Dark cinematic delights, the funny side of the apocalypse, and the jewel in the Formula 1 crown are some of what's been setting the tone of my May 2017...
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Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Bride of Re-Animator (Brian Yuzna, 1989) Blu-Ray Review
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“This is no longer about just re-animating the dead –
we will create new life.” Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator (1985)
has, quite rightly, gone down in the annals of cinema as a landmark in horror.
Brian Yuzna's 1989 sequel, however, has somewhat lurked uncomfortably in the
shadows of its progenitor – but it deserves a re-evaluation, and with this in
mind, Bride of Re-Animator reveals itself to be consumed with the idea
of unrequited love as it circles the boundaries of necrophilia through the
complex entanglement of not merely a love triangle, but a love pentagon...
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– PLEASE NOTE: PART OF THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS (the segment is clearly
marked)…
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Dr Alien (David DeCoteau, 1989) DVD Review
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“One minute I'm standing there and the next thing I
know they're all over me like mud on a pig.” Following on from Creepozoids,
Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-o-rama, and Nightmare Sisters,
David DeCoteau rounded out the 1980s with this teen boy fantasy/comedy that was
also known as 'I Was A Teenage Sex Mutant'. Zany from the get-go, it
features deliberately on-the-nose humour, many-an-exposed-set-of-norks,
substitute professors in lingerie, and an alien proboscis that sprouts from a
college nerd's head to act as a powerful aphrodisiac!
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screenshots…
Thursday, 4 May 2017
The Void - a quick review...
What's it about?
A police officer encounters an injured and delirious man out in the woods, and rushes him to the nearest hospital - which happens to be in the process of closing down after a fire gutted its basement levels. However, upon arrival, the officer - with a few staff and patients - finds himself surrounded by strange figures dressed in all white with black triangles where their faces should be. Soon things get out of control as hideous monstrosities erupt from dead bodies, unleashing something worse than hell upon the Earth.
Who would I recognise in it?
Ellen Wong, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, and others.
Great/Good/Alright/Shite?
Written and Directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, who have worked in various capacities on some of the Astron-6 projects (such as Manborg and Father's Day), The Void wears its metaphysical body horror influences on its sleeve...
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A police officer encounters an injured and delirious man out in the woods, and rushes him to the nearest hospital - which happens to be in the process of closing down after a fire gutted its basement levels. However, upon arrival, the officer - with a few staff and patients - finds himself surrounded by strange figures dressed in all white with black triangles where their faces should be. Soon things get out of control as hideous monstrosities erupt from dead bodies, unleashing something worse than hell upon the Earth.
Who would I recognise in it?
Ellen Wong, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, and others.
Great/Good/Alright/Shite?
Written and Directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, who have worked in various capacities on some of the Astron-6 projects (such as Manborg and Father's Day), The Void wears its metaphysical body horror influences on its sleeve...
Click "READ MORE" below to continue...