Category Archives: Movie Flashback

When Will Ferrell first premiered on Saturday Night Live in the Fall of 1995, he appeared in a skit where he played a seemingly normal American dad who screams to his kids off-screen to “Get off the shed!” It wasn’t a funny skit. Ferrell had done this skit as his audition before the writers improvedContinue reading “Why ‘Elf’ Is A Horror Movie”

Even though the movie had already been shown in test markets by the time Short Circuit hit theaters in the spring of 1986, Chopping Mall is the answer to what would happen if they took the Slasher/Dead Teenagers genres and mashed them up with murdering robots. What if Johnny Five blew people’s heads off asContinue reading “‘Chopping Mall’ Makes A Killing For Black Friday”

A movie like Kalifornia pretty much breaks people down in two categories. On one side, you have the people who have a moral and ethical code that prevents them from doing things that might harm people. Then, you have people who will just do something no matter who it harms. The protagonist, Brian Kessler (DavidContinue reading “‘Kalifornia’ Is A Killer”

I’ve often been fascinated by the science-fiction movies of the 1970s. They often had a bleakness that very few other sci-fi/horror movies from any other era would’ve alienated so many viewers they’d be forgotten. Even Alien itself with its somewhat heroic ending still ends on a downer as Ellen Ripley, lone survivor is left strandedContinue reading “‘Soylent Green’ Still Hard To Swallow”

The “Twilight” in Twilight Zone: The Movie is a perfect explanation for the movie. Twilight is when the sun is below the horizon but there’s still light disappearing into the darkness. Intended as an anthology displaying the various talents of several directors including Steven Spielberg and John Landis, who were also producers, the movie hasContinue reading “The Wonderful Hot Mess That Is ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’”