Yeah, we're going with another Weird Western, this time a fusion of horror and cowboy cinema which points out the terrifying trouble with western expansion, not just in terms of the racism but also the after effects of the ecological devastation that mass migration into unclaimed wilderness can bring. Also, there are monsters that puke. … Continue reading The Burrowers (2008)
Westerns don't get a lot of love these days, and weird westerns, which combine elements of fantasy, science fiction, or horror with the western setting, have almost always been a rare thing in cinema. That's not to say they don't exist, just that there are relatively few of them. Even fewer are worth watching. If … Continue reading Bone Tomahawk (2015)
A weird gunslinger, a bunch of Mexican banditos, betrayal, revenge, a fuzzy timeline, and everybody's dirty. Yep, it's another Italian Western! Hole in the Forehead follows Billy Blood, a quirky cowboy with a terrible name that never likes to use his right hand for anything except shooting and always shoots people in the forehead for … Continue reading Hole in the Forehead (1968)
Yes, I watched a movie with a pun in its title. And I liked it. It's silly, ridiculous, and has a plot that sounds like a five-year-old wrote it. Yet I found this story of really awkward time-travel and family legacies surprisingly enjoyable and quite cute. Somewhere between chasing a caveman surrounded by claymation dinosaurs … Continue reading House II: The Second Story (1987)
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