This third film in the Child’s Play franchise finds the Good Guys factory restarting up production of the Chucky doll with Chucky coming back to life (again!) and tracking Andy down to a military academy. And the result is…OK. Not great, but passable. The change of setting is a welcome change, Andy as played by …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 14- Child’s Play 3 (1991)
From IMDB- ‘A young man has mysterious encounters with an unknown woman, an ominous hearse, and other supernatural events on the road during an aimless drive around Louisiana after the funeral of his father.’ This is Lucio Fulci’s final film from 1991. It’s also a million miles away from Zombie Flesh Eaters and The New …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 6- Door Into Silence (1991)
John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. massively polarised both critics and fans alike when it was released in 1996. Any sequel to a much-loved cult classic such as Escape From New York will be anticipated with nervousness, as it had such a high bar to live up to. The film met with praise but also disdain …
Continue reading Is It Really That Bad?- Escape From L.A. (1996)
I had heard such bad things about John Carpenter’s Vampires that I didn’t even see it when it was released theatrically in 1998. In fact, it was only yesterday that I saw it for the very first time. What’s 25 years to see a film though?! Is it a bad movie by Carpenter’s standards or, …
Ari is a second-generation Greek Australian man. He's also gay. Head On chronicles the conflicts between the conservative background that he finds himself a slave to and his authentic nature and sexual orientation. Head On ruffled many feathers when it was released because of its graphic depiction of gay sex, drug taking and how such …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 14- Head On (1998)
Muriel Heslop lives in a bubble in the small town of Porpoise Spit. She idolises ABBA, doesn’t conform to the latest 90’s fashions and has no real friends. The girls she tries to hang out with are utterly toxic bitches. She goes on holiday to a resort that these mean girls are also holidaying in. …
Continue reading Marsupial March- 31 Days of Aussie Movies- Day 11- Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
An archaeologist frees an evil spirit, which then possesses a doll known as Dolly Dearest. You know exactly what you're getting with this horror movie. I love evil, creepy dolls. Of course, Child's Play is the big hitter of this subgenre. But I prefer the other films that followed, such as this movie, Toys and …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 23- Dolly Dearest (1991)
World-famous author Paul Sheldon crashes his car whilst driving in a blizzard but is rescued by nurse and super-fan Annie Wilkes who has read everything he's ever published as well as reading and viewing every interview he's ever given. Sheldon finds himself trapped with multiple injuries including compound fractures to his legs meaning that he …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 11- Misery (1990)
I saw The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at the cinema the other day. It's been a long road, but I feel like I've had my own personal journey with this horror masterpiece. After years of not being able to view the film, it grew in my mind to almost mythic proportions. When I finally got …
Continue reading Leatherface and Me- Growing Up With (and Without) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
You're on tour in the U.S. as the frontperson of one of the biggest bands on the planet. Some people would request a room full of hookers and cocaine. Some would demand that all of the brown M&M's are removed from the band's munchies. Robert Smith of The Cure, on the other hand, is a …
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