Future Justice (2014)
There’s nothing like a theme week — in this case, another “Apoc Week” — to expose us to a filmmaker that we’ve never heard of, well, at least not moi. Now, you know all about the B&S love for all things SOV, especially when it comes to the resumes of ’80s direct-to-video purveyors Dennis Devine […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla (2014)
After the release of 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the franchise, Toho announced that it would not produce any films featuring the Godzilla character for ten years. They made good on their promise by demolishing the gigantic water stage on its lot that had been used in so many films. […]
Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
Zach Lipovsky, who made Tasmanian Devils, Dead Rising: Watchtower, Freaks and the live action Kim Possible made this movie, which probably already had Leprechaun fans upset because Warwick Davis was gone and in his place was WWE wrestler Hornswoggle. This version of the character isn’t making jokes and appears in a movie that’s closer to Midsommar than a slasher. It […]
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014)
Actor/director Shahin (Sean) Solimon is the first Persian-American actor to play Sinbad The Sailor in an American made film, which would be this movie, which now has director’s cut and expanded stop-motion VFX and new scenes. This looks like old claymation mixed with modern desktop special effects, as well as narration by Patrick Stewart, which […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 30: Dark Dungeons (2014)
DAY 30. BRING IT ON HOME: Something filmed in Seattle. I love Jack Chick. Completely and utterly love everything he ever put out. Dark Dungeons is one of his best tracts. I went to a high school that had decided that Dungeons & Dragons was a gateway to Satan and banned it from being played. […]
SLASHER MONTH: Watch Me Die (2014)
Spoiler warning: I hate found footage movies. I see them as flimsy excuses to either put handcuffs on a production or a cheap way to cut costs. It rarely, if ever, works for me and I’m often bored within minutes. Why shoehorn yourself into one way to tell the story when cinema offers so many […]
2020 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 16: Frank (2014)
DAY 16. MASKS ARE REQUIRED: You guessed it, at least one character has to wear a mask for the entire movie. Chris Sievey was a comedian and musician who started his music career by hitchhiking with his brother and heading to the headquarters of Apple Records, where they did a sit-in and demanded to meet […]
Remake Remix Rip-Off (2014)
As you may have learned from this week of films, Turkey is one of the biggest producers of pop culture in the world, despite a film industry that still has no budget, huge demand and little to no training. To keep up, often screenwriters and directors began creating cover versions of movies and characters from […]
Late Phases (2014)
I loved Adrián García Bogliano’s Here Comes the Devil, so I was excited for this werewolf film. It’s not as amazing as that film, but there are some interesting parts to this story. Will McKinley (Ethan Embry, Empire Records) has moved his blind vet dad Ambrose (Stakeland, We Are What We Are) into a retirement home. Ambrose is […]
Diamonds to Dust (2014)
Jayne Mansfield possessed an IQ of 163, played violin and piano at a concert level, had a degree in science, spoke 5 languages fluently and yet was known as a dumb blond. Her career was as short as her life was turbulent, with three ex-husbands, five children, addictions to booze and pills, and a car crash […]
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