With “Cocaine Bear” you’re either in for the ride, or you aren’t. Going in to Elizabeth Banks’ horror comedy, I knew exactly what I was getting, so I had a blast with it, suffice it to say. Everyone in the film seems to know what kind of movie they’re in as it wears everything about itself on its sleeve. It’s a movie about a rampaging black bear on a coke trip. What more are you expecting?
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After “Cocaine Bear,” We Recommend These Five Killer Animal Flicks
The highly anticipated, sure to be a cult classic, “Cocaine Bear” releases in theaters today, with the horror comedy inspired by a true story, where a bear hopped up on cocaine goes on a murderous rampage. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, and featuring one of the final performances from the late Ray Liotta, it’s sure to be a banger. After checking out the animal on a rampage flick, we recommend these other five killer animal flicks.
What are some of your favorite killer animal movies? Let us know.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)
One of the things I hate worse than a bad horror movie is a boring one. I can take that the producers of the film took the IP of “Winnie the Pooh” and turned it in to a slasher flick. People have been doing that for decades, and now with “Winnie the Pooh” in the public domain, we’re going to get so much more Winnie the Pooh iterations. The problem with “Blood and Honey” is that it’s boring. It’s so woefully boring and uncreative. How do you have a chance like this and blow it on such a dull run of the mill slasher flick?
Get In the Spirit for “Scream VI” with these Great NY Based Horror Films
Super Bowl Sunday saw the release of the newest trailer for the up and coming, highly anticipated sequel to the “Scream” series titled “Scream VI.” This new sequel takes the story out of Woodsboro and in to the streets of New York City. We follow sisters Tara and Sam Carpenter once again as they’re stalked by a meaner, more sadistic Ghost Face. In celebration of the New York bound sequel, I thought I’d list five great New York based horror films you can watch to prepare yourself for the highly anticipated sequel.
What are some of your favorite New York set horror films?
The Outwaters (2023)
It seems like 2023 is going to be the beginning of a period where studios are taking big risks on smaller indie films and getting back big returns. I’m glad because this allows films like “The Outwaters” to get out there to horror audiences. I’m not sure I can safely say that Robbie Banfitch’s found footage horror film re-invents the wheel, but it’s a definite abstract bit of cosmic horror that will provoke a ton of debates from the audience.
Satisfaction Guaranteed (2017)
Director Yue Ma’s short horror comedy watches a lot like a gory version of “The Stepford Wives.” Much like its predecessor, it’s a movie that centers on domestication and chauvinism, as well as the idealized image of women. All of it is packed with a dark sense of humor, and some great turning of the tables. Much of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” garners an admirably dark sense of humor with a satirical and warped tone from beginning to end.
V/H/S/ 99 (2022)
The newest installment of the “V/H/S/” series was a welcome treat for me back in 2022, as I have always been a fan of the film series. With the popularity of lo-fi analog horror, “V/H/S/” can still have some good shelf life, and spin some damn good horror segments down the line. “V/H/S/ 99” sadly stumbles here and there in what is probably the weakest entry of the movie series to date. The great segments outweigh the weaker entries, but that’s not saying too much when even the better segments aren’t really as spectacular as something like “Safe Haven” from “V/H/S/ 2.” Even the framing device for the segments never quite comes full circle, in the end.