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Sunday, March 10, 2019

No one will like A Scene at the Sea (1991).

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But I like it. Ok, I'm exaggerating. Some people might like it. The film is about surfing. I don't like surfing. Ok, I'm so-so...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Tom Hardy in a car.

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That doesn't sound exciting but Locke (2013) is so damn good. It's crazy because the director's other film that year is a Jas...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

One Cut of the Dead (2017) deserves the acclaim.

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Some possible spoilers so watch it first before reading and try to watch it without knowing anything about it. It's easy to see why th...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Mandy (2018) is quite wicked.

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The lighting and atmosphere is fantastic. How could you not love those demonic bikers? Like some fucked up cenobites on wheels. "The ...
Monday, November 12, 2018

So I finally saw Oculus (2013) and...

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I loved it especially that ending. I didn't think they'd go there, but they did. Damn. Takes guts to leave your audience like that...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

A Quiet Place (2018) is phenomenal.

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Finally a new creature feature that actually delivers. Relying only on sign language and visual storytelling for so much of its runtime wa...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

Beyond Skyline (2017) was a blast.

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I enjoyed this way too much. I'm a huge fan of Frank Grillo ever since The Purge: Anarchy , and he gets a ton to do here plus you get ...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Turbo Kid (2015) rocks.

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First off, Michael Ironside. That is always a plus but this film has so much imagination and heart I don't think you could resist it. ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017) is an enchanting, delightful surprise.

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I really love the humor and imagination of this film. Most importantly, it has real stakes. It's easy to like the characters and get i...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Never heard of Intruders (2015) but it is so astonishingly good I can't believe it.

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Alright full disclosure: I got this confused with that Clive Owen Intruders movie (by the director of 28 Weeks Later  released in 2011). ...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Natural City (2003) is great Korean sci-fi.

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I had seen the DVD cover to this but never checked it out, figuring it couldn't possibly be as good as the insane praise on the cover....
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Cure (1997) is brilliant.

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If you never heard of this Japanese horror movie, you should check it out right away. It reminds me of Seven although Angel Dust is a mo...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2006) is tons of fun.

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I really loved this one. It's extremely gory with a pretty cool werewolf (ok sometimes it doesn't look great but other times it does...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

The Revenant (2009) is hilarious and awesome.

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No, it isn't the Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Yes, I love that film too. This is an indie horror flick, and it's badass. Ignore the DVD ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Review: Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)

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Prepare for a lot of cameos in this one: Kane Hodder (Jason! Hell yes!), Fred Williamson ( From Dusk Till Dawn !), and David Carradine. Plus...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Review: The Unnamable Returns (1992)

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HP Lovecraft films are pretty rare (thank you Stuart Gordon!) much less a sequel to an HP Lovecraft movie but that's what we got here ...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Review: Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

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This is such a strange sequel. The main character is also named David like our hero in the first one but different actor, they add a last ...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Review: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)

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Well, you get Naomi Watts this time in one of her very early roles. Does that help? Not really. She plays an assistant to a local doctor. ...
Monday, September 11, 2017

Indie Horror You Should Watch

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If you haven't seen these, I highly recommend you check them out ASAP. First up, Schoolgirl Apocalypse . It's cool as hell. Very o...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Review: Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)

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Correction: they definitely show the corn monster in number three. Excuse me "he who walks behind the rows." Corn monster doesn...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Review: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)

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I love how the *second* film in the series already has the word "final" in its title. Talk about calling the game early. I can...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

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Here is a fun exploitation flick overflowing with style and energy. The girls all have a ton of screen presence, and the story makes you a...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

The Cube sequels are pretty good.

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I wasn't expecting a whole lot. I loved the first film but didn't get around to Hypercube or Cube Zero until recently. I had hea...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Surprisingly, I love Alien: Covenant.

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I was very mixed on Prometheus . The guy who maps the ship gets lost in it? The supposedly super smart scientists decide to throw caution ...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) is astonishingly awful thanks to the rancid editing.

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Like most who played the original Resident Evil games, I wanted a film series closer to that (really curious how Romero's adaptation ...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Review: Assassination Classroom: Graduation (2016)

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I had no clue about this movie. I just happened to select it on a flight since I noticed other passengers watching it and got curious. In ...
Friday, November 25, 2016

The Invisible Man (1933) is truly magnificent.

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I love watching the classic Universal horror movies. I'm ashamed to admit I didn't see all of them until recently but there is som...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Review: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

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That was a bit weird. I expected as much but the sexual stuff is definitely odd. Of course, when you see a lot of Japanese films particula...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Review: Shin Godzilla / Godzilla Resurgence (2016)

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I just got to see this in Singapore (luckily, English is one of the four official languages here so it had English subtitles), and I was b...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Review: Men in Suits (2012)

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This is a fantastic documentary about a little-known and underappreciated aspect of practical effects: suit performers aka the poor bastar...
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Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, and FX Artist. I love horror movies and practical FX. Favorites include: Aliens, Scanners, Godzilla 1984, Seven, The Exorcist, John Carpenter's The Thing, RoboCop, Edward Scissorhands, David Cronenberg's The Fly, Oldboy, Unforgiven, Ninja Scroll, etc.
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