Boy, oh boy did that slippery slope we have all been navigating suddenly turn into a water flume ride. WHOOSH! Down we go. It was bad enough when we had to start contending with the new breed of gaslighters who did it for profit and power alone. Bad actors that weaponized misinformation in ways never… Continue reading The Slippery Real
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Leave It
There’s something a bit macabre and unnerving in the need to whitewash, for lack of a better term, fiction and ‘art’ of any sort. While civilization and attitudes and beliefs should (should, I say) be more malleable, ‘fact’ and history should be set in stone. You don’t have to like it or agree with it… Continue reading Leave It
THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
I say it all the time but man alive do I love it when filmmakers tackle a style of found footage and keep to it. I love when they take that level of seriousness in hand and see it through. Much of the time this happens you end up seeing a more compelling film. Not… Continue reading THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 – Book of Shadows – and such…
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 was sorta doomed from the outset, wasn’t it? It was the sequel to a film that had been a touchstone for indie horror and had lit up pop culture. It rekindled a dormant sub-sub genre and had birthed a thousand imitators and parodies. The trouble with success is that it… Continue reading THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 – Book of Shadows – and such…
Art Is History/Art Is Commerce
It seems almost comical that we are suddenly thrust into a time of corporate greed and power that art can be made to casually disappear in order to save a few dollars. We are in a time when the malfeasance and poor business practices of corporations and mega-corporations has filtered down to the creative side… Continue reading Art Is History/Art Is Commerce
TERROR TRAIN 2 – review
Choo-Choo, all aboard the murder express! I guess. Someone used that in a review, right? Tell me they did. SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE. Other than me, that is. Maybe not. So many folks try to be Clever Dans but just come off as snarky or mean. It isn’t even that it’s clever, it’s just, I… Continue reading TERROR TRAIN 2 – review
OUR TRIP TO BERRIBROOK – found footage review
I admit that I am a little surprised that the Lost In The Woods sub-sub-genre is still on fire but I do understand it. There’s something primal about it, about the idea of being in the middle of nowhere and being lost without any idea how to find your way back to safety. There’s a… Continue reading OUR TRIP TO BERRIBROOK – found footage review
Finding Our Footage – found footage musings
As much as folks get burned out by found footage, I tell you what, I never have, and consider myself lucky. I can see why you would get burned out, the style of found footage films being so strong and pronounced, that it’s a bit like the superhero burnout. It makes sense. The thing though… Continue reading Finding Our Footage – found footage musings
Black Adam review OR This Is How The DCU Ends…Sorta
The DCU, or rather the DC Universe of films and such is dead but just doesn’t seem to know it. Once the former overseer peaced out to head to greener shores and James Gunn and Peter Safran took over it was real clear that someone was going to pick that particular sandbox up and shake… Continue reading Black Adam review OR This Is How The DCU Ends…Sorta
Finding Your Way Around The Place
Hello and welcome, traveler! However you found my little slice of weird on the internet, welcome and hello. OK, for navigation purposes - If you came for the reviews (found footage specifically) - do a search for that tag. Reviews or Found Footage and you should find what you're looking for. If you want my… Continue reading Finding Your Way Around The Place
THE FLOCK – found footage review
I am a sucker for the ‘THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT ‘sort of found footage films. It lends a pseudo-authenticity to the film that makes you all tingly and scratches that murder-mystery itch. We KNOW this isn’t police property, but it’s fun to sorta believe it. The problem with this is, like found… Continue reading THE FLOCK – found footage review
Comfort Food – blog
I don’t know if we will fully understand the cost we paid for Covid for many years. Not the cost in lives, or the cost in the economy, or even the cost in our children’s welfare but in the general welfare of the society as a whole. We paid a price that there was no… Continue reading Comfort Food – blog
THE WILD MAN – SKUNK APE – found footage review
If there is a simple lesson in found footage films it’s to ‘keep it simple’. One of the draws to the subgenre is that these films feel as if they ‘could be real’. There is a reason so many of the good ones are very cut and dried - it works. The problem is that… Continue reading THE WILD MAN – SKUNK APE – found footage review
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 