There are good B-movies and there are bad B-movies. Both are pretty fun to watch and have plenty to offer fans of the absurd — like me. However, it takes a real effort to make a B-movie that leaves one with a sense of ambivalence, as does Pinocchio’s Revenge. WhenContinue Reading
The Exorcist remains one of the scariest horror movies of all time. Spawning numerous imitators — none of which have ever equaled its quality — the original movie is still worth watching again and again. In the early 1990’s, when horror sequels were the rage — with Freddy Krueger andContinue Reading
Event Horizon was billed with the tagline, “Infinite Space, Infinite Terror.” It should have been more along the lines of “Infinite Running Time, Infinite Boredom.” The year is 2047 and the crew of the Lewis & Clark, a rescue spaceship, embark on a mission to retrieve Event Horizon, the firstContinue Reading
The original Scream was a fun, exhilarating romp through the world of horror movie cliches. The characters possessed intelligence and knew how horror movies were constructed and they used that knowledge to try and save themselves from a psycho killer. In Scream 2, a fresh crop of college freshmen areContinue Reading
Slasher movies had gone out of style in the early 1990’s and remained that way until 1996’s Scream brought the genre new life with its unexpected success. The man responsible for the screenplay of Scream, Kevin Williamson, penned the screenplay for this 1997 summer hit, based on a Lois DuncanContinue Reading
It is with some trepidation that I write this review. Vampire Hunter D is the first example of anime that I have watched from beginning to end. Not being completely familiar with the art form that is Japanese animation, I’m sure I’ll miss the finer points that fans of thisContinue Reading
B-movies are one way to liven up any evening of movie-watching. This pleasantly surprising bit of horror comedy from 1986 is a great way to kill an hour and a half. That is, if you’re able to handle a fair share of groan-inducing humor and somewhat gruesome special effects. BackContinue Reading