Striking Distance (1993)
If you live anywhere else in the world other than Pittsburgh, you’d never care about this movie. But within Allegheny County, Striking Distance is celebrated with the same ardor that some folks reserve for movies like Gone With the Wind and Citizen Kane. Sure, other movies have been filmed here. But few have the names of our streets shouted […]
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Originally airing on October 24, 1981, Dark Night of the Scarecrow was directed by Frank De Felitta, who wrote Audrey Rose and The Entity. It was originally intended to be an independent film, but was bought by CBS. Somewhere in the Deep South, a mentally challenged giant named Charles Eliot “Bubba” Ritter (Larry Drake) becomes friends with a […]
Pet Sematary (2019)
I must confess that I have no love whatsoever for the 1989 version of Pet Sematary other than Fred Gwynne’s famous line read of “Sometimes, dead is better.” When I saw it in the theater, it felt paced and read like a comedy when it certainly shouldn’t. For all the movies made from King’s works, it’s […]
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