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Typically I am not a fan of movies that provide gore just for the sake of shock effect. Usually in these cases the gore is lamely executed or the story line is exceptionally weak.
It’s also in these cases that I find myself annoyed or disgusted, all too aware that the movie is trying to make up for an extremely poor plot by providing mass quantities of blood and innards and gore (think Cabin Fever.)
Set in the American Southwest with a romantic feel of the western days of yore, Kathryn Bigelow’s yarn of vampire angst is anything but elegant when youthful Caleb falls for a cute little chippy of the night named Mae.
The only problem is that this cowboy has never met the likes of his new girlfriends “friends” and soon he begins to think that perhaps he has “bitten” off more than he can chew….
The original Prom Night, filmed from start to finish on one whooping month, stars Jamie Lee Curtis in another role that helped earn her status of being one of Hollywood’s “scream queens.” Only in this movie, Jamie doesn’t play so much of a damsel in distress as she does a damsel who takes action.
Ok. So you can probably tell by the title of my post that this review is not going to be very favorable of the movie. I tried to maintain an open mind. I really did. After all, this movie has some weird unexplainable cult following that spawned 2 sequels.
Surely there has to be something worthwhile of the movie, right?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m willing to bet you’ve heard the name “Troma” - a name that is synonymous with B-film. Some might even dare to say Troma Entertainment is the king of B. Would they be right? Well - as my mother likes to say, “that’s why they have chocolate AND vanilla [...]
Rosemary’s Baby
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Rosemary’s Baby = Roman Polanski’s first American feature film, released the year of my birth (an event all in itself that would make the year go down in history) that was based on Ira Levin’s book of the same title released in 1967.
This psychological horror flick features Mia Farrow as Rosemary, who along with [...]
Hidden deep within our society exist beings and creatures that would blow our minds. Are they real or mythical? One could go on for days about our society’s monsters that feed on the innocent - pedophiles, rapists, even con-artists; but those aren’t the kind of monsters I refer to.
I’m talking about vampires and werewolves.
In The [...]
Ok so anyone who knows me knows that I do not like horror movies that border on the realm of reality. But anyone who knows me also knows that even though I don’t like these movies, I still watch them because I am sick and need psychiatric help.
So the movie in question this week is [...]
So here we go with installment 3 of blog recommends and if anyone out there in the blogosphere has any clue at all they know that the 3rd times the charm.
So what does that mean exactly? Did I save the best for last or am I hoping for some serious stumble action? How bout I [...]
Many may not like this about me but I am all for the 2nd amendment which is the right to keep and bear arms. I think a person should be able to protect themselves in their home as they see fit, and if it involves having a gun, then more power to me you (especially [...]
