Psycho Drive-In

April 25, 2020 0 40

Whoever greenlit The Mummy shouldn’t be fired. That’s too easy.

Dungeons & D-Listers: Conquest (1983)

April 24, 2020 0 61

I bring you 1983’s Conquest, a refreshingly weird sword-and-sorcery flick of Italian, Spanish, and Mexican production that’s just familiar enough to be comfortable and just bizarre enough to be noteworthy.

Lost in Translation 336: Death Wish

Scott Delahunt

Lost in Translation

April 24, 2020 3 10

The remake of Death Wish, though, shows the problems of vigilantism far better than the 1974 version.

Same Boat (2020)

Suzanne Meade

Movies

April 22, 2020 0 17

Advertised as a “Classic Cruise Ship Time Travel Assassination Love Story,” Same Boat definitely lives up to this very specific synopsis.

Cahiers du Horror 04: Director Roundup April 2020

Fred L. Taulbee Jr.

Cahiers du Horror

April 22, 2020 1 7

Who is the George Romero of tomorrow, or the Wood, the Milligan, the Steckler?

Getaway (2020)

Suzanne Meade

Movies

April 20, 2020 0 23

When I first started watching Lane Tolan’s Getaway, I thought I knew what to expect.

Lost in Translation 335: Surprise! It’s an Adaptation!

Scott Delahunt

Lost in Translation

April 20, 2020 0 12

No one is going to mistake Detective Pikachu for an original film.

The Platform (2019)

Nate Zoebl

Movies

April 19, 2020 0 16

I’m glad Netflix is able to bring small, strange, foreign movies like The Platform to, arguably, the biggest audience platform in the world.

Lost in Translation 334: Self-Isolation and Creativity

Scott Delahunt

Lost in Translation

April 17, 2020 2 3

There is a bright side. Creativity is getting a real work out.

Easter Zombie Movie Marathon 2020 Review Round-up

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 15, 2020 0 4

Don’t want to go searching through the site for all the Easter Zombie Movie Marathon reviews for this year? You’re in luck!

EZMM 2020 Day 9.2: Rabid (2019)

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 14, 2020 0 7

This version of Rabid begins as a Cinderella story but takes a hard turn into body horror.

EZMM 2020 Day 9.1: Rabid (1977)

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 14, 2020 0 46

Rabid is clearly a movie by a director who is still learning his craft.

EZMM 2020 Day 8.2: Little Monsters (2019)

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 13, 2020 0 2

Once we get to the petting zoo, Little Monsters becomes the Lupita Nyong’o show.

EZMM 2020 Day 8.1: Zomboat Episodes 1.04-1.06

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 13, 2020 0 8

Zomboat kind of plateaus after Episode 3, but the good news is that it maintains a high level of quality all the way through to the end.

EZMM 2020 Day 7.2: Bong of the Living Dead (2017)

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 12, 2020 0 17

It’s a mixed bag and doesn’t always land its comedic punches, but overall, Bong of the Living Dead isn’t a bad way to spend the evening.

EZMM 2020 Day 7.1: Zomboat Episodes 1.01-1.03

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 12, 2020 0 5

Another nice touch is that Zomboat isn’t afraid to go all in on the gore effects.

EZMM 2020 Day 6.2: Rampant (2018)

Paul Brian McCoy

Zombies 101

April 11, 2020 0 16

The rest of Rampant is essentially the exact same plot of the Season Two finale of Kingdom (while also being reminiscent of the White Walker battle at the end of Game of Thrones).