You have a horror franchise about a haunted house. The first film is pretty well made, has a great cast and occasionally dips its toe into exploitation territory. It does well at the box office. The sequel goes FULL exploitation and even has a taboo subplot that will make even the most seasoned horror fan …
Continue reading Amityville Reviewed- Day 3- Amityville 3D (1983)
Oh boy. If you’ve seen Amityville 2 you’ll know what I mean. The makers of this movie must have thought that, to compete with the original film and, indeed, outgross it, they must make it as extreme as possible. And they really succeeded. A new family have moved into the infamous house and start to …
Continue reading Amityville Reviewed- Day 2- Amityville 2: The Possession (1981)
After the frankly dreadful film from 2018 I wasn't looking forward to it's sequel. I even intended on not seeing the film but someone posted online that this was 'The Film of the Year'. Mission accepted. I had to see and review it. After the dodgy political posturing of the previous film ('The Night The …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 12- Halloween Kills (2021)
You may remember at the end of the previous film that Laurie beheaded Michael. How could they possibly progress after such an event to keep the franchise going? Well, apparently Michael had actually swapped clothes with a paramedic and crushed his larynx. Hence Laurie chopped off the head of an innocent man whilst Michael is …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 8- Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Michael returns and steals a file on Laurie from his old nurse. After he slits her throat, he drives to find Strode who is living under the alias of Keri Tate and the headmistress of a posh private school. I remember going to see this in a huge cinema in Marble Arch as I was …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 7- Halloween H2O (1998)
It takes a great big set of balls to make a sequel to a film that is recognised as a classic. One such film is Halloween. Is the sequel any good? Well, yes it is actually. There are many things to love. One such is that the film carries on straight after the events of …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 2- Halloween 2 (1981)
I usually outline the intracacies of a film's plot at the start of a review. As the Friday the 13th films are so multi-layered when it comes to their storylines, here goes (I hope you can keep up). Jason wasn't killed at the end of Part 2 and another group of All-American teens arrive to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 3- Friday the 13th Part 3D (1982)
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 love a sequel that not only ups the ante regarding the original film but decides to be as extreme as possible and really 'go for it'. In this film theres a new family who move into Amityville. You know that any family that includes Burt Young and Rutanya Alda as members is going to …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 29- The Amityville Horror Part 2- The Possession (1982)
I actually saw this back in the 80's when it was called Piranha 2: Flying Killers. Theres really not much plot except that there is a shoal of piranhas who have wings terrorising a resort. Pulitzer Prize worthy stuff. The lead female character seems to have been based on Stevie Wayne from The Fog if …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 7- Piranha 2- The Spawning
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