A horror movie set in an elite boarding school is certainly nothing new — Dario Argento’s Suspiria and its 2018 remake being primary examples of this — but taking that horror setting and then blending it with a comedy element is a nice little twist, and casting the likes of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…
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Child’s Play (2019) – Review
In horror films, single moms just can’t catch a break, either their child is being possessed by demonic forces or being menaced by killer toys. It’s not fair, but there you have it. Back in 1988, Dan Mancini gave us one of the best films in this category, and it dealt with a kid’s toy…
The Banana Splits (2019) – Review
If you need proof that the 60s were a trippy-weird time, you need only to take a look back at the fantasy shows created by the legendary Sid and Marty Kroft, with such bizarre programs as The Bugaloos, Lidville, Sigmund and the Sea Monster, and H.R. Pufnstuff to their credit — this was the live-action arm…
It Chapter Two (2019) – Review
Don’t play with your food. If any advice were to be given to the murderous entity known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, that would be it. It’s just not going to end well for the villain. This adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 horror opus continues where the 2017 movie finished off, with the now much…
Swamp Thing (2019) – Review
In 1982, DC comics revived their Swamp Thing character to capitalize on Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing movie, but after a couple years, the book found itself nearing cancelation, with the title’s sales plummeting, so with nothing to lose, DC gave a relatively unknown English writer named Alan Moore free rein to revamp the title as…