John’s Old School Horror Corner: The Initiation (1984), an under-rated...
http://lefthandhorror.com/2012/03/22/the-initiation-1984-movie-review/ NSFW WARNING: There is a single NSFW image at the end of this article. MY CALL: This movie has all of the hallmarks of a classic...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004), teaching us...
http://mutantreviewers.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/louise-does-ginger-snaps-back-the-beginning-wild-weird-west-week/ MY CALL: Apathy best frames my feelings about this movie in one word. I just didn’t...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Would You Rather (2012), the most family-friendly...
You see this poster and you think “this is gonna’ be SERIOUS!” But it’s not. And the scene depicted above…easiest eye injury to watch on film EVER. MY CALL: Intended as a brutal, cruel installment...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012), a...
MY CALL: A solid success for a writer/director with a small budget on his first feature length film. I’m excited to see what this guy does next. Amid the constantly recycled concepts and axioms...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: American Mary (2012)
MY CALL: I wasn’t thrilled with this film, but I remain very interested to see what the Soska sisters do next. Horror has plenty of remakes and recycled concepts. So I was happy to see this film...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Retro Puppet Master (1999), the seventh installment of...
Saw this poster and thought “meh” MY CALL: This seventh franchise installment could be described as no fun. Maybe not as “bad” as part 6, but not as entertaining either. At least part 6 had the...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: The Faculty (1998), tons of fun and cliques of...
MY CALL: Monstrous aliens Body Snatch the faculty of a small Ohio high school in this clique-y high school throwback filled with before-they-were-famous A-listers. IF YOU LIKE THIS WATCH: Here is a...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: You’re Next (2013), featuring one of the best credibly...
MY CALL: Horrible filmmaking…but being unexpectedly complemented by one of the best credibly tough horror heroines in the last decade makes it all worth it. IF YOU LIKE THIS WATCH: Vacancy (2007)...
View ArticleJohn’s Old School Horror Corner: The Visitor (1979), the weirdest, most...
A movie poster that makes no sense…NONE! There are no evil claws and there is no giant evil eyeball. MY CALL: I watched this because someone called it one of the great horror movies and that it had...
View ArticleThe Scream Queens of Film: Sharni Vinson, more than just another Scream Queen
Not Safe For Work: Folks, let’s be real. No article called “Scream Queens” should be considered suitable for workplace viewing. While not all such articles include provocative images of our Scream...
View ArticleJohn’s Old School Horror Corner: The Kiss (1988), a “must love cats” voodoo...
MY CALL: The movie was at times a little slow-paced and overdeveloped for a rather simple plot, but the production value was certainly competitive with horror movies of its time and damn does Joanna...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003), this incredibly...
This movie poster should have depicted a photograph of the DVD boxed set with Puppet Master 1-7 fanned out like a poker hand because all we get here is a bunch of stock footage clips from these...
View ArticleA Beginner’s Guide to Tokyo Gore Shock Cinema
FYI: This should be treated as NOT SAFE FOR WORK. So don’t come complaining to us when your boss peaks over your shoulder to your monitor and sees an Asian schoolgirl with a sword or blood raining...
View ArticleJohn’s Old School Horror Corner: Flesh Eating Mothers (1988), because babies...
MY CALL: For lovers of truly bad horror and bad, cheesy horror comedy, this is a God-awful winner. All others should keep a safe distance. IF YOU LIKE THIS WATCH: Killer Workout (1987), Death Spa...
View ArticleTokyo Shock: Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (2004), pre-Tokyo Shock era and...
MY CALL: Aiming more towards comedy than shoxploitation, this is a n early and rather tame Tokyo Shock-esque installment. IF YOU LIKE THIS WATCH: Helldriver (2010), Meatball Machine (2005), Vampire...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Martyrs (2008), a transcendent journey paved with...
FYI: This should be treated as NOT SAFE FOR WORK. So don’t come complaining to us when your boss peaks over your shoulder to your monitor and sees gore slathered, beaten or partially naked women,...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: Bait 3D (2012)
MY CALL: A simple not-too-over-the-top story, tolerable acting, some really fun kills and floating body parts make this well worth a low budget watch. IF YOU LIKE THIS WATCH: Jaws (1975; if you’re...
View ArticleThe Day (2011), when big risks, low budgets and strong female leads produce...
MY CALL: Believably tough women (and men) in a desperate situation fight for their lives…and I bought it! It’s a familiar premise presented in a gritty different way that works surprisingly well...
View ArticleJohn’s Horror Corner: The Boneyard (1991), it’s not your average hulking,...
MY CALL: Asian children mummy zombies, an eight foot tall old lady ghoul and a roid-raging mutant poodle monster…yup, you’ve got to see this. Once this movie got going (about halfway through) it was...
View ArticleJohn’s Old School Horror Corner: The Innocents (1961)
MY CALL: Not scary, not even a little bit, not even to a child. I would recommend this to no one who has seen and enjoyed a horror movie that released after 1970. As far as horror goes this is...
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