Folks, it’s come to this. I’ve covered slashers, killer animal flicks, foreign ripoffs and blind samurai played by Roy from Blade Runner. But there’s one realm of movie garbage I…
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It’s ‘Die Hard’ on a boat, also the Kraken is there Something I’ve been glad to see is the public consciousness’ general reappraisal of Stephen Sommers’ 1999 version of The…
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Furniture Store Orgies and Killer Robots I wasn’t exactly around for the peak of Mall Culture, but from what I can gather from popular media of the era, the decline…
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The search for a good Bigfoot movie There are two types of people out there: people who believe in Bigfoot, and people who are wrong. The big hairy dude is…
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To experience recent Japanese cultural history through the films of the era is to see the 1970s hit the country like a freight train. The Japanese film and TV juggernaut…
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I’ll go on record and say I’m not the world’s biggest Jean-Claude Van Damme fan. In the hallowed pantheon of late 20th-century action stars, I’d quickly take him over Stallone…
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Despite making one of the greatest action movies of all time, Commando’s director, Mark Lester, isn’t often talked about. Despite making a major landmark in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career, Lester hasn’t…
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The best film about hippies is David Durston’s 1970 freak-out film I Drink Your Blood. Its bloody tale of violence and revenge is 100% medically and sociologically accurate, offering only…
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I get most of my understanding of the occult and devil worship from two very reliable sources—fantasy books/movies and an ironic appreciation for Jack Chick tracts. Basically, if you’re not…
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There are weird horror movies, and then there’s 1987’s Blood Diner. The horror comedy directed by Jackie Kong—who also directed the very fun hyper-low budget monster flick The Being—ricochets from…
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Hollywood seems hell-bent on reminding us that, given the slightest opportunity, nature will murder the shit out of us. While there were a handful of killer animal films in the…