Movie Review - Thanksgiving
Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving got me to thinking about slashers from both the 80s and 90s and their differences. In the 80s, what’s generally...
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- Jun 2
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child
Who knew Freddy could be so topical? Now, I have to admit, part of the reason why there was a long break in-between our looks at Part 4...
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SMR
- May 29
- 9 min
Because I Hate Myself - Zombie Tidal Wave
Well, haven’t used this headline in a while…but it couldn’t be more appropriate. You see, a ‘friend’ of the site recommended Zombie Tidal...
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SMR
- Nov 11, 2022
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master
In the retrospective documentary ‘Never Sleep Again’, which looks back at the entire Elm Street series, it was dubbed the MTV entry into...
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SMR
- Nov 5, 2022
- 6 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors
As a word of warning, this is gonna be one of those openings where I share too much. There’s always that one movie, isn’t there? You know...
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SMR
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Movie Review - Halloween Ends
Legacy. While it’s an easy concept to grasp in real life, it’s a difficult concept to portray in popular culture and it’s nigh impossible...
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SMR
- Oct 21, 2022
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dreamlike. Wandering from scene to scene, sometimes with little to no connective tissue. In arthouse films, these can describe the works...
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SMR
- Oct 19, 2022
- 7 min
Werewolf Wednesday - Werewolf By Night
At the time of this writing, word came across that the production on Marvel Studios’ Blade had been halted. The director had quit and...
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SMR
- Oct 17, 2022
- 8 min
Movie Review - Hellraiser (2022)
As I read the credit, I had to ask myself “What movie needs a Gender and Sexuality Consultant?” Hellraiser. Hellraiser totally needed...
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SMR
- Oct 14, 2022
- 6 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Sometimes, it only takes one movie to build an empire. While this following confession might get my Mutant Family membership revoked, I...
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SMR
- Oct 10, 2022
- 5 min
Sex and Violence Movie Review Part 2 - X
Let me share the only time I spoke during the film: “Don’t go Fulci…Don’t go Fulci…aww shit. You went Fulci.” Now, you veterans of the...
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SMR
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
Free Pizza Video Game Review - House of the Dead Remake for the Nintendo Switch
It turns out, I’m pretty bad at saving scientists. …or maybe I’m just sparing them from the tortures ahead. Needless to say, when I heard...
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SMR
- Oct 3, 2022
- 6 min
Sex & Violence Movie Review Part 1 - Porno
Chekov’s Gun. It’s a principle in drama, both on stage and on screen, that if you allude to something in the first act, you need to have...
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SMR
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
State of the Franchise - Friday the 13th
Now that we’ve come to the end of the Friday franchise, it’s time for another State of the Franchise address. Oh boy. As of this writing,...
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SMR
- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
Movie Review - Red State
An unlikely film from that Kevin Smith. That’s the tagline for Red State and boy…they were definitely going for understatement there,...
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SMR
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
Movie Review - The Call of Cthulhu
Filming H.P. Lovecraft stories has always proven to be an interesting proposition. Hollywood has always shied a way from the material,...
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SMR
- Sep 16, 2022
- 7 min
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (2009)
I forgot just how much nudity was in this one. I mean, seriously, every single female on screen, save two, ends up unleashing those...
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SMR
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Movie Review - Slaxx
Yes, you could just as easily call Slaxx ‘Little Clothing Shop of Horrors’…but that would really sell it short. The trailer for the film...
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SMR
- Aug 8, 2022
- 7 min
Movie Monday - Rubber
It’s been a full 10 years since I sat down to watch Rubber for the first time. It was the final act in a long day which included New York...
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SMR
- Aug 7, 2022
- 15 min
Supplemental Sunday - Ghoulardi & His Legacy in Cleveland Television
1963. This is nowhere near the beginning of the age of the TV Horror Host. That year was 1954 and depending on whose camp you’re in, you...
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