Elijah Wood is an estranged son, named Norval, with a goofy haircut who goes to visit his dad in a remote coastal cabin. He hasn't seen his dad since he was a wee lad. Well, things aren't too good between them, but they'll work through their problems as best they can. Maybe? This was a ripping good time mainly because it was unknown what…
Doug is a priest who finds an ancient tooth in China which gives him the power to turn into a dinosaur. Even though he doesn't want to kill people, he decides to become a vigilante dino super hero anyway. Along the way, he fights ninjas and saves a hooker from her violent pimp, then becomes her boyfriend. This is one of the most absurd…
As shops close and properties are bought up by a single real estate company, three teens discover a plot by vampires to take over the Bronx. While it's not the best movie ever, I did like the pacing and adventure. I also found it to encapsulate the spirit of Stranger Things and The Lost Boys, which is something I didn't know I needed last…
Welcome to sequel town. This time in 3D! Silent Hill did so well in 2006, it took them 6 years to do a sequel. This time around, the story is minimized in favor of jump scares and 3D effects. Heather is a girl with a lot of bad dreams about the town of Silent Hill. When her dad is kidnapped, she must return to…
Hell hath no fury like a 13-year-old girl who recently lost her mother to cancer. Becky (Lulu Wilson) is pissed at her father, her school, and the world. She's depressed and having difficulty coping with the loss of her mother. Her father, Jeff (Joel McHale), brings her up to their lake house in the woods for a relaxing weekend getaway. Oh, and he also…
It's the late 80s and three girls go to a heavy metal concert where they meet three guys. A little bit of flirting and some drugged drinks later, the girls reveal their true intentions: to murder the dudes and make it look like a satanic cult ritual. One of the girls has a change of heart and decides not to go through with it…
Joon-woo is just a video game-playing slacker who lives with his parents. That all changes when a zombie outbreak infects his apartment complex and he must hunker down to stay alive in this South Korean horror film for the modern technological age. All alone in the apartment, he gets to know his new situation and he curses himself for not having gone grocery shopping…
A workaholic dad, Seok-woo, takes his daughter, Su-an, to see her mother on a passenger train just as a zombie apocalypse begins to take over South Korea. The mission is clear: get to Busan without any bites. The movie was an adrenaline rush of running, fighting, and fast zombies on and off the train. There was never a dull moment and yet it managed…
This is a newer genre: political horror. And no, I'm not talking about the news. Ba dum tss! The plot centers on a group of "deplorables" who are drugged and brought to a remote location and hunted by liberal extremists for sport. There are very fine people on both sides. Killing ensues as the characters fight for their lives to survive. There are many…
Adam Sandler is back (again) on Netflix with a Halloween movie. Does he actually ever go away, though? Teenage me from the mid 90s is once again crushed and bewildered. Is it really so hard to write a fun comedy with some charm and heart that is a bit deeper than an anti-bullying message? Instead we get the worst Sandler voice ever, boner jokes,…
