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GINGER SNAPS (2000) Blu-ray Review
Ginger Snaps (2000) d. John Fawcett (Canada) This sharp, blackly comic tale turns the old shapeshifting legend on its head, creating a metaphor for a young woman’s “change” at puberty, with the moon’s...
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VIY (1967) movie review
Viy (aka Vij) (1967) d. Konstantin Ershov / Georgi Kropachyov (Russia) This breathtaking flight of dark fantasy, derived from the same Nikolai Gogol story that inspired Mario Bava’s gothic masterpiece...
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BURN WITCH BURN (1962) movie review
Burn, Witch, Burn (aka Night of the Eagle) (1962) d. Sidney Hayers (UK) Terrific screen version of Fritz Lieber’s novel Conjure Wife (first seen as the 1944 Lon Chaney vehicle Weird Woman and then...
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WAX (2014) movie review
Wax (2014) d. Victor Matellano (Spain) On the one hand, this love letter to horror cinema delivers several cult figure cameos (Tombs of the Blind Dead’s Lone Fleming, Paul Naschy’s voice), some gooey...
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Fool's Views (6/30 – 7/6)
The dog...um...rat...um...dogs-as-rats days of summer are here.Back again! Having spent the last couple installments building up to it, the Views this week culminated in the viewing of Jake West’s...
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QUEEN KONG (1976) movie review
Queen Kong (1976) d. Frank Agrama (UK) With all the ballyhoo leading up to the release of Dino De Laurentiis’ King Kong in late 1976, it was no surprise that other studios decided to ride the wave of...
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HALF HUMAN (1958) movie review
Half Human (1958) d. Kenneth G. Crane / Ishiro Honda (USA/Japan) Following the international distribution template set by Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Toho sold off the rights to their 1955...
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GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971) movie review
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (aka Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) (1971) d. Yoshimitsu Banno (Japan) The wildest, most anachronistic feature in the entire G-canon showcases an extraterrestrial life form named...
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Fool's Views (7/7 – 7/13)
This is what I like to call the Lysol Punch...Skreeeeeeeee-onk! In the week leading up to and into G-Fest, it was expected that a few kaiju features would pass before our wondering eyes, but duty also...
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PROPHECY (1979) movie review
Prophecy (1979) d. John Frankenheimer (USA) How things went so wrong is anyone’s guess. With usually reliable director Frankenheimer, Omen screenwriter David Seltzer, and a capable if not all-star cast...
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THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN (1977) movie review
Incredible Melting Man, The (1977) d. William Sachs (USA) Combine a can’t-miss B-movie premise (an astronaut exposed to solar flares during a deep-space mission returns to Earth, where he slowly begins...
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Fool's Views (7/14 – 7/27)
Don't worry, he's really friendly once you get to know him...My friends!!! Been doing a lot of writing lately (wait, are we actually caught up????), but still managed to take a break from the smaller...
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WITHOUT WARNING (1980) Blu-ray Review
Without Warning (1980) d. Greydon Clark (USA) Despite the emphatic warnings of the local gas station attendant (Jack Palance), a quartet of hormonal teens head out to the ol’ swimming hole for a...
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MOTEL HELL (1980) Blu-ray Review
Motel Hell (1980) d. Kevin Connor (USA) “It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s Fritters.” So runs the tagline for this oddball combo of black humor and horror, featuring veteran...
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LEVIATHAN (1989) Blu-ray Review
Leviathan (1989) d. George P. Cosmatos (USA/Italy) Days away from completing its tour of duty, the highly photogenic crew of Tri-Oceanic Mining Corporation’s Shack #7 encounters a submerged Soviet...
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CURTAINS (1983) Blu-ray Review
Curtains (1983) d. Richard Ciupka / Peter Simpson (Canada) This moderately entertaining Canadian slasher flick centers on tyrannical director Jonathan Stryker (John Vernon) as he auditions six female...
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Fool's Views (7/28 – 8/3)
Pardon the delay. I've had a lot on my mind lately...Howdy folks, This week marked the mad dash of banging out reviews for Scream Factory’s awesome “Summer of Fear” as well as a long overdue return to...
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Fool's Views (8/4 – 8/10)
Sunscreen is your friend.Well, hello! Thanks to a week of memorizing lines and getting prepared for the awesomeness that was Flashback Weekend 2014 (celebrating their 10-year anniversary), I didn’t...
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PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE (1989) movie review
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989) d. Richard Friedman (USA) I’ll be honest – I didn’t actually believe this was a real movie when I first saw it pop up in one of my reference books (I think it...
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PUPPETMASTER III: TOULON'S REVENGE (1991) movie review
Puppetmaster III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) David DeCoteau (USA) True story: Prior to tackling this for this month's Kryptic Army mission theme (that of "revenge), I’d only seen the original 1989 Puppet...
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