The Possession Of Hannah Grace (2018) Directed By: Diederik Van Rooijen Written By: Brian Sieve It’s late November, which means that Awards Season is underway. There are films in the theaters now with plenty of Oscar buzz. Respected movies like Green Book, Creed II, Boy Erased and The Front Runner. I decided to forego all … More In Theaters: The Possession Of Hannah Grace
SOVember is coming to a close but I have one last festering surprise, slowly clawing its way out of a well earned garbage filled obscurity. Ladies and gentlemen, I present and I apologize for letting it loose in your world. Oooph! SOV from Down Under is filled to the brim with unlikable characters, braindead choices, … More The Merits of Sin: D.N.A. Bloodrush (1997) (Australia)
directed by Andrew Jordan runtime: 83 mins SOVember 2018 is concluding, but rest assured SOV flicks will always be a Spook du Jour staple. I can’t think of a better way to round out the month than with this Canadian cornucopia of confounding conundrums. I showed this movie to my girlfriend, and two-weeks later, we … More Schlock du Jour: Things (1989)
If there has ever been a film more undeserving of an exclamation point in its title, I have yet to come across it. Night Ripper!, or NR! as I shall call it from this point on, is one hell of a slog. Yet, much like that boring uncle who drones on and on about his … More The Merits of Sin: Night Ripper! (1986) (USA)
This book kicks a substantial amount of ass. It is funny, it is gory, it is intensely creepy, and hella inspiring. I should have figured out how to do umlauts before I started writing this, but anyway, We Sold Our Souls opens with the forming of the band Durt Wurk; a ragtag, bar-venue metal band … More Review of ‘We Sold Our Souls’ by Grady Hendrix (2018)
Life is pretty tough when you’re a teenage monster. Ya got a mama who loves ya but worries about the extracurricular activities you get into. You got mama’s new love interest (dad did die seven years ago after all) ,who happens to be the town sheriff, snooping around thanks to your extracurricular activities. Worst of … More Forgotten Nightmares: Teenage Monster (1958) (USA)
Please see this movie before reading on! Come on! Go watch the damn thing! Ok. We good? Great! The film opens with a young college student farting spiders, which resemble Angelique Pettyjohn, out of his eyes. That doesn’t happen but if you read that and thought it might, then you haven’t seen the damn movie! … More Fresh Cuts: Incident in a Ghostland (2018) (France/Canada)
A topless Ted Prior gently strums a guitar with a beer by his side and his loving gal gazing in appreciation at the majesty that is Ted Prior. A topless Ted Prior takes a stroll with his lucky as all hell girlfriend and playfully places a can of beer on her head. It tumbles immediately … More The Merits of Sin: Sledgehammer (1983) (USA)
Suspiria (2018) Directed By: Luca Guadagnino Written By: David Kajganich Dario Argento’s Suspiria is a film I fell in love with immediately. While it has a strong plot, what makes Argento’s film a masterpiece is the director’s unparalleled use of color and the amazing score by Goblin. When I heard that there was a remake … More In Theaters: Suspiria (2018)
New Fears 2 (the blue one), edited by Mark Morris, is the book of spooky shorties following up its 2017 predecessor, New Fears (the red one), also Mark Morris. Like oh-so-many of these collections, I found it to be under-edited, but the gems are worth digging out. Know what’s even better? WHEN ANGEL MINERS … More Review of ‘New Fears Two’ (2018)
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