The Frighteners [reviewed by Lackey]
110 min., 1996 Directed by Peter Jackson My rating: IMDB I’m sure it was very impressive back in 1996. * * * The Frighteners has two big problems. The first is that it’s heavily invested in effects...
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110 min., 1996 Directed by Peter Jackson My rating: IMDB Frighteningly fun * * * I have to admit, I vaguely remembered seeing this when it first came out and when I remembered that Michael J. Fox was...
View ArticleThe Frighteners [reviewed by the Drudgeon]
110 min., 1996 Directed by Peter Jackson My rating: IMDB A movie more about effects than substance. * * * We first meet Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) at a funeral passing out business cards. They...
View ArticlePopcorn [Reviewed by Jori]
91 min., 1991 Directed by Mark Herrier (and Alan Ormsby, uncredited) My rating: IMDB • Netflix • Official Site Mostly fun in that endearing eighties sort of way. * * * Maggie (Jill Schoelen) is a...
View ArticleThe House of the Devil [Reviewed by Lackey]
93 min., 2009 Directed by Ti West My rating: IMDB • Netflix • Official Site They don’t make ‘em like this anymore. (Actually, maybe they never did…) * * * There was once a time when horror movies had a...
View ArticleThe Haunted World of El Superbeasto [Reviewed by the Drudgeon]
77 min., 2009 Directed by Rob Zombie My rating: IMDB • Netflix Rob Zombie meets Ren & Stimpy with a dash of horror. * * * We first meet El Superbeasto (Tom Papa) as he is casting for his new porn,...
View ArticleThe Lost [Movie review by Lackey]
119 min., 2006 Directed by Chris Siverston My rating: IMDB • Netflix Can one man ruin an entire movie? * * * As I think I’ve said in the past, I don’t like saying things like “this movie is a mixed...
View ArticleDark Fields [Movie review by Jori]
aka The Rain 108 min., 2009 Directed by Douglas Schulze My rating: IMDB • Netflix Beware of the cursed top hat. (Why yes, it is that silly.) * * * I’ve always wondered – if the Native Americans were...
View ArticleHalloween [Movie review by the Drudgeon]
121 min. (unrated “director’s cut”), 2007 Directed by Rob Zombie My rating: IMDB • Netflix • Official Site What if Michael Myers was real? * * * The movie begins with a young Michael Myers (Daeg...
View ArticleThe Howling [Movie review by the Drudgeon]
91 min., 1981 Directed by Joe Dante My rating: IMDB Still one great werewolf movie. * * * The movie begins with a woman named Karen White (Dee Wallace) walking around a dirty town, but she is actually...
View ArticleCujo [Movie review by the Drudgeon]
91 min., 1983 Directed by Lewis Teague My rating: IMDB • Netflix When a St. Bernard attacks! * * * Our movie begins with a little bunny in a field then it is attacked by a St. Bernard, who we later...
View ArticleCritters [Movie review by Zeb Carter]
82 min., 1986 Directed by Stephen Herek My rating: IMDB • Netflix Tribbles but way more badass. * * * A year before Gremlins hit the theaters and well after we were introduced to a thing called a...
View ArticleThe Lords Of Salem [Movie review by Lackey]
101 min., 2012 Directed by Rob Zombie My rating: IMDB • Netflix • Official Site Seriously flawed but not easily forgotten. * * * Heidi Laroc (real name Heidi Hawthorne) is one-third of the “Odd Squad,”...
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