Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 30 April 2010. So a few weeks ago I mentioned that my favorite of the cinematic boogeymen is Freddy Krueger. What can I say, he got me young. From the boxes in the video store to the bits and pieces I’d catch on late night television, that … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
Slasher flicks thrived in the 1980s but a couple years into the 1990s the horror genre was in a noticeable decline. A screenwriter named Kevin Williamson decided that he wanted the final word on the slasher subgenre. He wrote a screenplay that was simultaneously a parody of and loving tribute to classic flicks like Halloween … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
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 →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dexter – “Once Upon a Time…” So I didn’t do any blogging last week so I’m kind of doing double-duty this week to catch up. So first I’m going over last week’s episode before moving on to this week’s. Dante Terrell Smith, better known as Mos Def, recently announced he will be rapping under the … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dexter – “Those Kinds of Things” We’re first treated to an in media res beginning with Dexter stabbed and called 911. How did we get to this point? How did Dexter lose the upper hand and find himself in such a precarious state? The paramedics show up and get needled. Turns out the beginning isn’t … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Kaboom (2010) ORIGINAL FACEBOOK MINIREVIEW Okay so I think I might write an expanded review of this film for 12ftdwende.com (edit: and now I have, http://12ftdwende.com/family/?p=4722; further edit: that link is now dead) when it gets a wider release. (It’s currently playing in New York and Los Angeles and played the Sundance Film Festival; I … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Halloween II (2009) — Anyone noticing a pattern here? Three Michael Myers movies in one day. Plus a movie featuring Mike Myers yesterday (interestingly enough Mike Myers is mentioned in Halloween II). So more of what worked in Rob Zombie’s Halloween, less of what didn’t, but it still evens out to about the same. The … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 