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John’s Horror Corner: Host (2020), a Zoom séance goes wrong in this popcorn...
MY CALL: Just a fun popcorn horror movie for a night in. MOVIES LIKE Host: I’d suggest the films that most likely influenced Host—Unfriended (2015) and Paranormal Activity 1-2(2007, 2010). Amid the...
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John’s Horror Corner: Get Away (2024), a horror comedy making playful satire...
MY CALL: Funny, light, well-composed and droll, this British dark comedy turns into a slapstick splatterfest. A good recommendation for a light, popcorn horror for a Friday night. MOVIES LIKE Get...
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Bad Movie Tuesday: Zeiram (1991), as if a Power Ranger was in less...
MY CALL: If Power Rangers was rated-R, but still just as hokey, you’d end up somewhere in this territory. It doesn’t measure up to most Tokyo Shock entries in terms of exploitative material, gore and...
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John’s Horror Corner: Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), an...
MY CALL: For fans of Lovecraft adaptations, this is a “bad movie” that’s actually pretty good. It boasts way more special effects that the budget would suggest and really swings for the fences! MORE...
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John’s Horror Corner: Meander (2020), a claustrophobic, trap-filled death...
MY CALL: Let’s be clear, this film owes everything to Cube (1997). But that withstanding, this is an excellent unofficial sequel/spin-off. MORE MOVIES LIKE Meander: Cube (1997) and sequels. A...
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John’s Horror Corner: Starve Acre (2023), a bizarre tale of grief, rural...
MY CALL: Not really sure what I just watched. It’s slow, awkwardly interesting, bizarre, and sad. MORE MOVIES LIKE Starve Acre: Maybe Lamb (2021) or Don’t Look Now (1973). A quiet, rural couple...
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John’s Horror Corner: Talk to Me (2022), an effective and shocking New...
MY CALL: This movie is solid and well-made at every corner. There’s nothing original to be found here, and I just don’t care. It’s shocking, brutal, well-written, well-acted, and well-executed with...
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John’s Horror Corner: Street Trash (1987), a cult classic melting horror...
MY CALL: A bad movie of legendary status, this is the raunchy, slapstick, exploitative movie you’ve been looking for… MORE MOVIES LIKE Street Trash: Not much). Well, there’s obviously the remake of...
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