A young woman connects with an elder man in a nursing home following the passing of her grandfather. The man soon tells her his long and complex life story.
Category Archives: Halloween Horror Month
They Crawl Beneath (2022)
On a holiday weekend, a man goes to spend time with his uncle. As things get tense, an earthquake traps this man under a car while unleashing something from the ground.
BAD MOVIE MONDAY: MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986)
Hello Friends! Welcome back to BAD MOVIE MONDAY! Today’s absurd automotive atrocity was one of my picks from last May when I wanted to provide a little extra torture my friends during movie night. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE is the legendary 1986 train wreck directed by Stephen King.
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“You’re Next” is Still One of the Top Ten Slashers of All Time
Simplicity has always been the best friend of the slasher movie. Nine times out of ten the best slasher movies aren’t convoluted or complex. Most times they’re just simple premises with simple motivations but a lot of subtext added throughout the narrative. “Halloween,” “Scream,” “Friday the 13th,” all benefited from being fairly simplicity and so does “You’re Next.” Adam Wingard’s horror thriller came like a wrecking ball back in 2011, sideswiping me and just blowing me out of my seat. Although now he’s headed for the bigger blockbusters, Wingard’s horror outings tend to channel John Carpenter with how they mesh sub-genres.
Dracula 2000 Or: Before Gerard Butler was a Meme
Dammit I love “Dracula 2000.”
I’m not too sure what the ultimate plan was for the Dracula character in the larger scheme of things, except the fact that everything had to be rebooted in the new millennium apparently. Everything had to press the reset button, including Dracula. This Dracula was a hunky vampire for the modern age where he would once again roam free to build his army, and do battle with Van Helsing. And he would do it set to rock music that ruled the radio, wreaking havoc to the tune of System of a Down, Linkin Park, and Disturbed, to name a simple few.
FP 3: Escape from Bako (2021) [Nightmares Film Festival 2021]
Picking up a few years after the last scene of FP 2, this third entry in the series takes JTRO and his fam and gets them involved in a new challenge that includes everything from remixed to time travel. Will they manage to figure out what to do in time to save their world?
Deadly Friend (1986): Collector’s Edition [Blu-Ray]
Wes Craven was a man who managed to re-invent the horror genre at least three times during his entire career. Craven was a man who helped define a lot of the modern tropes we take for granted, and yes, even brought the nineties out of the drudges with his jolt of adrenaline known as “Scream.” However, sometimes Craven’s efforts didn’t always click, and while he had a knack for fascinating characters and complex situations, “Deadly Friend” is one of his more notable genre misfires.