I’m just wondering how much longer filmmakers will continue to churn out these horror flicks that are intended to an homage to the 1980s slasher movies but lack what made them enjoyable. I’m not saying every slasher flick of the era was great. Most of them were awful. But they’re like a strange time capsuleContinue reading “Don’t Fear ‘Night Of The Reaper’ For It’s Not Much At All”
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller
I don’t blame the late Lois Duncan for being upset over how her novel was changed from a young adult thriller into a slasher movie. But she still cashed the checks. When the movie opened in the Fall of 1997, people in my dorm at Georgia Southern University thought it was a direct sequel toContinue reading “‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller”
‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam
A movie like Uncle Sam resides during that strange period in the 1990s where slasher flicks were relocated from independent movie theaters to a certain section of the video rental shops and aired on Showtime while the network was still trying to find its footing as the next HBO but couldn’t break away from theContinue reading “‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam”
‘In A Violent Nature’ Is A Polished Turd
Former President Barack Obama once said, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” Despite criticism that he was mocking former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin who was John McCain’s running mate in 2008, it’s actually a version of an idiom coined in the 20th Century. A similar idiom is “You can’tContinue reading “‘In A Violent Nature’ Is A Polished Turd”
‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’ Slices Just Right
During the last 80 years, It’s a Wonderful Life went from being a box-office disaster to one of the most cherished Christmas holiday movies. The final collaboration between director Frank Capra and actor Jimmy Stewart didn’t really sit well with audiences in the post-WWII era. The movie barely broke even at the box office andContinue reading “‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’ Slices Just Right”
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Turns 50
Let me start off by saying, I’m not a really big fan of the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. By the time I saw it, I was in my teens and so much had been discussed of movie for over 20 years that I was expecting something bigger. Instead it was really just another anotherContinue reading “‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Turns 50″
Fourth ‘Friday The 13th’ Is Too Entertaining For Its Own Good
By the time Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter hit theaters on April 13, 1984, the whole slasher horror craze was entering its great downfall. Critics hated them and the big names refused to acknowledge their existence except to condemn and degrade them. At the time, most of them had been filmed in Canada asContinue reading “Fourth ‘Friday The 13th’ Is Too Entertaining For Its Own Good”
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