When a long-running franchise reaches the point where the idea of “In Space” seems to be the only viable option it may be time to cash in the chips and call it a day, and this was the problem New Line Cinema was facing after the disappointing fan reaction to Jason Goes to Hell, yet…
Tremors (1990) – Review
In what was basically a throwback to the creature-features of old director Ron Underwood and writers S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock came up with an idea they first dubbed “Land Sharks” – which was basically Jaws on land – but where they would stray from that classic monster formula was in the protagonists who wouldn’t…
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) – Review
After the low box-office returns of Jason Takes Manhattan, Paramount Pictures decided that enough was enough and sold the character rights of Jason Voorhees to New Line Cinema. Now, it would make the most sense to any sane person that New Line would reboot the franchise, but instead, they made a Friday the 13th movie without Jason Voorhees.
Them! (1954) – Review
“When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What we’ll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict” and it was these chilling words that closed out the 1954 classic science-fiction film Them! and set the tone for many such films to follow, a genre filled with nuclear-created…
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) – Review
Right off the top it should be mentioned that at no point is Manhattan taken, Jason Voorhees does eventually make it to the Big Apple but not only does he fail to take the city it barely gets a bite taken out of it. So rest easy dear viewer, for when the end credits roll…