I’ve always wondered how difficult it would be to make an adaptation to a work by H.P. Lovecraft. Surely, it would be a horror film and one would hope that a cerebral, psychological vibe would be present. How does one convey the psychological torment endured by Lovecraft’s unfortunate protagonists? Surreal imagery, perhaps, or intriguing sound…
Cut (2000)
In my defense, I found this in the $2 flat rate bin at the local job lot. Sadly, I was expecting some terrible jewels in the rough, but this is all I could find. There were some bizarre childrens’ videos, but they scared me even more. It was nightmarish. Slashers really are the bane of…
Felidae (1994)
If you were to take a classic “whodunit” and replace all the major players with cats, you’d probably end up with something like Felidae. Hailing from our friends in Germany, Felidae carries the distinction of being the most expensive German animated feature film ever produced costing in excess of 10 million marks (about $7,453,381.23). However,…
Watership Down (1978)
My fascination with the darker aspects of animated features has led me to review Watership Down. Based on the book of the same name by Richard Adams, Watership Down centers around a group of rabbits who must embark on a perilous exodus or risk being slaughtered by, you guessed it, humans. Unlike The Plague Dogs,…
Slime City (1988)
Once in the glorious 80’s, there was a great movie about people eating slime and the mayhem it ensued. That movie was The Stuff, Slime City is about a single man who just melts away and kills random undesirables. We don’t get as much of a narrative here about renegades from the social takeover of…
Hugo’s Jungle of Doom (1992)
You sons of bitches better get excited. Because the most anticipated Goshzilla review of all time (my arbitrary estimation) has finally arrived! I don’t write very often. In fact, my current article submission rate is somewhere in the range of once/twice a year. And if you sat down and did the math, you’d find that…
The Vindicator (1986)
Sometimes a movie comes alone and is a blantant rip-off of another popular movie at the time, but still holds up pretty well. Vindicator is a combinatinon of Robocop and Spawn, but tells a decent story in the mean time, so you can’t fault it all that much. It starts out with a chimp in…
Bug (2002)
Once in a while I’ll end up watching a movie that falls outside my usual genre comfort. I’m not entire sure what genre this is; it’s billed as a Comedy, and it’s not quite a drama. Whatever it is, it’s entertaining and keeps your interest from start to finish. The story (or stories really) follow…
The Plague Dogs (1982)
I’m always amazed when I re-watch cartoons from my younger years. Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s Modern Life, even Rugrats to some degree all had little kernels of adult humor I only now get. Rugrats had a very cerebral vibe with a lot of the background characters parodying many different roles from adult television shows (NYPD…
Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
Dennis Hopper, David Boreanaz, and Danny Trejo, how can we go wrong. Well Edward Furlong and Tara Reid for starters. But so many other things go wrong in this movie. I guess technically I can’t say it has no plot, since it copies the plot from the original. To recap: man loves girl, man wants…