Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 10- Jason X (2001)

This film is basically Jason in Space. This movie massively divided fans. Some loved the innovation but some hated it to such an extent that they viewed it as the worst in the series. Yes, they even hated it more than Part 5: A New Beginning. But I loved this movie. I even went to …

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ABC of Horror- Day 6- F- Final Destination (2000)

Alex Browning is boarding a flight to Paris with his classmates. He has a vision that the plane will explode after it has taken off. He leaves the flight with a few other classmates who are agitated that he has freaked out and caused them to be taken off the flight too. However, after the …

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Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 26- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)

Crikey! It's a Steve Irwin movie! The plot of this opus involves Steve and his wife Terri trying to save a croc from being poached. In fact, the croc has swallowed a satellite tracking beacon that contains very sensitive information and the 'poachers' are CIA agents. I love crazy crossover movies. I remember the first …

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Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 23- Fat Pizza (2003)

Fat Pizza is the movie spawned from the Aussie TV show Pizza. It follows a group of Lebanese-Australian pizza takeaway workers and their zany, sometimes surrealist adventures. There is no plot to speak of but instead a series of comedic scenarios. I first discovered the TV series when I was visiting Australia in 2003. I …

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31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 26- Diary of the Dead (2009)

George A Romero's 2009 zombie flick and a concept that involves the found footage of a film student assembled into a movie by one of the film's other characters. All of the movie is shot on camcorders and other similar devices available at the time commercially. This found footage chronicles a group of film studies …

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31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 19- Dawn of the Dead (2004)

A remake of the much loved and revered masterpiece Dawn of the Dead was always going to be sneered at by fans and film scholars alike when the project was announced. I actually saw the film on it's release when I was visiting Glasgow and was expecting to roll my eyes constantly whilst saying 'Psst!' …

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31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 13- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

A novel twist on the 'demonic possession' sub-genre. This is more a courtroom drama regarding the priest who tried to save a girl (Emily Rose) from possession by a demon but which resulted in her death. Father Moore faces life imprisonment for his activities trying to save the teenage girl's life. There are of course …

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31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 5- Land of the Dead (2005)

Land of the Dead is George A Romero's next instalment in the Dead series after 1985's pedestrian and plodding Day of the Dead. This involves the human race who are still at the mercy of a world overrun by the undead and now being split into the ordinary folk who are forced to live in …

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