To read the film geek room you’d think that ‘superhero movies’ are some great burden that has been holding film back. There are just so many of them. It’s all anyone makes. It’s all anyone talks about. Oh Lord Above, what about the OTHER movies? Whenever I read these screeds, I can’t decide whether… Continue reading Project Power – review
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Reviews of movies and books.
The Clovehitch Killer – review
The Clovehitch Killer is just the sort of sneaky good movie you need to clean the palette once in a while. I end up watching a LOT of movies these days and, as such, I watch a lot of mediocre to regrettable films. Films that seem to almost be made on accident by people… Continue reading The Clovehitch Killer – review
Mary – review
Mary is a strange sort of film. It’s a lower tier horror effort in every sense but with a respectable cast. How did this happen? I mean, it HAPPENS, but it’s rare when it does and…why? It’s hard to believe that Gary Oldman was that desperate for work and Emily Mortimer and Jennifer Esposito… Continue reading Mary – review
The Quick and the Dead – review
In watching the 4K disc for Sam Raimi’s The Quick and the Dead I am reminded of when it came out and how excited I was. I have been a fan of Mr. Raimi’s films since I was a teenager and discovered the world of The Evil Dead with friends. His frenetic style and over… Continue reading The Quick and the Dead – review
We Summon The Darkness – review
WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS is a crafty little badger. As part of the modern ‘Satanic Panic’ and ‘1980’s’ resurgence we’ve seen in horror cinema it plays a fun little game with our expectations and biases going in and mostly manages to keep its ball of string together. The story for WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS follows… Continue reading We Summon The Darkness – review
Body at Brighton Rock – review
Body at Brighton Rock is a strange little indie film. Presented in listings as a horror film, with an awkward poster that comes across as an awkward comedy and that’s sort of how the movie plays out. A young woman working with the park ranger service takes someone shift to put signage along the walking… Continue reading Body at Brighton Rock – review
Smiling Woman – short film review
I have loved movies since I was a kid. I grew up watching Disney on the television, and then Abbott & Costello and when I could go to the movies I was a student of everything I could devour. I really started to find what flavors best suited my palette though as a teenager and… Continue reading Smiling Woman – short film review
The Ward (OR John Carpenter’s The Ward – chris ringler’s the review!
Can I tell you how glad I am that John Carpenter is back? I have loved this man’s films since I was a kid and to have him getting back to form is amazing to me. Sure, this isn’t a homerun, this isn’t the ‘good old days’ but this is a big step forward.… Continue reading The Ward (OR John Carpenter’s The Ward – chris ringler’s the review!
Half Moon
I have to admit that it’s a nice surprise to find a low budget horror film that actually seems to have the same idea I always say these types of movies SHOULD have, and that is to focus on what you have and can do and not what you cannot do. Too many indie horror… Continue reading Half Moon
Bleading Lady
I think I discovered a new type of movie, a new subgenre. No, it's true. Torture Corn. Movies about torturing and killing people but which are not serious in the least. Hm, no, that isn't right. Rats. I'll work on it. Anyway, the movie that inspired this new idea for a subgenre is Bleading Lady,… Continue reading Bleading Lady
S&Man – review
S&Man For fans of horror films there is always the allure of the unknown and the unseen. There is always the pull of the forbidden. When I was in my teens and twenties the bootleg horror market was booming. There were all kinds of horror movies from Asia, Europe, Mexico, even the U.S. that went… Continue reading S&Man – review
Unthinkable – movie review
Unthinkable – review For a good many years the United States has lived beneath the shadow of What If, a shadow that became all the longer after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This is a specter that has haunted the arts and media heavily but rarely do we get past the jingoism of… Continue reading Unthinkable – movie review
American Fetish – review
Ya know, far be it for me, or any of us suckers lucky enough to get movies in the mail to review, to ever say that reviewing movies is a chore but, darn, sometimes it really is. Most of the time even the bad movies are watchably bad, and are at least amusing but once… Continue reading American Fetish – review
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 