A series of bizarre murders of outsiders is taking place in the lovely, foggy town of Potter's Bluff, and Sheriff Dan Gillis is at a loss as to how to explain what's going on. Now he must face both a hidden murderous violence and his wife's unusual behavior as he uncovers the terrible truth of what's happening to his … Continue reading Dead & Buried (1981)
Also known as Stephen King's Silver Bullet, this movie is based on his novella Cycle of the Werewolf. It's significantly different from the story though, with characters and their names changed, dates changed, murders happening differently, characters left out entirely, so on and so forth. And Silver Bullet, with its focus on a pair of kids and their uncle, feels … Continue reading Silver Bullet (1985)
Oh boy, here we go. We are looking unto the mountain. Behold, a contender for WORST MOVIE EVER MADE! Or not. Yeah, Mac and Me happens to be one of those titles tossed around as perhaps the greatest travesty in the history of film. It gets mentioned in the same sentence as Plan 9 from … Continue reading Mac and Me (1988)
Another misleading movie poster. There's like one car in this movie, and it doesn't have a roof...or much of anything, really. But that one guy does shoot his gun over his forearm, so I suppose it's only half wrong. The Bronx Executioner is another Italian post-apocalyptic Mad Max/Escape from New York wannabe, only this time … Continue reading The Bronx Executioner (1989)
This is the last of Lucio Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy for me. They're gory flicks, with bad dubs, plots both incomprehensible and lost in translation, and story elements combed directly from classic American horror literature and film ranging from Shelley to Lovecraft, with a bit of Kubrick thrown in for good measure, all wrapped up in … Continue reading The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Man, even the movie poster shows Lucio Fulci's hatred of eyeballs. A bunch of folks in New York City host a seance, during which a woman named Mary sees a priest hanging himself and results in her going comatose and being buried alive. It's soon revealed that what Mary saw is in fact a vision … Continue reading City of the Living Dead (1980)
Did you know Lucio Fulci hates people's eyeballs? The Beyond is all over the place. Its plot ranges from incredibly awesome to barely coherent, its gore is excessive to the point of ridiculousness, and its acting varies depending on the person, though most of the characters do ok in that Italian schlock B-movie kind of … Continue reading The Beyond (1981)
