The Convent (2000) [Synapse 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray Set] [Halloween Horror Month]

Now available from Synapse films. 

Wanting to party and mess with a few of people, a group of college students go to a convent that is rumored to be haunted. Once they break in, they discover that something there is not finished yet and looking for new bodies to possess. 

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BAD MOVIE MONDAY: BODY MELT (1993)

I’ve often mentioned that I don’t really like the horror comedy subgenre. My rationalization for this has always been that, since the horror cancels out the laughs and the jokes cancels out the scares, you end up with something that is both a lesser horror movie and a lesser comedy. However, I think I’ve started to change my mind about it, or at least I’ve started to change my mind about comedy’s place in a horror movie. Because, if I’m to be honest, a well-made horror comedy can be astoundingly great satire. Not to mention that I’ve also been a bit of a hypocrite about this opinion, because I’ve always loved Return of the Living Dead, Fright Night, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. All of which I feel are top notch films. So where does that leave me? Well… it leaves me reviewing today’s movie.

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