Slender Man (2018)
Four typical teen girls Hallie (Julia Goldani Telles), Wren (Joey King), Chloe (Jaz Sinclair), and Katie (Annalise Basso) find a website detailing the sketchy legend of Slender Man (Javier Botet) and instructions on how to summon him. Sounds like a good idea, right?...
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Known in retrospect as one of the earliest sci-fi space epics to feature attempts at realistic science as well as a plotline based more in human nature than improbable alien encounters, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a delightful adventure that stands scrutiny today. A...
Silver Bullet (1985)
An oddly effective and underrated werewolf film, it is strange to me that Silver Bullet doesn't get more notice during Halloween season as we look for cheesy horror to cram in our eyeholes. The film's highlights: well first, a freakin' bat-wielding WEREWOLF! - but...
House of Wax (1953)
Henry Jarrod (Vincent Price) is an accomplished if a bit goofy wax figure sculptor in turn of the century New York, looking for investment partners. After a betrayal and assault at the hands of business associate Burke (Roy Roberts), his lab and figures are destroyed...
Stagefright (1987)
A rude, driven stage director (is there any other kind in horror films?) locks his production indoors to push them for a better performance. Mind, this is after one of the troupe was murdered five feet outside the doors of the playhouse, with the madman still on the...
The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
The House of Seven Corpses is a zombie drama that's not that dramatic, co-written and directed by television writer and producer Paul Harrison. Ostensibly about a doomed movie production filming on haunted grounds, it is plainly obvious Harrison was much less...
The Mummy (1932)
1932's third film in what is commonly thought of as the Universal classic monster films (the talking pictures, anyway), 1932's The Mummy is the more lush and sophisticated when compared to 1931's Dracula and 1931's Frankenstein. The film also employs actors from the...
Dungeons and Dragons (2000)
. This long-anticipated film of 2000 does the community no favors, having inspired sweeping condemnation from critics and audiences alike. Time has not improved the film in eighteen subsequent years.
Weekly Round-Up: The Disaster Artist, Ant Man & The Wasp, “The Sinner”
This week I've let you down a bit, as I watched a couple good films for a change! Never fear: I will be back on my bullshite in full force, next week! - K. The Disaster Artist (2017) Equal parts buddy movie, riotous making-of comedy, and Hollywood in-joke, The...
TV Time! “The Sinner” (2017)
Cora Tannetti (Jessica Biel) is a thirtysomething wife and mother to a young child. She works with her husband Mason (Christopher Abbott) in the family air conditioning business, in upstate New York. She obviously loves her husband and child; the viewer, however, can...
Weekly Round-Up: Fever Lake
What kind of week is it when all I've managed to watch is a bottom-of-the-barrel Corey film? To be fair, I've been working pretty hard at binge-watching "Brooklyn 99" to prepare for the new season, and reading grim British detective novels. Here is the week's solitary...
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Lucky me, I am obsessed with nineteenth century seafaring disasters of late. Like a virulent flu, I suspect this obsession will soon run its frantic course. After all: these tales, incredible as they are, have a sameness. They are marked by man's hubris and greed, the...
The Edge (1997)
I'm a sucker for a good survival film and David Mamet's The Edge is one of my time tested favorites. The film isn't nearly as thrilling upon subsequent viewings, but the first time I saw it I was practically in tears. Despite appearances, the best action isn't...
