Why? Why do I keep thinking that someone will make a good post-Scream, teenagers-in-trouble horror film? At least, I think I think that’ll happen considering how often I watch these types of movies. Urban Legend is the latest of these rather awful features to which I’ve subjected myself. The storyContinue Reading
While tagging beavers for the Maine game commission in Black Lake, two men are attacked by something. One of the men, the scuba diver, gets bitten in half. The other man, who happens to be the local sheriff, survives. He manages to pull the top half of the scuba diverContinue Reading
All is not as it seems in the town of Cradle Bay, Washington. The kids in the local high school are separated into the usual geek and burn-out categories, but there’s a group called the Blue Ribbons which aren’t like the other kids. They may have the characteristics of theContinue Reading
The Troma Team has released some of the most inane (and intentionally so) movies into circulation, such as The Toxic Avenger, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and The Class of Nuke ‘Em High. So, when I saw Monster in the Closet‘s box at the video store, the Troma logo indicated to meContinue Reading
Finally, a horror film without the unnecessary addition of 14,000 CGI effects, buckets of blood and a bevy of stupid, half-naked teenagers. The Blair Witch Project is a testament to what makes a film truly scary: your runaway imagination trying to cope with the unseen evils in the dark. TheContinue Reading
Apt Pupil is a hard movie to review. Not because I don’t know how I feel about it, but because I don’t know why it was made or the audience it was aiming for. If it was intended, as some suggest, to show how the Nazis gained influence over thoseContinue Reading
If you like your horror movies cheesy and somewhat on the bizarre side, you may want to check out The Granny, a 1995 schlock-fest from writer/director/star Luca Bercovici. But, be warned, it’s not exactly as good as that build-up sounds.The granny in question is played by Stella Stevens. She’s a richContinue Reading