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Freaky (2020)

Body swapping is a well known and often used plot device. As it literally involves two people (or more) switching bodies, it's the ultimate method of forcing a character to live the life of someone else and learn to see the world from their point of view. The idea of two people directly exchanging bodies … Continue reading Freaky (2020) →

evanconaway Horror, Slasher 1 Comment January 10, 2022January 8, 2022 4 Minutes

Relentless (1989)

Cop movies can be a mixed bag. While the Hays Code forced us to always show law enforcement as the good guys, we immediately rebelled the instant we could. The 1960s and '70s were rife with both good and bad police, sometimes in the same person, with the likes of films such as Dirty Harry, … Continue reading Relentless (1989) →

evanconaway Thriller 2 Comments December 27, 2021December 29, 2021 4 Minutes

The Snowman (2017)

Let me just read you a few names from the cast list: Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J. K. Simmons, Toby Jones, ChloĆ« Sevigny, James D'Arcy, and Val Kilmer. Sure, some of these folks have made some questionable movies, but to put it mildly, it's amazing that they're all a part of this massive train wreck … Continue reading The Snowman (2017) →

evanconaway Thriller 1 Comment May 25, 2019May 13, 2019 3 Minutes

The Last Horror Film (1982)

Ladies and gentlemen, today is the first day of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, so I thought I'd celebrate by talking about a very particular horror movie filmed guerrilla style around the festival. Is it exploitative? Yes? Is it sleazy? Hell yes. Am I pandering? Of course. You should have figured out by now that … Continue reading The Last Horror Film (1982) →

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The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

Molly's father was a sea captain. He built little ships, he had a tattoo, and sometimes he would read The Little Mermaid to Molly. He was also a mean drunk that would do terrible things to his daughter. Terrible, horrible things. The Witch Who Came from the Sea is the story of Molly, a woman … Continue reading The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976) →

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Shadows Run Black (1984)

Kevin Costner is in this movie as a main character, but he wasn't even listed in the credits. Seriously, he's completely left out. They remembered Ambulance Driver #1 but not him. Shadows Run Black is a "crime thriller" which is really just a slasher film that doesn't want to admit it's a slasher film. It's … Continue reading Shadows Run Black (1984) →

evanconaway Slasher, Thriller 1 Comment April 9, 2019March 21, 2019 2 Minutes

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)

Since I've seen the original film that this pulls from, I decided it was time to get around to watching the 2014 The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Now I understand why people say it's not really a remake, not really a sequel, but more a hybrid update. As a fan of the original film, I … Continue reading The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) →

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Killer Workout (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) →

evanconaway Horror, Slasher Leave a comment March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 2 Minutes

31 (2016)

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) →

evanconaway Horror Leave a comment March 28, 2019March 7, 2019 2 Minutes

The Exorcist III (1990)

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) →

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