Following a traumatic incident, a father and daughter try to bond and build something together when they get taken hostage by couple looking for loot.
BAD MOVIE MONDAY: TWIXT (2011)
I think one of the biggest problems with TWIXT is the title. It makes the movie sound like it’s the live action adaptation of a children’s cartoon about plucky ghosts going to school at night and getting taught English by Edgar Alan Poe. A title like TWIXT makes it sound like it should have its own section at the toy aisle in Wal-Mart. In fact, that’s the actual reason I never paid attention to the film when it came out. I thought it was a kid’s movie. It was only more than a decade later that I realized my mistake, and that it was a horror movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola that starred Val Kilmer and Bruce Dern. THEN it got my attention.
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Streaming Sundays: Vengeance (2022)
One of the most poignant films of the year, Vengeance (2022) is a dark comedy/thriller written, directed by and starring B.J. Novak; if you missed it in the theaters, do yourself a favor and stream it on Peacock.
Short Films For You!
On this week’s edition of Short Films For You! a fun bunch of favorites! Today’s bundle of shorts were originally reviewed as part of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival over the years.
Greywood’s Plot (2019)
Two friends who have a web series about obscure monsters receive a tape showing a potential new one that they must investigate. As they reach the location of the tape’s filming, they meet a man who seems a little off at best. From there, they go in search of the monster and find… something.
Massacre at Central High (1976)
The new kid at school is bullied until he can take no more and plots revenge against them, killing them one by one. Soon, a new order is established in school and the roles get filled anew and the bullying resumes.
BAD MOVIE MONDAY: BLOOD OF THE MUMMY (2019)
This is such a feminine film. Tea parties, exotic costumes, love that spans ages, solving problems by talking rather than fighting, empowerment, examples of Positive Masculinity, examples of Toxic Masculinity, hugging, being understanding, sensitivity, listening to women, taking care of your mental health, dealing with a traumatic past, ripping out men’s hearts with telekenisis, castrating rapists and throwing their severed penises at the wall. You know, girly things! It’s like a Splatterpunk Romance Novel, and I for one am all there for it.
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