I'm not quoting this movie! Director David Gordon Green Cast Leslie Odom Jr. - Victor Fielding Lidya Jewett - Angela Fielding Olivia O’Neill - Katherine West Jennifer Nettles - Miranda West Norbert Leo Butz - Tony West Ellen Burstyn - Chris MacNeil Raphael Sbarge - Pastor Don Revans Okwui Okpokwasili - Dr. Beehibe Danny McCarthy - Stuart E. J. Bonilla - Father Maddox *Spoilers ahead* Congratulations "Exorcist II: The Heretic," you're no longer the worst movie in "The Exorcist" franchise. Oh, you're still a laughably terrible movie that shouldn't exist. That'll never change. Bu ..read more

"She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes."  Director Alfred Hitchcock Cast Janet Leigh - Marion Crane Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates John Gavin - Sam Loomis Vera Miles - Lila Crane Martin Balsam - Private Investigator Milton Arbogast John McIntire - Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers Simon Oakland - Dr. Richmond Mort Mills - Highway Patrol Officer Anyone who calls themselves a horror movie fan, or a movie fan in general, or is someone who simply enjoys a movie just as much as anyone else, should have seen the horror classic "Psycho," directed by horror icon A ..read more

"This town cannot go through another Christmas killer thing." DirectorSteven LaMorte Cast David Howard Thornton - The Mean One Krystle Martin - Cindy Chase Mullins - Detective Burke John Bigham - Doc Zeus Erik Baker - Sheriff Hooper Flip Kobler - Lou Amy Schumacher - Mayor McBean * Minor Spoilers ahead * After trailers for the 2022 slasher film "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey," a horror reimagining of A.A. Milne's classic Winnie the Pooh story were released, rumors of a horror reimagining of Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" slunked around.  I thought it was all a ..read more

The 2021 film "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" was a decent third installment to the 1984 horror comedy "Ghostbusters" and it's 1989 sequel "Ghostbusters II." I wrote about my thoughts of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in the local newspaper, noting that it "works as a tribute to the original film." I even gave it 3.5 out of five stars.  Now a fourth Ghostbusters movie is on the horizon, titled "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire." And the trailer for it dropped November 8th.  Based on the trailer, this new Ghostbusters movie looks like something unlike the other movies, save for the Ghostbusters squ ..read more

DirectorJan Švankmajer Cast Monika Belo-Cabanová - Little girl Ol'ga Vronská - Washer woman Aleksandr Letko - Man with candy After sitting through the horror comedy "Leprechaun" and the seven nonsensical films that followed, I wanted to get to something meaningful, deep, and worthy of attention.  A year or two ago, while employed at a local library, I managed to obtain a DVD through interlibrary loan of short films by Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. I stumbled upon Švankmajer a couple years ago while watching a YouTube video that showcased ten strange and unusual films, or ..read more

Halloween 2023's Somehow Leprechauns are Scary... Extravaganza!  (The Final Leprechaun... For Now)  "Twenty-five years! I've got a lot of killing to make up for."  *Spoilers ahead* DirectorSteven Kostanski Cast Taylor Spreitler - Lila Jenkins Pepi Sonuga - Katie Sai Bennett - Rose Linden Porco - The Leprechaun Mark Holton - Ozzie Jones Emily Reid - Meredith Ben McGregor - Andy Oliver Llewellyn Jenkins - Matthew Nowadays in the horror genre, there are a fair number of horror sequels being released which negate previous sequels regardless of how many there are, and wha ..read more

Halloween 2023's Somehow Leprechauns are Scary... Extravaganza!  (Part 7)    "Cabin in the woods! What's not to like?" Director Zach Lipovsky CastStephanie Bennett - Sophie Andrew Dunbar - Ben Melissa Roxburgh - Jeni Brendan Fletcher - David Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl - The Leprechaun Garry Chalk - Hamish McConville Teach Grant - Sean McConville Mary Black - Mary The powers that be in pretend evil leprechaun land decided to reinvent the wheel when it comes to these "Leprechaun" movies. This, I think, is a rare instance where a reboot isn't such a bad idea.  "Leprechau ..read more

Halloween 2023's Somehow Leprechauns are Scary... Extravaganza!  (Part 6)    "We've had our fun. Now, give me what's mine!" DirectorSteven Ayromlooi Cast Warwick Davis - Lubdan  Tangi Miller - Emily Woodrow Laz Alonso - Rory Jackson Donzaleigh Abernathy - Esmeralda Shiek Mahmud-Bey - Watson Sticky Fingaz - Cedric Keesha Sharp - Chanel Sonya Eddy - Yolanda Beau Billingslea - Officer Thompson Chris Murray - Officer Whitaker The sixth Leprechaun movie "Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood" is both a sequel to the last movie "Leprechaun in the Hood" and a general sequel to ..read more

Halloween 2023's Somehow Leprechauns are Scary... Extravaganza!  (Part 4)  "Agony is my name!"  Director Brian Trenchard-Smith Cast Warwick Davis - Lubdan The Leprechaun Rebekah Carlton - Princess Zarina Brent Jasmer - Staff Sergeant "Books" Malloy Jessica Collins - Dr. Tina Reeves Guy Siner - Dr. Mittenhand Geoff Meed - Private Kowalski I've mentioned the ridiculous tone of each "Leprechaun" film in my last three posts. Just when I thought it couldn't get any campier, it gets even campier. As soon as I finished watching "Leprechaun 4: In Space" I couldn't tell if it's wo ..read more

Halloween 2023's Somehow Leprechauns are Scary... Extravaganza!  (Part 3)  "Look out, Vegas. I'm taking over!"  Director Brian Trenchard-Smith Cast Warwick Davis - Lubdan John Gatins - Scott Lee Armstrong - Tammy Caroline Williams - Loretta John DeMita - Fazio Michael Callan - Mitch Tom Dugan - Art Marcelo Tubert - Gupta If "Leprechaun" parts one and two are the goofy but fun siblings in the series, part three is the embarrassing sibling that the other movies should keep locked up in the attic and never speak about to the outside world.  Up to now, "Leprechaun 3" is ..read more