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John’s Horror Corner: The Evil (1978), this “classic” haunting would best be...
MY CALL: This was… not good. Lame, boring, bad death scenes… I have nothing good to say about this. Perhaps because of the director’s (Gus Trikonis; Baywatch, Beauty and the Beast) general...
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John’s Horror Corner: When Evil Lurks (2023; aka Cuando acecha la maldad), an...
MY CALL: If you often feel that horror fails to cultivate the dread, utter shock, and dire hopelessness it deserves, then this is the gut-punching atmospheric film you need in your life. That is all....
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John’s Horror Corner: Sorority House Massacre (1986), this female-directed...
MY CALL: Some blood, weak death scenes, no actual gore, and nothing scary. Still, solid characters and story (even if highly and obviously derivative) made this an experience I did not regret. I’m not...
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John’s Horror Corner: Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992), an even more wild and...
MY CALL: This sequel is much less horror and more of an anthology-esque mix of Sci-Fi, fantasy and horror with moderate to hokey doses of comedy and loads of great effects. It’s silly and light, but...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Game (1984; aka The Cold), an incredibly boring...
MY CALL: This ranks among the most boring horror I’ve endured. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Game: Much better movies to watch about deadly games instead include Red Room (1999), Would You Rather (2012), Cheap...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Last Days on Mars (2013), an acceptable Sci-Horror...
MY CALL: Good enough, entertaining enough, but nothing great. However, truth be told, there are much better Sci-Horror space and Mars exploration movies. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Last Days on Mars: Red...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Power (1984), an Aztec demon, a greedy academic and...
MY CALL: Just okay. Not regrettable, but nothing I’m recommending either. Effects and gore are just too infrequent for me. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Power: For a much better horror experience with a...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Hellmaster (1992), a laughably bad ‘poor man’s Prince of...
MY CALL: The death scenes suck. The bad guys are lame. The villain has insanely questionable yet unexplained motives. So watching this with friends throwing vicious mockery at the screen is the...
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John’s Horror Corner: Infinity Pool (2023), Cronenberg, provocateur be thy...
MY CALL: Wow. This film is a gut punch of surreal-ish reality told with such twisted morality that it feels like it simply would happen just this way… for those few, privileged, wealthy and perverse...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Wax Mask (1997; aka Maschera di cera), this period...
MY CALL: Great gore, really fun and ambitious effects, a horror period piece, and well made by several huge names in Italian horror. How had I never heard of this!?! I guess another solid movie...
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John’s Horror Corner: Brainscan (1994), an early techno-horror about a...
MY CALL: This movie opens and closes with gore, CGI effects and horror, and middles in the realm of crime thriller with a lot of illegal legal advice from a videogame demon. Yeah, I’d watch that...
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John’s Horror Corner: Spellcaster (1988), a serviceably campy supernatural...
MY CALL: This is another one of those movies where the plot is completely vacuous, the characters all suck, and absolutely random, weird, supernatural things and/or monsters befall the victims with no...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies (1992), another laughably bad,...
MY CALL: Just another super low budget “sexy killer hot chicks luring men to their death” kinda’ bad movie. I watched it purely for the cast and in hopes that the meat pie cannibalism would lead to...
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John’s Horror Corner: Witchboard (1986), a solid classic 80s “Ouija horror”...
MY CALL: This movie is refreshingly well made for its era and budget. A lot is done with a little when everyone involved cares about the product. Sure, you’ll wish for more graphic horror. But you...
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John’s Horror Corner: 976-EVIL (1988), a campy and feisty, Freddy-inspired...
MY CALL: This is one of those horror movies that has the mildly zany flavor and style of a NOES sequel (like NOES 3-5-ish). Maybe that’s your taste. It’s certainly mine. MORE MOVIES LIKE 976-EVIL: I’d...
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John’s Horror Corner: Suitable Flesh (2023), a body-swapping Lovecraftian...
MY CALL: Folks, I love all things Lovecraftian from the wild adaptations of the 80s to more contemporary releases… and I really liked this movie. Gory, intense, boundary-pushing and insidious, it...
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John’s Horror Corner: Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway (1993), a squandered...
MY CALL: This sequel will leave fans of Witchboard (1986) disappointed. This may not be unwatchable by any means, but it’s not good either. MORE MOVIES LIKE Witchboard 2: Witchboard (1986) was...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor (1991), a completely...
MY CALL: The best feature of this movie is our ability to laugh at its stupidity. There’s a teleporting murderer in a leisure suit, a dominatrix occultist store keeper, a strip club that serves lunch,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Dr. Giggles (1992), a wonderfully funny “medical...
MY CALL: This movie is solid! It’s silly without becoming annoying, very funny with excellent pacing, and it holds up shockingly well. I think I enjoyed it as much in 2024 as I did in 1993, when I saw...
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John’s Horror Corner: Mindwarp (1991; aka, Brain Slasher), this...
MY CALL: This was surprisingly not bad at all. I mean, it’s not conventionally good. But not bad! Strong recommendation for aficionados of lower budget Sci-Fi of the era. MORE MOVIES LIKE Mindwarp:...
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