Witness two films about the same thing be vastly different. (Unmarked Spoilers) Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile is the latest biopic about serial killer Ted Bundy (Zac Efron). It’s based on The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall (Lily Collins), which provides a detailed account of Kendall’s life as Bundy’s girlfriend and sometimes …
Category Archives: Retrospective
Hakuna matata Vagina dentata
I’d like to thank my college professor for giving me that title. (Unmarked Spoilers) Teeth is about a girl who, upon being sexually assaulted, discovers that she has a second pair of teeth down there, which bites the rapist’s d**k off. I heard someone tell me about the time they watched this movie with their girl …
Way to make a coma look good.
The difference between life and death is as long as a heartbeat. (Unmarked Spoilers) Before there was Rick Grimes, Jim (Cillian Murphy) slept through the zombie apocalypse first. Now, there also seems to be some debate over whether the people infected with the rage virus in 28 Days Later are zombies. Yes, yes they are, because while the infected …
Happy belated birthday Kick-A*s!
If I was a better critic, I would have had this out yesterday. (Unmarked Spoilers) For those of you who don’t know, Kick-A*s is to superhero movies what Scream is to horror movies. The plot concerns this loser high school student named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who decides to be a real-life superhero named Kick-A*s. He also finally earns …
Rabid 1.0
Freud would have a field day with this movie. Shivers, initially titled Orgy of the Blood Parasites (why did they change it), is about Dr. Emil Hobbes (Fred Doederlein), who somehow managed to get grants to make a parasite that will be beneficial to people. Even though, by definition, parasites don’t provide any benefits to the hosts. …
Who’s laughing now?
The answer is no one. This classic starts during a women’s gym class, where the subsequent locker room showering and dressing is in slow motion. All of which happens within the first five minutes during the opening credits. If you somehow missed the part of the credits that showed a man directed this movie, you’ll …
Worse things are happening in Texas
So this is one of the classics. Sally (Marilyn Burns) and Franklin Hardesty (Paul A. Partain) are traveling to check on their grandfather’s grave along with a group of friends. Along the way, they meet no end to trouble. First, they end up picking up a hitchhiker (Edwin Neal), because that’s always a good idea. …
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to…
Come back next week for an even more awful play on words. This week in my gender and horror class, we’re talking about Hereditary. Luckily for me, we’re allowed to skip two assignments for that class, but that means I don’t have a movie. So instead, I decided to talk about the Slumber Party Massacre series, a trilogy …
The joys of motherhood II: having a teenager
Plus some other stuff about religion and gender. Actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) has a problem. Several strange things happening around her young daughter Regan (Linda Blair), such as her daughter’s new behavior. As if she’s been possessed by a demon. Because a demon has possessed her, I hope I’m not spoiling that for anyone.
The joys of motherhood
Though if you want a real horror story, you should asky my mom how I was born. “You look great. It’s that haircut that looks awful. You want the truth, honey, that’s the worst mistake you’ve ever made.” No Guy (John Cassavetes), the worst mistake Rosemary (Mia Farrow) ever made was marrying you. On the …
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