In 1992, Doctor Mordrid emerged from the depths of B-movie magic, a film that feels like a low-budget Doctor Strange movie — because, well, it almost was. This was to be an adaptation of that Marvel Comics character, that is, until the pre-production phase took so long that by the time filming started, they lost…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) – Review
Kenji Misumi’s The Ghost of Yotsuya is one of those films that proves ghost stories don’t need jump scares to crawl under your skin. It’s a tale of betrayal, greed, and vengeance that trades gore for atmosphere, letting guilt and paranoia do the heavy lifting. By the time Oiwa’s spectral face floats across the screen,…
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) – Review
Some movies are classics because they’re brilliant. Others are classics because they’re accidents. And then there’s The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, a film so dedicated to proving “science has gone too far” that it basically becomes a PSA for never letting your boyfriend operate on you in a basement. It’s a Frankenstein riff, a medical…
The Wraith (1986) – Review
In one of the most 80s movies ever made — and I mean that as both a compliment and a warning — we get Charlie Sheen showing up in a small Arizona town in the role of a mysterious stranger. At the very same time, a black, otherworldly turbo interceptor rolls into town like Darth…
The Hearse (1980) – Review
Some movies slip through the cracks of horror history—not quite cult classics, not quite forgotten relics, but instead hovering in that strange purgatory where genre fans know of them without necessarily having seen them. The Hearse, directed by George Bowers, is exactly that sort of film.