Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of a mysterious plateau – where dinosaurs miraculously still exist – in his 1912 book The Lost World, Hollywood has been more than eager to bring man and prehistoric beast together. Adapting Doyle’s book to the big screen in 1925 was certainly a no brainer, and basing a…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Zombeavers (2014) – Review
The horror/comedy subgenre is easily one of the hardest to pull off, as what a person finds funny and what scares them are two very subjective categories, but when it works, it can be a real treat for the viewer; just look at such films as Evil Dead 2 and Shaun of the Dead for…
Wait Till Helen Comes (2016) – Review
Horror Advice: If you notice that a younger sibling has an imaginary friend — one they talk to incessantly — there is a good chance that this supposedly imaginary friend is actually a vengeful spirit out to destroy your family, and you should be calling the local priest. Adapted from the book by Mary Downing Hahn, “Wait…
Clue (1985) – Review
People today take the idea of a movie being based on a video game as something almost commonplace – even goofy-ass games like Rampage get adaptations – but back in the mid-80s, producers John Landis and Debra Hill wanted to make a movie based on a board game – a game that didn’t even have…
Night of the Lepus (1972) – Review
Rabbits, nature’s most vicious killing machine, furred beasts that mercilessly stalk and devour their prey — or at least that is what MGM Studios wished audiences to believe when they released Night of the Lepus back in 1972. Based on Australian author Russell Braddon’s book The Year of the Angry Rabbit – a political satire…