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John’s Horror Corner: Severed Ties (1992), a kooky mad scientist movie...
MY CALL: Whimsically stupid, low budget, and pretty self-aware, this movie is for the horror-comedy bad movie connoisseur who enjoys even the dumbest fare. MORE MOVIES LIKE Severed Ties: For more...
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John’s Horror Corner: Die’ced (2023), a moderately bloody, very mean,...
MY CALL: This is an ultra-low budget, poor man’s Terrifier (2016). MORE MOVIES LIKE Die’ced: Well, obviously Terrifier (2016) and Terrifier 2 (2022). They’re both superior at what Die’ced aims to be....
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Buried Alive (1989), loosely adapted from an Edgar Allan...
MY CALL: Very, very loosely based on Poe’s “The Premature Burial,” this is among the finer curated Bad Movie Tuesday selections. It’s not slapstick nor deliberately stupid, there are no cheap rubber...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Cellar (1988), the classic story of young boy...
MY CALL: For 75 minutes this movie tries to cultivate a rich story and meaningful characters while slogging you through an occasional monster claw and general boredom. The last 10 minutes, however, is...
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John’s Horror Corner: WitchTrap (1989), a haunted house movie that isn’t...
MY CALL: Another passable yet forgettable installment in 80s horror. MORE MOVIES LIKE WitchTrap: I’d stick with Night of the Demons (1988) and Witchboard (1986). We open with some extra hokey haunting...
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John’s Horror Corner: Plank Face (2016), a truly bizarre, depraved,...
MY CALL: What did I just watch…? No really. WTF? Whatever this is, this is only for the most adventurous of film connoisseur who are comfortable having their moral limits tested. So much depravity,...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Sect (1991; aka La Setta, The Devil’s Daughter), an...
MY CALL: Slow and plotty, perhaps quite overly thought out, and slow as a consequence. But this film has a lot of intriguing ideas for the patient, thoughtful, and entomophilic viewer. MORE MOVIES...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981), the bonkers Sci-Fi...
MY CALL: Just weird, bizarre, Sci-Fi lunacy with one part love story and one part creature feature slapstick horror poured over a half-baked bonkers roast. MORE MOVIES LIKE Visitors from the Arkana...
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John’s Horror Corner: Lowlifes (2024), a domestic survival horror that...
MY CALL: This was pretty good. The acting, writing, production, gore and violence are all executed well. But I won’t lie—I kind of wanted more. More meanness, more gore, more humor, more extremity,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Infested (2023; aka Vermines), a much more serious,...
MY CALL: This film was excellent. Everything about this was great. It was truly a blast and a pleasure, and it will make your skin crawl in the best way possible. Why haven’t you seen this yet? Go see...
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John’s Horror Corner: Poltergeist III (1988), a satisfying close to the...
MY CALL: This “part III” features great characters, a wild diversity of special effects gags, and a well-earned creepy distrust for mirrors. I find it highly rewatchable, very fun, a bit jumpy and...
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John’s Horror Corner: Laid to Rest (2009), viciously gory with truly...
MY CALL: This movie’s death scenes are outrageously awesome. If you’ve bypassed this movie thinking “yeah, it doesn’t look that great” and you like gory death scenes, you need a strong...
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John’s Horror Corner: Quarantine (2008), the “found footage” remake of the...
MY CALL: This high-energy, found footage zombie movie is blessed with great characters, tactful direction, just enough gore, and some jumpy surprises. Exquisitely made, deeply cast, and definitely a...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Boogeyman (2023), an enjoyable PG-13 “family...
MY CALL: This would be better advertised as a jumpy “monster in the closet” type of “monster movie.” It’s fun, creepy, well-acted, and exciting once the monster is in play. Definitely not the...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: The Boogeyman (1980), a pretty lame but pretty fun to...
MY CALL: This silly, campy, extra bad movie is a perfect Bad Movie Tuesday. The death scenes occasionally don’t seem like they’d be fatal, we never properly understand what the evil entity even is,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011), a grisly sequel...
MY CALL: Not as good as part 1, but still a gory, gooey, sticky, gross slasher delight that remains mean to the bone. MORE MOVIES LIKE Laid to Rest 2: For more ultra-mean and ultra-gory slasher fare,...
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John’s Horror Corner: Inbred (2011), an ultra-gory, pretty cheaply made...
MY CALL: This British “hillbilly horror” may just be the bad movie you’re looking for if you enjoy insufferably awful writing complemented by ambitiously very graphic, low budget gore. But frankly,...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Amityville Dollhouse (1996), yet another Amityville Horror...
MY CALL: What a delightful little bad movie. This has no real connection to its namesake, and has few effects worth mention. Still, this somehow entertained me just enough. MORE MOVIES LIKE Amityville...
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John’s Horror Corner: Thanksgiving (2023), a solidly entertaining holiday...
MY CALL: This was good. Pretty good, in fact. I really enjoyed it, it’s very well made, and the death scenes were wonderful and mean and graphic. The only problem is that there is nothing special...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Amityville Curse (1990), this atrocious 5th...
MY CALL: Another not-really sequel to chum the bad movie waters. This was not good, even subpar on entertainment value for bad movie connoisseurs. I’d skip it. MORE MOVIES LIKE The Amityville Curse:...
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