While Ghostbusters: Afterlife offered the hope of a new beginning, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire seems to be exactly that. In 2021, the Ghostbusters franchise saw a revival with Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which deftly balanced homage and reboot, welcoming new fans to the Ghostbusters universe while honoring the original films. In my reviewContinue Reading
Somehow, when you take all of its flaws, goofy characters, and delusions of grandeur and add in the seemingly never-ending quest for the next object or person that will lead our hero to defeat the villain, it becomes kind of fun. During the summer of 1983, it was hard toContinue Reading
If you’re a fan of David Lynch or other filmmakers who like to “color outside the lines,” you might find more to enjoy in The Nines than I did. When a movie uses flashbacks or flash-forwards, there’s usually a reason. A non-linear timeline can serve many purposes. It can hideContinue Reading
Creepshow may not be wholly memorable but its combination of horror and humor makes for good Halloween party viewing. Inspired by the pulpy horror fiction of EC Comics, 1982’s Creepshow pairs director George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead) with first-time screenwriter Stephen King. If that combination of talent wasn’tContinue Reading
For what it is, though, Cellar Dweller remains an excellent example of the type of content that would litter the horror section of Mom and Pop video stores in the 1980s. 30 years ago, comic book artist Colin Childress (Jeffrey Combs) was drawing for Cellar Dweller, a collection of illustratedContinue Reading
With its strings clearly visible, nostrils flaring, and ping-pong ball eyes bulging out of their sockets, the bird (who is never named) inevitably trumps any attempt to make the film frightening. Atomic age monster movies are some of my favorite creature features. Logic and science are mashed together with fantasticContinue Reading
Renfield succeeds when it sticks to the Dracula/Renfield story-line. It’s another year and we get another cinematic incarnation of Count Dracula. This time around Nicolas Cage dons the cape and fangs. But, as you might have noticed from the title of the movie, Renfield is not focused solely on theContinue Reading