Tara (Victoria Sanchez) is a teenager in a traveling carnival show; she’s the Wolf Girl, being as she was born with hypertrichosis, making her hairy all over. She’s targeted by four mean kids, led by Krystal (Shelby Fenner) and Beau (Shawn Ashmore). She meets Ryan (Dov Tiefenbach), a boy whose mother (Lesley Ann Warren) isContinue reading “2001’s ‘Blood Moon’ (AKA ‘Wolf Girl’) is Sad but Satisfying”
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‘The Blair Witch Project’ is Dirty, Raw, and Original
Heather (Heather Donahue), Josh (Joshua Leonard), and Mike (Michael C. Williams) are making a documentary about the mysterious Blair Witch. They misplace their map and get lost in the woods. Meanwhile, they’re hearing weird noises, and someone is leaving behind odd items like stick figures and piles of rocks. As the situation becomes steadily moreContinue reading “‘The Blair Witch Project’ is Dirty, Raw, and Original”
1992’s ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is Funny and Entertaining–to the Max!
Not to be confused with the TV show of the same name; this is the film that the show sprang from. Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is a vapid cheerleader whose biggest responsibility is choosing a theme for the upcoming school dance. Then she meets Merrick (Donald Sutherland), who informs her that she’s the latest incarnation inContinue reading “1992’s ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is Funny and Entertaining–to the Max!”
‘The Astronaut’s Wife’ is a Creepy Thriller
Jillian (Charlize Theron) is, as the title suggests, married to an astronaut, Spencer (Johnny Depp). While on a trip to space, he and his colleague Alex (Nick Cassavetes) are repairing their shuttle and there’s an explosion, causing them to lose contact with NASA. Upon returning home, both men begin acting strangely. Shortly after, Jillian discoversContinue reading “‘The Astronaut’s Wife’ is a Creepy Thriller”
‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’ is an Utter Classic
Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) is a man so rocked by his wife passing away on the operating table (being horribly disfigured in a car wreck doesn’t help matters) he decides to kill the eight doctors and one nurse who couldn’t save her, with nine of the ten Biblical plagues: boils, bats, frogs, blood, hail, rats,Continue reading “‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’ is an Utter Classic”
1997’s ‘Aberration’ is Ridiculous but Occasionally Entertaining
Amy (Pamela Gidley) has just stolen fifty thousand dollars from her ex-boyfriend Uri (Valeriy Nikolaev) and needs to hole up for a while, so she heads to a secluded cabin. Unfortunately there’s a bunch of green goo around, which spawns lizards that are “evolving into a more efficient predator.” They have teeth, spit poison, growContinue reading “1997’s ‘Aberration’ is Ridiculous but Occasionally Entertaining”
‘April Fool’s Day’ is Fun and Delightfully Dated
A group of twenty-something friends and acquaintances are heading to an island to celebrate their friend Muffy’s (Deborah Foreman) birthday. Once there, they run into trouble when they discover there’s a killer among them and no way off the island. Meanwhile Muffy’s behavior is becoming increasingly erratic. It seems everyone present has “little secrets” they’dContinue reading “‘April Fool’s Day’ is Fun and Delightfully Dated”
‘An American Haunting’ is…Definitely Less Ridiculous than the Book it’s Based On
It’s 1817, and Betsy Bell (Rachel Hurd-Wood) is a teenage girl who appears to be either possessed or haunted by an angry ghost who slaps her and pulls the blankets off of her bed, among other things. There are also weird noises and otherworldly animals skulking about the family property. Betsy’s father John (DonaldContinue reading “‘An American Haunting’ is…Definitely Less Ridiculous than the Book it’s Based On”
Park Ky-hyeong’s ‘Acacia’ is Gorgeous and Melancholy
Korean movie. Mi-sook (Shim Hye-jin) and Do-il (Jin-geun Kim) are a married couple who are having trouble conceiving a child. They adopt an artistic loner named Jin-sung (Oh-bin Mun). He adjusts fairly well, with the help of his adopted parents, Do-il’s father, and new friend Min-jee (Na-yoon Jeong)—though he seems to think the acacia treeContinue reading “Park Ky-hyeong’s ‘Acacia’ is Gorgeous and Melancholy”
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