Horror and action movie reviews
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Don’t Go in the House. Don’t Go in the Woods. Don’t Go in the Basement. But DO check out Don’t Answer the Phone!, a highly underrated 1980 horror directed by the excellently named Robert Hammer. It’s got everything, and by that we mean a psychotic, weeping, daddy-issues Vietnam vet killer who poses as a photographer; […]
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A rather tepid offering from the slasher boom, FINAL EXAM doesn’t live up to the promise of its cool poster. We get lots of backstory/investment in a bunch of rather tedious characters including the stock nerd, jock, final girl, hot blonde, taskmaster gym teacher, etc. The killer is about as unremarkable as you can get. […]
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Our first podcast foray into J-horror with a bit of Japanese weirdness, EXTE by Sion Sono. Sono (Suicide Club) is an odd duck and his movies are infused with strange set-pieces. And it goes without saying, they’re not to everyone’s taste. In this episode, we chat about the cultural phenomenon of hair, where it grows, […]