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The Brain
In the history of fantastic bad ideas, none may seem as foolhardy as the fact that Ed Hunt, the director of the schlocky Canadian horror film The Brain, originally intended for the titular character, an alien from outer space encased in gelatinous goo who wants to use TV to brainwash the human race, the ability […]
A Schlock to the System: Film Festivals Part III
“THIS GUY wrote Dr. Giggles!” “Sorry about that.” His producer clearly ignored what I said. “Have you seen it?” “Yeah, I have. The ending really stunk, smacked of studio interference… Was it?” This prestigious writer, Graeme Whifler, snapped to attention and addressed my question. “I had nothing to do with the ending.” “Good for you.”
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
A Lovecraft anthology bookended by Jeffrey Combs playing Lovecraft himself penning 3 different “horror” tales. The first, directed by Christoph Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) is boring and confused, the second is fun, in a silly, gory, goopy, totally gratuitous nudity way, and has a telegraphed Twilight Zone ending, and the third is basically nonsensical […]
Dellamorte Dellamore
I first saw Dellamorte Dellamore in the theater in May of 1996 under the US title of Cemetery Man. I remember being very amused for the most part, it was a film that had a weird rhythm to it, an anything goes quality that certainly I didn’t see in most mainstream fare. At a certain […]
Beyond Re-Animator
Very disappointing. The charm of the first two films is in the humor and the amusingly low budget effects that “interact” with the cast. There is one creature in the opening sequence of Beyond Re-Animator, a rather uninspired one at that, and nothing else for about 75 more minutes after having to suffer through a […]