When Laurie Harriman’s father kills her mother, brother, and himself after being accused of embezzling money from a large corporation, she vows revenge on the man she feels is responsible: Bob Martin, the owner of the corporation. Conveniently, she’s a registered nurse and Bob’s just had a stroke that’s putContinue Reading
Wes Craven’s name was attached to this movie’s full title, Wes Craven’s Wishmaster, so I had to check it out. Craven’s been responsible for some of my favorite horror movies, like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and The Serpent & The Rainbow. I never took the time to noticeContinue Reading
Lawyers as tools of the devil? What a unique concept! Al Pacino as Satan himself? Great entertainment value! Keanu Reeves as an up-and-coming Florida lawyer? You’ve got to be kidding! Keanu Reeves plays Kevin Lomax, a young Florida defense attorney who has never lost a case. Of course, that meansContinue Reading
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