It's the 1970s. The American urban sprawl is a crime-filled wasteland of drugs and violence. Gangs openly walk the streets, hunting for victims in the parks, on the subway, and even in the grocery store. What's a guy to do? Why, get a gun and go to town, of course. Death Wish is a weird … Continue reading Death Wish (1974)
That name is a misnomer; there is no city. There are gallons of slime though. Woo, it's time for a splatter film! Alex gets a new apartment and whines about his girlfriend wanting to maintain her virginity. Then he meets the apartment's residents: two old women, a weird hippy poet, and a sultry goth lady. … Continue reading Slime City (1988)
Imagine if the folks in Killer Workout made a rip-off of First Blood. Because that is exactly what this movie is. Now imagine if the inept cop from Killer Workout still had his mullet but ran a band of mercs, and it was up to that private investigator from Killer Workout to stop him, while … Continue reading Deadly Prey (1987)
Yeah, this is another of those movies with an alternate title, going from Aerobicide to Killer Workout. And oh man, this movie has more cheese than a deep dish pizza. People are getting killed in a gym by a murderer armed with a large safety pin. Det. Lt. Morgan, a tough mullet cop with a … Continue reading Killer Workout (1987)
Now here is one of those slashers that drifts between bland and the potential for greatness. At times it hits every major trope and doesn't feel like much of an improvement on anything. Could it be The Prowler? Could it be Final Exam? And then it has moments of shocking brilliance that make you hurt … Continue reading The Mutilator (1985)
I am an enormous fan of the bizarre and gory films of Lucio Fulci. To say his work is twisted is to seriously underrate just how strange and avant garde his films could be. They are often incoherent, with a dreamlike haze that quickly turns into nightmares. Unfortunately, 1991's Voices from Beyond was one of … Continue reading Voices from Beyond (1991)
Before I begin, please understand that this was a made-for-TV movie. Sometimes those are gems, like Killdozer. Other times they can be laughably bad, like Gargoyles. Unfortunately, Larva sits somewhere in the middle, well within the realm of almost completely forgettable. In Larva, a new vet to the poorly named Host, Missouri, discovers a new … Continue reading Larva (2005)
Rob Zombie likes gore, vulgarity, and violence as spectacle, and 31 is pretty much exactly that with his usual psycho redneck types. Also it's set in the 1970s, which is something else he loves. In short, 31 is basically a stereotype of Rob Zombie movies. Basically a group of carnies get kidnapped and forced to … Continue reading 31 (2016)
The original The Exorcist is considered a classic of American horror cinema. Exorcist II: The Heretic movie was a bizarre acid trip involving psychics and locust plagues that just doesn't work. But The Exorcist III brings in George C. Scott as a homicide detective to investigate the possible ghost of a serial killer, and along … Continue reading The Exorcist III (1990)
Man, the '70s were weird. Exorcist II: The Heretic is not the most '70s film I've ever seen; that honor belongs to The Visitor. But this movie sure as hell is trying. I really am not sure what to make of it. It pretty much took the plot of The Exorcist and decided to give … Continue reading Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Movie Reviews by a Mook 