Friday the 13th series

I love intelligent horror movies and wish there were more of them. But you know what? I love the dumb ones too. Maybe more. I have no intellectual defense of it, I just like it. I don’t like them “ironically.” I don’t even know what that means really. I am simply entertained. And for big … Continue reading

Halloween series

So Halloween is upon us and this year it occurred to me that I had only seen half of the Halloween films. I decided to rectify that this year. Halloween (1978) You know I kind of go back and forth on Halloween. I last saw it in 2009 and thought that while good it was … Continue reading

The Prowler (1981)

The Prowler (1981) — So this is one of those 80s slasher flicks that I tend to enjoy.  This one had a particularly high reputation so i figured I’d check it out.  The reputation is entirely due to the high-quality gore work does by master of blood and guts Tom Savini.  Everything else about the … Continue reading

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) — So there are many things about this movie that make absolutely no fucking sense.  For starters [spoiler alert] in the first film the killer was the seemingly kind Mrs. Voorhees who was avenging the death of her “special needs” son Jason due to camp counselor negligence.  In the … Continue reading

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Clash of the Titans (1981) — There is unabashedly loving a movie and there is being able to intellectually defend that love and they don’t always intersect.  Watching Clash of the Titans on Blu Ray I see how a lot of the effects don’t quite hold up and some of the acting is pretty hammy.  … Continue reading