Ghost Of Mars (2001)

John Carpenter is one of my all time favourite directors. When I first saw John Carpenter’s Ghosts Of Mars (2001) on DVD when it came out, I was pretty disappointed. Then, later, when I found out it was originally intended as another Escape movie that was rewritten after Escape From LA’s lack of success, it […]

Night Of The Demons (1988)

I found Night Of The Demons (1988) a lot of fun even before the demons show up. With a classic horror movie set-up – a bunch of teens decide to party on Halloween night at an abandoned crematorium called Hull House – the characters are all teen cliches archetypes dialled up to cartoonish levels. There’s […]

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) feels like where Freddy Krueger graduated to pop culture mascot status (I mean, he’s rapping with The Fat Boys over the closing credits). From what I gather, this was the highest grossing of the series at the box office, and it vibes with franchise confidence. […]

Evil Of Dracula (1974)

Evil Of Dracula (1974; Chi o Sū Bara) is a Japanese cinematic riff on the Hammer Horror formula. It’s your basic Dracula story, this time imagined as taking place in an all-girls residential college out in the countryside. A new hunky psychology teacher, Professor Shiraki (Toshio Kurosawa) arrives by train and becomes acquainted with the […]

Bones (2001)

Bones (2001) is a horror movie about Snoop Dogg playing a 1970s-era pimp who comes back from the dead to take ghoulish revenge on those who crossed him. In the mix are a group of young promoters and musicians planning to open up a nightclub – unfortunately it’s in the building that Snoop Dogg’s character, […]