allow yourself to be surprised. Especially if you belong to such an impassioned fan base as that of James O’Barr’s graphic masterpiece, The Crow – a love letter to his late girlfriend. …
Read More »‘OUT COME THE WOLVES’ (2024) – Movie Review
We’ve seen many different variations on the werewolf subgenre in horror over the years. But the scariest horror is the type that peers out from inside oneself, and that’s the type of story that Out Come The Wolves tells. Let’s take a look at the newest IFC/Shudder release and see …
Read More »‘REALM OF SHADOWS’ (2024) – Movie Review
Anthology film are very much my jam. I love seeing all the different stories and how things connect. I was given the opportunity recently to check out of Realm of Shadows, an anthology film featuring the wonderful Tony Todd. Read on for my thoughts. Synopsis Enter a world of mystery, …
Read More »Body Snatching the Midwest: ‘THE BECOMERS’ (2023) – Movie Review
Due to circumstances beyond their control, two literal star-crossed lovers are forced to find each other after they land on Earth. Narrated by Russell Mael (lead singer of the pop-rock band Sparks) two aliens body snatch their way through Chicago. To blend in, they take over the bodies of any …
Read More »‘AIR FRYER SLAUGHTER’ (2024) – Movie Review
Air Fryers are one of the most appreciated and streamlined cooking inventions in modern history. Not since the George Foreman grill have we seen so many people swear by a new kitchen trend. But what if the Air Fryer became an instrument of destruction with bad intentions? That’s the question …
Read More »Stay at Least 30 Miles Away From This Film: ’30 MILES FROM NOWHERE’ (2018) – Movie Review
My wife and I were bored the other night and started looking for something to watch on Peacock. We ran across a film called 30 Miles From Nowhere, and even though the film’s synopsis was rather short and didn’t tell us a whole lot about what the movie was about, …
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