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Nikos the Impaler (2003) Movie Review
When a film opens with the titular character getting gutted by a sword, his insides spilling out, and then the character grabbing his own intestines and taking a big juicy bite, the viewer has...
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Army of Darkness: Official “Bootleg” Version (1993) Movie Review
Sam Raimi’s “Army of Darkness” (aka “Evil Dead 3 “, aka “Bruce Campbell vs. Army of the Dead”), is a low-budget film with a big budget. What that means is, despite having a big...
Read More »Identity (2002) Movie Review
“Identity” is a lot smarter than “Basic”, although the two movies essentially pride themselves on being Head Trip films and thus, fooling the audience with their cleverness. Whereas “Basic” really has no other reason...
Read More »Freddy vs. Jason (2003) Movie Review
Here’s what I think happened. The original writers of “Freddy vs. Jason” realized very early on that their movie was going to be a combination of insider camp and over-the-top mayhem. After all, when...
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Demonium (2001) Movie Review
I knew I was in trouble when the first 12 minutes of “Demonium”, an Italian horror film, involved these scenes: a very unattractive woman having sex with her lover over the opening credits, then...
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Versus (2000) Movie Review
What “Versus” gives in place of a storyline is this: apparently there is a portal to some unknown dimension that promises good things for those who can open, and then enter, it. To achieve...
Read More »Hunting Humans (2002) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Bill Paterson) You sort of have to grade these low-budget independent horror flicks on a curve. Like when you have a class full of lacrosse players taking “Intro to Spanish”. Let’s...
Read More »Birth Rite (2006) Movie Review
About 40 minutes into “Birth Rite”, a school counselor mentions to a student that he knows what she’s going through. The student replies that he has no idea, to which the counselor responds: “I...
Read More »Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker (2002) Movie Review
I think “Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker” might have been a better movie had I not seen the previous sequel, but I doubt it. The fact is, “Hellseeker” is a duplicate of “Inferno”, employing the same...
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Ghost Rig (aka The Devil’s Tattoo, 2001) Movie Review
The British horror film “Ghost Rig”, essentially a Last Stand in a Haunted House movie set on an oil rig, immediately peaks my attention. Not because it’s an outstanding horror flick, but because of...
Read More »Haunted Office (2002) Movie Review
“Haunted Office”, a 2002 offering from Hong Kong, is a horror anthology consisting of 3 episodes set in the same haunted office building. Unlike other anthologies, there isn’t a middleman (e.g. the Crypt Keeper)...
Read More »Dark Walker (2003) Movie Review
A movie like “Dark Walker” usually prompts me to make mention of its lack of originality. But I won’t do that this time, mostly because I’m convinced director Danny Draven and his writers know...
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The Twins Effect (2003) Movie Review
Using manipulative music in movies is nothing new. Steven Spielberg used to make a living off it. Such is the case with “The Twins Effect”, the new “it” movie from Hong Kong starring two...
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Eternal Blood (2002) Movie Review
I will give co-writer/director Jorge Olguin points for ingenuity and creativity. As to originality — well, there isn’t much of that here in “Eternal Blood”. The Chilean movie is about a group of Goth...
Read More »Webs (2003) Movie Review
There’s nothing wrong with “Webs”, an original Sci-Fi network movie, that another round of rewrites couldn’t fix. For instance, the Crane character played by David Nerman would be written as human instead of just...
Read More »House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) Movie Review
Rob Zombie’s “House of 1,000 Corpses” seems like an appropriate enough title. The movie is essentially about a family of backwoods hillbilly that preys on passing motorists. Their latest prey are four 20-somethings on...
Read More »Dracula 2000 II: Ascension (2003) Movie Review
About 25 minutes into “Dracula 2: Ascension”, Fair Hair Lead Elizabeth (Diane Neal) moans, “Why is this happening?” Well, Lizzie, let’s recap what you’ve done in just the last 10 minutes alone, shall we?...
Read More »Code 11-14 (2003) Movie Review
Towards the end of the Serial Killer movie “Code 11-14″, and after the serial killer’s identity has been revealed to the audience, the killer radios leading man David James Elliot (who has since figured...
Read More »Arachnid (2001) Movie Review
As Giant Creatures Attack movies go, Jack Sholder’s “Arachnid” is pretty decent. But as a regular movie regardless of genre, it’s lacking. Starring Chris Potter as Valentine, an ex-military who leads a medical expedition...
Read More »Granny (1999) Movie Review
I like to think that when it comes to Teen Slasher movies I’m a little more lenient than your average movie critic. Given the right ingredients of sex, violence, and gore, I’m usually quite...
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