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The Reviewinator: Army of Darkness (1992)
“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
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Review: Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 1)
In many ways, Sam Raimi has rectified the tonal problems of Army of Darkness and glum period piece atmosphere with this extraordinarily decadent, riotously funny and rollicking beginning of what I hope is going to be a long-running series. Of … Continue reading
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Tagged ash williams, bruce campbell, evil dead, sam raimi
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The Reviewinator: Evil Dead II – Dead By Dawn (1987)
“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
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The Reviewinator: The Evil Dead (1981)
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
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The Reviewinator: Within the Woods (1978)
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
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Scream Factory Presents – Phantasm II (1988)
I might be in the minority when I say that Don Coscarelli’s 1979 outing Phantasm was an obscenely overrated relic that has only calcified with age. I shouldn’t have been preternaturally excited for the sequel but fortified with Universal Studio’s … Continue reading
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Tagged don coscarelli, phantasm
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Scream Factory Presents – Deadly Blessing (1981)
The Amish community is one of clandestine rituals and Rumspringa alone could be converted into a feasible horror film. On the other hand, Deadly Blessing scrutinizes the borderline cult aspects of the luddite lifestyle as if it were a pagan … Continue reading
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Tagged deadly blessing, scream factory, wes craven
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Scream Factory Presents – The Funhouse (1981)
To label the first half of the listless dud The Funhouse phlegmatic is an insult to mucus. It crawls on its hands and knees to a creature feature. It’s what Roger Ebert coined a Dead Teenager Movie with a slice-of-life … Continue reading
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Tagged scream factory, the funhouse, tobe hooper
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Scream Factory Presents – Blood and Lace (1971)
A giallo with a low body count that predates Black Christmas and Halloween for the opening POV tracking shot of the killer, Blood and Lace was an influential 1971 slasher picture. Under the harsh light of modern times, it’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged blood and lace, gloria grahame, scream factory
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The Reviewinator: Never Say Never Again (1983)
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
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