Reviews

Bill Fishman’s ‘WALTZING WITH BRANDO’ – Movie Review

Waltzing With Brando is one of those rare films that feels like stepping into a fever dream, especially through the perspective of Jon Heder’s character. Heder plays an architect hired to help Marlon Brando design and build a hotel on Brando’s private island, a story so strange that it almost …

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‘LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS’ (1960): The Cult Classic That Bloomed on a Shoestring

Roger Corman’s Little Shop of Horrors (1960) is the kind of movie that proves how far ingenuity can stretch a dollar. Shot in just two days and one night on leftover sets from Corman’s earlier film A Bucket of Blood, this scrappy black comedy has grown into one of cinema’s …

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Parody Goes Meh: 35 Years of Bob Logan’s ‘REPOSSESSED’ (1990)

For connoisseurs of parody movies, the gold standard are films such as Hot Shots, The Naked Gun and Scary Movie. Then you have the opposite end of the spectrum with some of the biggest atrocities committed to film (looking at you Friedberg and Seltzer!). Then you have the middle. The …

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It’s Not the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: ‘JACK-O’ (1995) Revisited – Retro Review

One night back in 1995 my mom and I were hanging out and were both feeling bored, so I decided to go rent a movie from our local video store. A lot of movies were rented out when I got there and there wasn’t a whole lot to choose from, …

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‘THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE’ (2005): Horror Meets the Courtroom

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, directed by Scott Derrickson, isn’t your typical horror film. Marketed as a supernatural drama, it pulls from the real-life case of Anneliese Michel — a young German woman who underwent Catholic exorcisms in the 1970s and later died. Her story set off firestorms of legal, …

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Joe Hollow’s ‘FLESH OF THE UNFORGIVEN’ (2024) – Movie Review

Flesh of the Unforgiven is a film about love, betrayal, pain, suffering and demons. If that sounds like something that is up your alley, read on for my thoughts on Flesh of the Unforgiven. Synopsis A novelist with writer’s block, Jack Russo (Hollow), travels to a secluded cabin in the …

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Kim Henkel’s ‘TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION’ (1995) Retro Review

As with any modern telling of classic horror past the first two movies, it rarely goes over well amongst horror hounds. Some people don’t want to see 10 movies with the same character and plot. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is one of those movies that people like to …

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Adam Michael’s ‘ALREADY DEAD’- Movie Review

Putting friends together on a cabin retreat is always a simple recipe for a party atmosphere with a tense vibe. Such is the case for Already Dead, an independent feature from Candid Life Entertainment. Let’s take a look at this character-based thriller and see who can make it out alive. …

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All Tricks, Few Treats: Colin Krawchuk’s ‘JESTER 2’ (2025) – Movie Review

Sequels are always a tricky business, especially in horror. The first film sets the tone, establishes the villain, and builds an atmosphere that either resonates with audiences or doesn’t. When a follow-up arrives, the expectation is not just for more of the same but for an expansion—deeper mythology, bigger scares, …

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