STEPHEN KING WEEK: The Night Flier (1997)
The Inside View is a tabloid all about blood, gore and Fortean stories that is mentioned in several Stephen King stories, like Desperation, Insomnia, The Waste Land, Bag of Bones, Needful Things and Doctor Sleep. In The Night Flier, cynical reporter Richard Dees (the superb and sadly deceased Miguel Ferrer) is the senior reporter for that rag, […]
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Are you sick of superhero movies? People love to discuss how there have been too many lately. But think about this — in 1950, there were 134 Western/cowboy movies made. So sure, there have been plenty of comic book related movies. But I don’t think we’ve reached saturation point yet. Deadpool started as a ripoff […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Creepshow 2 (1987)
In a perfect world, Creepshow 2 would be even better than the original. But sadly, the world is not perfect and we often have to make due with what we have. Directed by Michael Gornick, who was the cinematographer for Romero’s Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders, Day of the Dead and the original Creepshow, this follow-up is based once again […]
Coco (2017)
We’ve been watching so many animated movies lately. And the truth is, so many of them blow away real movies. This movie wrecked us. It’s one of the most emotional journeys I’ve seen in some time and that’s no exaggeration. Based on an original idea by Lee Unkrich (who directed Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo) and co-directed by him […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Originally airing on May 7, 1991 on CBS, this TV movie adaption of King’s short story was originally going to be part of Cat’s Eye. The story was originally published in Cavalier Magazine and is part of the short story collection Night Shift. Jim Norman (Tim Matheson, Buried Alive) has moved back home to become a teacher, years after […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Creepshow (1982)
Sometimes, a movie is so perfect that you can’t objectively discuss it. Creepshow is that kind of movie — a perfect combination of portmanteau, E.C. comics, goopy special effects and gross-out humor. It’s also the perfect melding of some of the greatest talents in horror — George Romero, Tom Savini, Bernie Wrightson and Stephen King. This film is […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Thinner (1996)
Adapting Stephen King isn’t always easy. There are folks that have done it well and others that have really done a horrible job. Few folks get multiple chances, but one of them is Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play, Psycho 2), who made this and The Langoliers. Unlike most movies, there is not a single person that you’ll […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Salem’s Lot (1979)
If you’re a writer in a Stephen King story, never ever go home. Nothing good is waiting for you there. Nothing at all. If your home is in New England, just forget about it. In fact, even if you aren’t a writer, don’t go back home. Don’t reunite with your friends. Just be happy with […]
The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
Directors are notoriously horrible to the actors in their films. Witness the way Friedkin treated the cast of The Exorcist or how Hitchcock told Tippi Hedren that mechanical birds would be used in a scene in The Birds, only for real ones to be used in an incident that she described as “brutal and ugly and relentless.” […]
Savage Streets (1984)
If I were writing this review at any time other than 4:40 AM and had more than two hours sleep in the past two days, I wouldn’t be full of hyperbole, pacing through my house, mumbling to myself things like, “Savage Streets is the greatest movie ever made!” and “Why did they make any more […]
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