There’s somethin in them thare woods!!!! Someday people will listen to the warnings of every old timer that’s grown up next to an extensive forest. That day is not today. We’re all better off for it…as long as we’re not the ones venturing into the woods of the Pacific Northwest. Tyler finishes up his long … More Fresh Cuts: Big Legend (2018) (USA)
Liam Gallagher once sang “Back beat. Word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.” If he had said “Blood Beat” I would still be writing he and his brother hate mail. Blood Beat’s heart is burning with fire. The kind of fire brought about by a handle of cheap whiskey … More The Merits of Sin: Blood Beat (1983) (USA)
directed by Troy Escamilla runtime: 86 mins “A Creature is Stirring” Well slap my ass and call me Santa! A Creature is stirring? How’s that for a tagline? Good huh? It’s freaking great…except that no where in this movie is there a creature. The original title for this film was “Stirring,” but no creature is … More Schlock du Jour: Mrs. Claus (2018)
Sometimes ya just can’t find the damn words. I watch a shit ton of films. Always have and (hopefully) always will. I’ve only been dwelling within Spook du jour for a limited time but once I joined I started adding more films to the queue. It’s easy to write about the good, it’s easier to … More The Merits of Sin (Short Cuts): Skeleton Man (2004) (USA) The Church (1989) (Italy) Hollow Gate (1988) (USA) Gurozuka (2005) (Japan)
It’s 1990, it’s India and things are about to get rowdy. Cheap violence realized by cheaper special effects and some cheeky naughtiness are offered up along with the usual suspects of dance numbers and comic relief. You’re either into South Asian horror flicks or you’re not. That middle ground doesn’t exist here. At two plus … More The Merits of Sin: Kafan (1990) (India)
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)
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)
