Category Archives: The Reviewinator

1999 was a busy year for movies. With the millennium approaching, studios were cranking out bigger and more epic movies than ever before in hopes of drawing in the crowds before the impending Y2K disaster. But there was one movie … Continue reading →

Remember 25 years ago when Rocky V came out, and it was the last one? And then 16 years later Rocky Balboa came out and it was the last, last one? Well, it’s now 9 years after that, and we have the … Continue reading →

It’s been such a long time coming. Not since the 1960’s has a (official) James Bond movie been legally allowed to use the name SPECTRE: the worldwide criminal organization that becomes the bane of Bond’s existence. Sure, Quantum of Solace … Continue reading →

I normally detest remakes. You want to remake something? Take a bad movie that wasted its potential and do what it should have done the first time. But don’t try to hijack the fanbase of an existing franchise as if it … Continue reading →

“For God’s sake…how do you stop it?!” And now we come to the (former) concluding chapter in the Evil Dead trilogy. Originally titled Evil Dead III, or The Medieval Dead, rights issues and a change of studios forced Sam Raimi and friends … Continue reading →

“Are you listening to me? You hear what I’m saying? I’M ALL RIGHT!!!………I’m all right.” Bruce Campbell returns in fine form in this superior sequel to the classic Evil Dead. For legal reasons, Sam Raimi and friends couldn’t use footage from the … Continue reading →

As you may have guessed by the very fact that this review exists, I am a hardcore Evil Dead fan. I’m even a fan of everything that has to do with it: books, comics, video games, you name it. Horror movies … Continue reading →

Low-budget horror is practically its own genre. With the PG-13 fests Hollywood has been cranking out for the last decade, and seemingly-unending franchises like Saw and Paranormal Activity, it’s painfully obvious that people with way too much money are always trying too hard … Continue reading →

As other reviews have noted, the story behind Never Say Never Again is far more interesting than the movie itself. What started off as a collaboration of ideas soon became a legal battle between friends, letting a judge decide who was … Continue reading →