Directed by David Gordon Green Trancas International Films/Rough House Pictures/Universal Pictures/Miramax/Blumhouse You remember in the remake of Friday the 13th how Jason had that underground lair? Well, Mikey Myers sorta has one of those in this idiotic picture, which additionally curries some Final Chapter/New Beginning zest. Which I guess is fitting, since this rebooted trilogy … Continue reading Halloween Ends (2022)
Directed by David Gordon Green BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS/MIRAMAX/TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS/ROUGH HOUSE PICTURES/Home Again Productions I don’t really have anything positive to say about this picture, so let’s go ahead and make that one fact nice and sparkling clear. What I have, instead, is what may pass for a philosophical question, especially within the realm of a … Continue reading Halloween Kills (2021)
directed by CHRISTOPHER LANDON Blumhouse Productions/Divide/conquer I will freely admit – I have to – that I’m a sucker for this exact sort of flick, to the extent that I knew I was going to like it as soon as I read a review of it. And I put off watching it for some reason … Continue reading Freaky (2020)
written and directed by zoe lister-jones blumhouse productions/columbia pictures/red wagon entertainment Man (cue ironic sound effect) is there a lot to unpack here. Less a legitimate horror picture, or even a reboot of the 1996 teen scream queen forerunner, than a thinly disguised manifesto of sorts about inclusion and acceptance, this high-school witchery drama occasionally … Continue reading The Craft Legacy (2020)
directed by jeff wadlow columbia pictures/BLUMHOUSE productions So I was doing my usual browsing for tripe when I came across this title, and thought to myself, “Well, that can’t possibly be – “ But it was, oh yes. An indefensible, uh, reimagining of the absurd escapist television drama of the late ’70s/early ’80s, which was … Continue reading Fantasy Island (2020)
written and directed by christopher landon blumhouse productions Okay, so, many/most of the same characters from the initial offering appear in this chapter because it reprises some key events, and increases the ramifications of the whole time warp thing. With a clever twist, of course. But in the tradition of sequels, it’s ramped up to … Continue reading Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
directed by christopher landon blumhouse productions Yeah, I didn’t go into this flick expecting a lighthearted feel-good romcom, but that’s kinda what’s wrapped up somewhere in its gooey, nougat-filled center … along with a whole lotta other stuff. If that sounds unduly negative, I apologize, but this film really has a little bit of everything … Continue reading Happy Death Day (2017)
written and directed by jordan peele blumhouse productions/qc entertainment So, this movie is of course “about” racism – both overt and latent – and comprises an intriguing spin on the cannibalism of African American culture for pasteurized Anglo pastimes, along with a pointed recasting of some disgraceful historical practices. This is achieved without too often … Continue reading Get Out (2017)
DIRECTED BY DAVID GORDON GREEN BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS/MIRAMAX/TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS/ROUGH HOUSE PICTURES/UNIVERSAL Okay, look, I don’t particularly care that they’ve rejiggered the canon so this is the “sequel” to the 1978 original; it may as well be considered the true successor to Rob Zombie’s 2007 reboot for as much cachet as that accords it. “Michael Myers” … Continue reading Halloween (2018)
directed by m. night shyamalan blinding edge pictures/blumhouse productions After watching this feature, I think I can better understand the opprobrium I’ve often seen hurled at its director in discussions of his oeuvre. Not that this is a bad movie, mind you; it does what it does fairly well, but it has a … credibility … Continue reading Split (2017)
SPACE RATS From Outer Space 