In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo! (1985)
The most surprising thing about a title like In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo isn't so much that it exists, but that it's surprisingly easy to memorize!Tim is a 'kid' back home...
View ArticleSleeping Beauty (2011)
Oh for the love of God, I swear, you could make a movie as grotesquely disturbing and tasteless as possible, and film critics would absolutely love it so long as you include extended tracking shots of...
View ArticleAstro Boy (2009)
I'm not really all that much of an Astro Boy fan, but if it's on TV, I'll watch it, and I know enough about the series to know when an adaptation totally screws things up! Case in point, the 2009...
View ArticleEvil Under the Sun (1982)
Agatha Christie has always been one of my favourite writers, and she has the distinction of never having gone downhill! Her 'last' book Postern of Fate wasn't all that good, if I remember correctly,...
View ArticleDark Age (1987)
In the Australian outback, an extremely rare giant crocodile is roaming the land, claiming numerous victims. Crocodile specialist Steve Harris (John Jarratt) is sent in to find and kill the crocodile,...
View ArticleThe Gruffalo (2009) and The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
On Christmas Day last year, there were two short films playing back to back on one of the ABC channels, and I was tempted to watch them when I had some downtime. They were The Gruffalo, and The...
View ArticleElla the Elephant (2013-)
Based on a series of books by Carmela and Steven D'Amico, Ella the Elephant is a CG animated Canadian children's show that I got into recently after seeing it on TV, and it's been an extremely...
View ArticleRamblin' Man/Concrete Cowboys (1979])
J.D. Reed and Will Eubanks are two friends drifting from place to place. After a card game altercation, they train-hop to Nashville. They need a place to stay, and J.D. remembers meeting someone at a...
View ArticleInferno (1980)
Italian horror legend Dario Argento built himself a big reputation over the years, making some extremely popular movies. One of his most famous is the witch-centric Suspiria, which received a follow-up...
View ArticleBlacula (1972)
Back in the 70's, there was an influx of Blaxploitation flicks-Movies which featured predominately black casts. These films ranged from original material, to sort-of knock-offs, with entries such as...
View ArticleDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror...
Ugh, you mean this movie isn't Zoltan, Hound of Dracula?! Pass!...Wait, it was directed by Curtis Harrington? Oh, neatoriffic! Screw adorable vampire puppies then!Tragedy strikes the Barry family when...
View ArticleCathy's Curse (1977) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense's The...
When it comes to horror films of specific genres, I like to know the benchmarks. For example, Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are the benchmarks of movies based on Ed Gein,...
View ArticleThe Demons of Ludlow (1983) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense's The...
Wow, The Demons of Ludlow is yet another Bill Rebane flick that's mildly tolerable! Maybe next time I should go watch Monster A-Go-Go, and see what he's like when terrible, because as it stands, I've...
View ArticleThe Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror...
I love effort in DVD's! I've got this 10-pack of B-Movies, and it replicates the drive-in experience with its nifty menus! This lends a neat atmosphere to its selection of films, especially if you're...
View ArticleAnnabelle (2014) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense's The Shortening]
The Conjuring was a lauded horror movie, and its 'true life' (quotation marks may or may not be necessary, depending on whether you believe the tale to be true or not), and it was certainly an...
View ArticleThe Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
Holy crap, there's another experimental Dr. Caligari movie, and it's directed by Peter Sellers?! No, no, it's Sellars. Peter Sellars with an A is an American theatre director, and artist, and in 1991,...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club (1985) [The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense's The...
I remember when I first saw John Hughes high school classic The Breakfast Club. It was in high school, and pretty much the only halfway decent memory from that place. Not that it was terrible, but...
View ArticleA Review and Essay on Jean Rollin's Rape of the Vampire (1968)
The year is 1968. At the time, Paris was an unpleasant place to be, due to the May revolution. Strikes and riots were going on, and theatres were shut down, but all over the city, there were a very...
View ArticleRealms of the Haunting (1996)
Back in the 1990's, when video game developers discovered the wonders of CD's, they immediately were awash with ideas of what they could use this new technology for. Unfortunately, they never stopped...
View Article