Groundhog Day. We have a strange love affair with this movie. We compare other movies to it, such as Happy Death Day being Groundhog Day as a slasher, Edge of Tomorrow being Groundhog Day an alien invasion war movie, Boss Level as a pure action take on Groundhog Day, and so on. It isn't our … Continue reading The Endless (2017)
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)
This is the 1988 film with Linda Blair, not the 2009 Japanese torture-porn splatter flick, you sickos. Though admittedly this movie is so bizarre that a straight forward splatter flick would actually be rather refreshing. Linda Blair and her friend head up to the mountains to visit Blair's parents and to help her friend get … Continue reading Grotesque (1988)
The state of Idaho is a weird combination of small town Americana, anti-porn political activism that turns into hypocritical terrorism, and radioactive nuclear dumping sites. It's even got a country music radio station. Yep, Idaho is just like everywhere else, only with more potatoes. And more nuclear mutants. The small town of Pottsville, Idaho, is … Continue reading The Being (1983)
Man, fish-men love the ladies. Have you ever wanted to see a bunch of aquatic horrors gore and claw men to death and then forcibly strip and sexually assault women? If so, you should think about talking to someone, but that's what this movie is about, so I've got something for you! Basically a small … Continue reading Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Ah, New England islands. They're cold. They're foggy. They're full of townsfolk willing to off each other at the first sign of trouble as well as killer critters, ghost pirates, and whatever other nasties can hide out in or on the water to come after you. They're my reference point for what life is like … Continue reading Island Zero (2018)
Yes, that's a Japanese movie poster. But this is a North Korean movie. Pulgasari is getting more and more attention as the years go by. Instead of it just being me ranting about it to whoever the heck will listen, even John Oliver is referencing it in his weekly monologues on HBO. Hell, the movie … Continue reading Pulgasari (1985)
Thank God for Troma. Monster in the Closet is a spoof on 1950s monster movies and their extreme straitlaced paranoia. A monster comes out of closets and attacks residents in a small California community a little north of San Francisco. A young man who desperately wants to become a journalist gets the story as a … Continue reading Monster in the Closet (1986)
Yes, talking about Troll 2 feels like a cop out, because it's become just so infamous at this point. If you haven't heard of it, I'm greatly surprised. Odds are most cult film fans are familiar with much of it, and even a layperson has encountered it at some point through Internet memes and coming … Continue reading Troll 2 (1990)
The sequel to Ghoulies takes place in a carnival, though this time the actual ghoulies feel like way more of the focus instead of some undead Satanist magic crap. As a result, I ended up liking this movie a lot more than the original. The little demons run amok in a funhouse, they kill a … Continue reading Ghoulies II (1988)
Movie Reviews by a Mook 