Yes, it’s true. This “classic” from 1983 has eluded me for the last 42 years. Until today. I suppose this could be somewhat of a throwback to the old “Whaaat?? You Haven’t Seen That???” feature we used to do back on the Cinemasters podcast heyday. Not that I would necessarily put this one up there with many of the other horror icons. So I will give myself a little leeway …
I was thinking today that I should clarify something. While I haven’t seen any of these movies that I’m watching, some of that is, at least partially, by design. I’m not necessarily volunteering to specifically watch bad movies. But many of these movies I have purposefully not watched because I had no interest in them initially. It wasn’t that I haven’t gotten around to them yet. I wasn’t saving them …
I saw the initial entry of this franchise in theaters a great many years ago. I was a dedicated movie fan but I was nowhere near as informed on as many things as I am now. I was young. I didn’t know Danny Boyle well. I was just engrossed in zombie culture at the time and I was eager to check out 28 Days Later. It had a lot more …
I’ve seen the cover art for this film so many times that I finally had to give it a go. I legitimately judged this one by it’s cover because had I known it was a found footage movie, I very well may have passed on it. I’m not traditionally a fan of the genre. I know there are hidden gems here and there but the market got saturated, much like …
I debated whether or not I was going to watch this one. I remember when it came out, many raved about it. A24 has had that reputation for a while now of churning out these fancy horror movies. Not that they’re all great. But they’re different. It’s not that Criterion is removed from the horror genre as there are plenty of titles of that variety in it’s catalog. However, it’s …
If I’m being upfront about this movie, I felt like this was going to be something akin to the horror film “Thanksgiving” from 2023. I suppose I was judging the film by it’s thumbnail. The image of a corporate mascot, along with the context of the title framed the film for exactly what it was. It just also happened to be Swedish, which I did not anticipate. It did not …
There are some of you that read the title of this one and thought “Surely not that movie.” To that I say, yep. And don’t call me Shirley. That joke is a lot harder to pull off solely in text form. But I think I still did it. Let me also notate that by even dividing this entirely contrived audience into at least two make believe factions is a pretty …
I feel like it’s somehow inevitable that I stumble upon a low budget British horror movie every time I do this. Last year it was “Benny Loves You”. This year I’m learning how to kill monsters. I just sort of fall backwards into these things and while they aren’t just slam dunks, they have some redeeming qualities to them. Low budget doesn’t automatically mean crappy. But for every Blair Witch …
One of the things that seems to happen each year is I stumble upon a time when necessity meets an obstacle. I’ve selected my total catalog based on a thorough scroll through all the streaming services I currently subscribe to. I went title by title to build up a backlog so when it came time to start picking out flicks to watch for Halloween I was prepped. I’ll take responsibility …
The motivation for today’s selection was to keep things fresh with a new release. The last two picks have been from last year and this year and I’ve really enjoyed the presentation value of modern horror done well. I know I’ve got some truly awful movies on my list of decades gone by and those can be particularly difficult to sit through. Every now and then I’ve found a diamond …