WARNING. Spoilers! Damien Thorn is progressing up the political ladder by hook or by crook. The methods used are exemplified by the first kill in the film in which The U.S.Ambassador to the UK crosses paths with Thorn's Rottweiler and then goes back to his office and kills himself by blowing his brains out, completely …
Continue reading Review- The Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981)
This is a film that I finally got to see when it was shown on late-night TV. My family had by then purchased a VCR and so the timer facility came in handy if a film I wanted to see was on too late for me. I would watch these cinematic shockers the next morning. …
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 Review- Amityville 2: The Possession (1982)
When I first saw Jaws 2 I was 6 years old and I watched it when it was first shown on network TV. I loved it and I thought of it as a worthy sequel to the original. Would I feel the same as a 48-year-old? Erm, no. Let's get the obvious out of the …
I still remember my friend Ollie coming into the school I attended and telling me at breakneck speed that he had seen Rocky IV the day before at the local cinema, everything that happened in it and how great it was. Word of mouth is the best kind of 'hype' for a movie. 'I need …
aka Predator Goes To The City. Things I liked about Predator 2- - It looks great. A fantastic comic book style and a vibrant colour palate. The framing is very comic book-like also. - The cast. No, we don't get Arnie again but we do get Danny Glover, Bill Paxton and Gary Busey. But the …
I love it when sequels include the ending of the previous film as a recap for the audience. It's very considerate. I had forgotten nearly all of what happened in this film but it all came flooding back as I started to watch it. The last time I watched Rocky 2 was on VHS in …
I first saw The Howling 3 in 1989 on home video and thought ‘What the hell was that?!’ I saw it again today and again thought ‘What the hell was that?!’ The film is a curio for sure. It bears no relation (except by name) to the other films in the franchise and feels more …
The sequel to Wonder Woman was rescheduled time and time again because of the emergence of COVID-19 and cinemas being off limits. It's finally been released however but can also be streamed on HBO Max which has made some to say that cinemas may be a thing of the past. So is this sequel as good …
I remember when this was released on home video in 1988. I couldn't wait to watch it as the poster alone harked back to the original film, it's mythology and the very Panaglide soaked vision that helped make it such a masterpiece. I was hoping for the film to be just as impressive. If they …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 23- Halloween 4- The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
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