Ready or not, here she comes (Spoilers) Abigail (Alisha Weir) is a ballerina kidnapped at the behest of Lambert (Giancarlo Esposito). The team consists of leader “Frank” (Dan Stevens), medic “Joey” (Melissa Barrera), hacker “Sammy” (Kathryn Newton), wheelman “Dean” (Angus Cloud), enforcer “Peter” (Kevin Durand), and sniper “Rickles” (Will Catlett). They’re all supposed to spend …
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Funhouse Mirror Life
But not all the clowns are her (Spoilers) Bowie Davidson (Jenna Kanell) is an actor who made a name for herself in the horror community starring in a killer clown movie. However, she’s failed to find wider success, is still living paycheck to paycheck, finds the convention circuit demeaning, and is constantly harassed by fans …
A Child’s Plaything Part 3
A review of Chucky season 3. (Spoilers) Every season of the show thus far has seen a location change, and this time, Chucky (Brad Dourif) has infiltrated the White House. The season premiere introduces us to the first family. There’s President James Collins (Devon Sawa), who somehow got elected as an independent, and First Lady Charlotte (Lara Jean Chorostecki), whose moral compass isn’t quite as …
Six Degrees of Peter Jackson
An American Movie Made By Australians One winter day, Charlotte (Alyla Browne) discovers what appears to be an ordinary spider in her apartment building, who she catches and names Sting. Except, in actuality, Sting is from outer space and just looks like a spider. So, as a result, she isn’t hampered by that pesky square-cube …
Boy Parts
A Good Valentine’s Day Movie Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) has moved to a new town after her mother was violently murdered. Her father Dale (Joe Chrest) has remarried this awful woman named Janet (Carla Gugino)(yes, that is a Rocky Horror reference) and now has a stepsister named Taffy (Liza Soberano). Lisa ends up spending a …
Burn This G*****n House Right Down
Well, that happened (“Spoilers”) Upon arriving at Oxford on a scholarship, Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) quickly becomes enamored with the richer and more popular Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). After becoming friends and hearing some troubling information about Oliver’s home situation, Felix invites him to spend the summer at Saltburn, the Catton family estate. From there, …
Hallmark Horror
This You Call a Wonderful Knife?! (Spoilers) I went to see a Christmas movie in November. I’m kind of ashamed of myself for that, because I firmly believe the Christmas season doesn’t start until the day after Thanksgiving. I had to do it, however. The movie was called It’s A Wonderful Knife, a play on …
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Showdown at the Grand
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Showdown at the Grand for MovieWeb, go here.
In the Flesh
An Ode to a Great Director Thirty-eight years ago, Stuart Gordon came out with a film called Re-Animator, which became a cult hit and launched his career as a film director. Now, a film honoring his work has been released. It’s titled Suitable Flesh and had been a project that Gordon himself had tried to …
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Lovecraft/Gordon Analysis
Where, oh where, can it be? This one is more of a features article, but it’s close enough to count. If you want to read about me discussing Stuart Gordon adapting the work of H. P. Lovecraft, then you can go here.