The beloved original and not so beloved remake. (Unmarked Spoilers) Ghostbusters is a 1984 film about an awesome Ray Parker Jr. song and nothing else. I’m kidding, of course. It’s about the antics of a team of ghost hunters as they try to save the city from a supernatural menace. The film was remade in 2016, …
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…Die if I want to, die if I want to
What? It’s a catchy song. (Unmarked Spoilers) Slumber Party Massacre, directed by Danishka Esterhazy and written by Suzanne Keilly, follows in the tracks of Evil Dead and Fast & Furious where it’s a sequel and/or remake that retains the original title, just without the ‘The.’ It follows Dana (Hannah Gonera), who’s decided to go on …
That which does not kill us
Why am I watching all these non-horror movies? (Unmarked Spoilers) This sorta sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) is an adaptation of Det som inte dödar oss or The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz. It is the fourth novel in the Millennium series. Yes, we’ve now gone from the …
Cruel Devil
The one thing missing is more of that catchy theme song…(Unmarked Spoilers) Once upon a time, Cruella (Emma Stone) was once a wild child named Estella (Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Billie Gadsdon) who was constantly getting in trouble at school. Much to the frustration of her mother Catherine (Emily Beecham). After Estella finally gets expelled, Catherine has …
Do you believe you can fly?
“There is no way that LeBron will ever be Jordan. Nobody will ever be Jordan, okay.” -Russell Gettis, Bad Teacher (Unmarked Spoilers) Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle) is the Warner Bros. server algorithm (get it?). When he’s not ruling over the Serververs, he’s busy conducting an idea that will finally get him the respect he thinks …
The Dirty not Dozen
Let’s all pretend the first movie never happened. (Unmarked Spoilers) Task Force X or the Suicide Squad is a group of supervillains sent into nigh unsurvivable scenarios in exchange for time off their prison sentences. The Squad’s mission this time around is to infiltrate the nation of Corto Maltese and destroy Project Starfish, aka Starro …
Who’s your daddy?
If you think that sounds creepy, good. These are two creepy movies. (Unmarked Spoilers) The Stepfather (1987) is about an unnamed serial killer (Terry O’Quinn) who’d marry single mothers, only to kill his new family when they inevitably fail to live up to his Leave it to Beaver aspirations. He is currently married to Susan …
Finally
I can still remember when a Snyder cut seemed like a pipe dream. (Unmarked Spoilers for theatrical version) The plot of Zack Snyder’s Justice League is more or less the same as the theatrical cut. (Emphasize on the more, because the runtime of this movie is four hours long.) Following the death of Superman/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), …
Two movies that won’t leave you foaming at the mouth
A horror retrospective. Rabid (1977) is a movie from director David Cronenberg, whose films are well known for their body horror and sexual weirdness. The premise is that following a motorcycle accident that her boyfriend Hart Read (Frank Moore) got into for no discernable reason, Rose (Marilyn Chambers) is taken to a nearby plastic surgery clinic for treatment. There …
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The night he came home, three times
A holiday retrospective. Halloween (1978) is one of those movies that has a massive impact on the genre. Much like Suspiria (1977), there’s not really any character development, and the little plot in the film is basically an excuse for great music and atmosphere. Here’s the whole plot in a nutshell. Murderer Michael Myers (Nick Castle, Tony Moran, …
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