Certain movies will swim through my comfort level, sometimes even in a bad way. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer was part of the golden days of horror. Though you knew it was just a movie, viewer discretition said otherwise. Sometimes movies want to be remembered as shocking or over …
Read More »Insomnia For A Reason: Wes Craven’s ‘FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE’
I remember the first time I watched Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and it scared the hell out of me. However, once I watched it I told myself how brave I was for watching it. There is a lot of childhood trauma to deliver here. Let’s get into the review. …
Read More »Tom DeSimone’s ‘HELL NIGHT’ (1981) – Retro Review
I was never one for being in a sorority. Granted, if I had to spend the night in a haunted mansion in order to be initiated into one, I probably would have given it a second thought. The evening would have to end on a positive note, of course. You …
Read More »‘CHILD’S PLAY 3’ (1991): The Most Underrated Entry in the Original Chucky Trilogy?
Child’s Play 3 is often ranked near the bottom of the Chucky franchise, overshadowed by the groundbreaking original, the fan-favorite Child’s Play 2, and the wildly different Bride of Chucky. Over the years, it has developed a reputation as one of the series’ weaker installments, but that assessment may be …
Read More »‘STAND BY ME,’ Forever – A Retro Review of the 1986 Classic Film
There are few and far between I believe who will not list Stand By Me as one of, if not, their favorite movie of all time. Stand By Me is the kind of cozy classic that puts you exactly where you need to be in your feels, through its emotionally …
Read More »Circle Circle Dot Dot: ‘COOTIES’ (2014) Revisited – Retro Review
I was extremely bored one night several months ago and was looking for something to watch on Tubi and ran across Cooties. I had never seen it or heard much about it so I decided to give it a shot and thought that it might be a fun little brainless …
Read More »Fred Dekker’s ‘NIGHT OF THE CREEPS’ (1986) Still Thrills Us – Retro Review
Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s was the best time to be a kid in my opinion. We had our share of cartoons, TGIF, video games, arcades, toys, malls, and movies. It was a simple time for a lot of us, a fond memory of things we didn’t think …
Read More »You Got the Touch: ‘TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE’ (1986) Revisited – Retro Review
When I was twelve, I was a huge Transformers mark, so I was beyond excited when I heard that they were making a movie. The day before school started my mom took me to a matinee to see it and I was just full of nervous energy and completely stoked …
Read More »A Dark Classic: Celebrating 25 Years Of ‘THE OTHERS’ (2001)
I remember watching The Others for the first time. It was with my mother, who has an uncanny ability to guess the ending of everything we watch without many clues. I had an idea in my head of what was occurring throughout this dark, mysterious and unnerving film, yet thought …
Read More »Back In the Family: Tobe Hooper’s ‘TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2’ (1986) – Retro Review
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a movie that will always be in my heart. I still watch this film at least 20-30 times a year. It heals me, one big campy tale of an iconic killer with some humor and new characters. It’s more of a story with carnival tricks …
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