Some movies seemed to just come around at the right time. When Airplane! opened in the summer of 1980, the Irwin Allen-produced era of the disaster movies that dominated the 1970s had ended with the atrociously bad When Time Ran Out… and it seemed the movie could’ve been a parody that was a few yearsContinue reading “All That ZAZ: Thanks For The Laughter, Jim Abrahams!”
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‘Alien: Romulus’ Is More Of The Same
Fade In Studio Exec 1: So, what’s your movie idea? Filmmaker: Here me out, a sequel to Alien, but a prequel to Aliens. Studio Exec 2: Aren’t people tired of the franchise? I mean, that last one had Danny McBride, for chrissakes! Filmmaker: No! We’ll just keep a small cast this time of people. ButContinue reading “‘Alien: Romulus’ Is More Of The Same”
Honest Review Of ‘Society Of The Snow’
Society of the Snow comes more than 30 years after the release of Alive, possibly the most famous movie about the 1972 crash of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes Mountain. It was the second movie to be based on the crash and the story of the survivors. The first is Survive!,Continue reading “Honest Review Of ‘Society Of The Snow’”
‘Return Of The Living Dead III’ Gives Zombie Horror Some Fresh Taste
By the time, Return of the Living Dead III hit theaters in the Fall of 1993, the zombie genre was for lack of a better word – dead. No one was really making movies about people who came back to life and ate human flesh or brains at this time. It didn’t help that theContinue reading “‘Return Of The Living Dead III’ Gives Zombie Horror Some Fresh Taste”
The ‘Candyman’ Can: Farewell To Master Of Horror Tony Todd
As is always the case with many icons of horror, they didn’t start out making horror movies. Kane Hodder was a stuntman and some of his earliest roles were in action movies like Lone Wolf McQuade or comedies like Hardbodies. Robert Englund appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Stay Hungry and Kris Kristofferson and Barbra StreisandContinue reading “The ‘Candyman’ Can: Farewell To Master Of Horror Tony Todd”
‘My Old Ass’ Is A Hallmark/Young Adult Hybrid With Lots Of F-Bombs
The marketing behind My Old Ass makes it out to be an irreverent comedy starring Aubrey Plaza as a grown woman who visits her teenage self. It’s actually a Canadian version of The Fault in Our Stars where Plaza has less than 10 minutes of screen time. Since I already mentioned that atrocious teen movieContinue reading “‘My Old Ass’ Is A Hallmark/Young Adult Hybrid With Lots Of F-Bombs”
‘Homecoming’ Satire About Zombies Still Bites Hard Nearly 20 Years Later
Masters of Horror was an admirable attempt as an anthology by filmmaker Mick Garris to have most of the famous horror movie directors each episode. Directors such as Stuart Gordon, John Carpenter, John Landis, Dario Argento and Garris himself, took at stab at contributing to the anthology. Unfortunately, it only lasted two seasons from Oct.Continue reading “‘Homecoming’ Satire About Zombies Still Bites Hard Nearly 20 Years Later”
Teri Garr, Gone But Not Forgotten
Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, it seemed Teri Garr was in just about every other movie that was popular. She started out acting in 1963 mostly as a background dancer in musicals when she was a teenager. But mainstream success didn’t happen until a decade later when she was cast by Francis FordContinue reading “Teri Garr, Gone But Not Forgotten”
‘The Watchers’ Shouldn’t Be Seen
M. Night Shyamalan went from being one of the hottest filmmakers people were watching in 2000. Yet by 2010, he was mostly a joke thanks in part to a gag on Robot Chicken where he is is parodying with the catchphrase, “What a twist!” Yet some filmmakers have hits and misses. It happens to everyoneContinue reading “‘The Watchers’ Shouldn’t Be Seen”
‘The Blob’ Remake Makes A Bigger Splash On Reassessment
While it seems remakes/reboots are all the trends now with most of them failing, filmmakers decades ago seemed to get it right. John Carpenter’s The Thing is seen now as one of his best movies with a thrilling score by the late great Ennio Morricone. When Mel Brooks tapped David Cronenberg to do a remakeContinue reading “‘The Blob’ Remake Makes A Bigger Splash On Reassessment”
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