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THE STEPFATHER (2009) movie review
Stepfather, The (2009) d. McCormick, Nelson (USA) Inane remake with Dylan Walsh as a serial killer who insinuates himself into pre-existing families, then wipes them out when they disappoint him. Since...
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WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2010) movie review
We Are What We Are (2010) d. Grau, Jorge Michel (Mexico) Intriguing ideas-a-go-go but with more questions raised than answers in this kitchen sink drama surrounding an urban family of cannibals whose...
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ROOM 237 (2012) movie review
Room 237 (2012) d. Ascher, Rodney (USA) Listening and observing devotees point out quirky details and idiosyncrasies within Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining is an intriguing...
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STAKE LAND (2010) movie review
Stake Land (2010) d. Mickle, Jim (USA) The minds behind 2006’s Mulberry St. are back, revisiting the same apocalyptic themes with roving bands of mutated vampires standing in for their debut feature’s...
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MULBERRY ST. (2006) movie review
Mulberry St. (2006) d. Mickle, Jim (USA) Shot on a budget that wouldn’t cover a Hollywood production’s craft services, Mulberry St. takes an outlandish premise (infected rodent attacks result in hordes...
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UNIVITED GUEST, THE (2004) movie review
Uninvited Guest, The (2004) d. Morales, Guillen (Spain) Andoni Gracia stars as a recently separated young man who answers the door one day to allow a neighbor to use the phone, a stranger who for...
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SPIDERS (2000) movie review
Spiders (2000) d. Jones, Gary (USA) After things go horribly awry during some top secret space station experiments, a space shuttle returns to Earth shrouded in mystery (so mysterious in fact that the...
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CUT-THROATS NINE (1972) movie review
Cut-Throats Nine (1972) d. Marchent, Joaquin Romero (Spain) After a prison stagecoach is waylaid by bandits, lone surviving lawman Claudio Undari (as Robert Hundar) is forced to transport his prisoners...
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MANIAC COP 2 (1990) movie review
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) d. Lustig, William (USA) The misadventures of wrongfully framed, murdered and supernaturally resurrected cop Matt Cordell (Robert Z’Dar) continue, taking out every NYPD boy in blue...
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Fool's Views (4/14 – 4/21)
Howdy folks, My stars, it's been almost a month since last I darkened these halls. Chalk it up to film festival recovery, Barcelonia adventures with T. Harv Eker and being once again gainfully employed...
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MY AMITYVILLE HORROR: An Interview with Eric Walter & Andrea Adams
“I Just Wanted Someone to Believe Me.”Daniel Lutz was 10 years old during the events depicted in Jay Anson’s haunted house bestseller (and the subsequent 1979 film starring Margot Kidder and James...
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NO ONE LIVES (2012) movie review
No One Lives (2012) d. Kitamura, Ryuhei (USA) Fresh off a bungled looting expedition, a skeevy band of crooks led by Lee Tergesen and Derek Magyar cross paths at a Pacific Northwest diner with...
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THE BAY (2012) movie review
Bay, The (2012) d. Levinson, Barry (USA) The populace of a small Chesapeake Bay town falls victim to a flesh eating virus gone supernova (as in the little parasites have grown anywhere from cockroaches...
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SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (1964) movie review
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) d. Webster, Nicholas (USA) Aw man, the spoiler is in the title! Yes, after some rascally Martians learn that their TV-addicted tykes are glum, they hatch a plan...
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) movie review
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) d. Demme, Jonathan (USA) Director Demme combines forces with stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins to create a rare hit that’s both mainstream Oscar-winning success...
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EEGAH! (1962) movie review
EEGAH! (1962) d. Hall Sr., Arch (as Nicholas Merriwether) (USA) "Love Breaks the Time Barrier!" Arch Hall, Sr. produced and directed this train wreck under the pseudonym of Nicholas Merriwether, and...
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CHEERLEADER CAMP (1987) movie review
Cheerleader Camp (1987) d. Quinn, John (USA) When troubled teen Betsy Russell (who later enjoyed a post-millennial career rebound after being cast as Jigsaw’s ex-wife in the Saw franchise) heads off...
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VIDEODROME (1983) movie review
Videodrome (1983) d. Cronenberg, David (Canada) As a cable programmer seeking to challenge the limits of the medium, James Woods becomes hooked on the pirated TV show “Videodrome,” whose lineup...
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SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! (1978) movie review
Someone's Watching Me! (1978) d. Carpenter, John (USA) First shown a month after Halloween hit theatres and made available on DVD in 2007, John Carpenter’s TV-movie about a psychopathic peeping tom...
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MESSIAH OF EVIL (1973) movie review
Messiah of Evil (1973) d. Huyck, Willard (USA) Obviously inspired by Night of the Living Dead and possessing the dreamlike, doom-laden tone of Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, here is a thoughtful,...
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