The Omen (1976)

The Omen (1976) – So here’s a fun little fact about WordPress it keeps track of how many posts you publish and lets you know. A couple posts ago I noticed the numbers creeping upward… 663… 664… 665… I knew there was only one movie that could possibly be the subject of my 666th published … Continue reading

Final Destination 5 (2011)

Final Destination 5(2011) – In know all the stuff about “sequels suck” and blah blah blah but the slasher genre isn’t exactly one that was overly sophisticated to begin with. The value in the sequels (and why slasher flicks are that rare genre where many sequels wind up being more entertaining than the original) is in … Continue reading

Final Destination series

This article was originally published on 12ft.dwende.com on 12 August 2011. Sometimes you don’t need a guy in a hockey mask or the ghost of a murderer to haunt your dreams. Sometimes things like a mask of human skin and a chainsaw or an endless knowledge of slasher film trivia are just overkill. Sometimes all … Continue reading

Idle Hands (1999)

Idle Hands (1999) – This article was originally publiced on 12ftdwende.com on 10 June 2011 as part of a feature called “Guilty Pleasures.” As you may have noticed once or twice I will often point out the many flaws of a movie, sometimes going as far as to even call it a bad movie, then go … Continue reading

The Final Destination (2009)

The Final Destination (2009) — SECOND REVIEW [HBO]: Ah, the glory of watching a 3D movie in 2D. Not something like The Last Airbender where they hastily converted the 2D movie to 3D in post-production, but a movie conceived to exploit gimmicky 3D “throw shit at the camera” techniques. It’s all very silly when the … Continue reading