The film for the final (six in a row) October Watch Party was The Boogens. I really like The Boogens, it's sort of my go-to film showing how well a small, independent movie can be made. I can't say it's great in any aspect, but it's really good in all of them; script, direction,…
Ending a run of six (!) weekly October watch parties, we cap things off on Halloween night. Hope to see you there.Back to fortnightly showings after that.
Sadly, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (surely a lifelong dream of his) was made for Netflix. It is getting a limited theatrical release starting today, but will be in theaters shortly and not playing everywhere. Why? I don't know. Also, Netflix is premiering it next week, because, you know, why would you release an expensive,…
Friday's Discord Watch Party featured The Norliss Tapes, basically Dan Curtis' alternate version of The Night Stalker. Both feature writers recording their supernatural adventures on tape cassettes. The BIG difference is that Roy Thinnes (The Invaders) is no Darren McGavin, and that's to radically understate things. Still, the movie is pretty decent by itself…
Yesterday, I listed some Universal classics presently available on Amazon Prime. Yet I could almost hear some of you protesting, "Ken, we're young hep cats who don't grok those cheesy old movies! We want something more, like, Now!, man, more up to date and with it!"Luckily, Prime is prepared for such heresy, as they…
Halloween approaches swiftly. Many of us are covered for stuff to watch via our personal home video libraries. However, for those looking to branch out, don't forget YouTube and Amazon Prime. The latter has unsurprisingly beefed up its horror offering for the month. To start with, they have a small but nice selection of…