I was very engaged in the first half of this film. It was eerie, mysterious, and occasionally scary. It appealed to my sense of technology, mystery, and personal obsession. But it slowly unraveled until it reached a shrug of a … Continue reading
I didn’t even know this was coming out when I watched the original Slumber Party Massacre just a little bit ago. When it popped up on iTunes, I decided to watch, hoping for something interesting. Would it be just another … Continue reading
I read the novel Dune when I was too young and didn’t get it. Then I saw the David Lynch film and loved it, even though I knew (even at a young age) that it was a mess (to be … Continue reading
Honestly struggling to find anything positive or even negative to say about this Netflix Halloween offering. Its not terrible but it’s kind of dull and unoriginal. It’s well enough acted… and… The flick is about a driver who picks up … Continue reading
I enjoyed Superhost more than is reasonable. I was sitting there thinking cynical thoughts when I realized I wasn’t entirely sure where this was going. And the villain was deranged in a hilarious yet unpredictable way. And that the two … Continue reading
The first twenty to thirty minutes of the Blazing World shows a lot of promise. But as the surreal weirdness drones on and on and on, it just gets less and less interesting. Maybe that was my inability to click … Continue reading
I’m being very charitable giving this movie a decent review. I was bored – deeply bored – with well over half of it. But there’s enough good there that is excuses some of my issues… but it’s a squeaker. The … Continue reading
For spooky season 2021, I bit the bullet and subscribed to Shudder to get to a bunch of older horror flicks. And I found this documentary which I’d heard about but hadn’t realized was a Shudder original. So that’s something… … Continue reading
Halloween Kills is kind of a mess. It’s ambitious and I appreciate the decision to try to take the franchise in a different direction. To not make the same movie or the standard slasher film all over again. And I … Continue reading
We all go a little mad sometimes… and, for me, I’ve gone hog-wild on the horror films this October. Here’s a roll-up of some of the classics (20+ years at least). Some stretch the concept of classic, of course (I’m … Continue reading