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John’s Horror Corner: The Quiet Ones (2014), abnormal psychology faces off...
MY CALL: Very entertaining, but it’s not making any “top” lists this year. This film was good-but-mismanaged and found greatness out of reach due to weak story synthesis and character development....
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John’s Horror Corner: Blood Glacier (2013), and what Al Gore wanted you to...
MY CALL: This fun, monster-driven B-horror movie follows The Thing‘splaybook. It’s entertaining, but I’m not going to suggest you break down doors to see it. MOVIES LIKE Blood Glacier: The Thing...
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John’s Horror Corner: Odd Thomas (2013), if Disney did a PG-13 horror while...
MY CALL: A wholesome, cute, spunky, almost Disney-esque horror movie with none of the rated R-ness but just enough evil to take it seriously at times. MOVIES LIKE Odd Thomas: The “adultness” of this...
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John’s Horror Corner: Night of the Tentacles (2013), an obscene Faustian tale...
MY CALL: This semi-art house, semi-perverse film is only for lovers of true indie horror. That said, this was well-done considering its shoestring budget. MOVIES LIKE Night of the Tentacles: Lo (2009)...
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John’s Old School Horror Corner: Happy Birthday to Me (1981), a great “bad”...
MY CALL: This is truly a “great” bad horror movie and it has more integrity than others of its generation. Although I wouldn’t recommend it to gorehounds, fans of classic 80s slashers will...
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Generation Iron (2013), interesting, inspiring, even soulful with Mickey...
MY CALL: Interesting, inspiring, and even soulful with Mickey Rourke’s narration, this film brings a modern day Pumping Iron to today’s generation. MOVIES LIKE Generation Iron: Well, of course...
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John’s Horror Corner: Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002), a weirdly...
MY CALL: Worst of the franchise. I wouldn’t recommend this. MOVIES LIKE Wishmaster 4: Wishmaster (1997) and Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) are both much better, largely for Andrew...
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John’s Horror Corner: Smothered (2014), an honest, campy, bad, fun horror...
MY CALL: This film doesn’t masquerade as anything it isn’t. It’s honest, campy, bad, fun…and breasty. MOVIES LIKE Smothered: While tasteless and much more raunchy, I’d consider films like The Killer...
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Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014), clearly the most creatively named sequel...
MY CALL: The utter bonkersness of this movie, by comparison, makes Snakes on a Plane feel like a perfectly reasonable action movie that could totally happen…and that’s a good thing for the...
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John’s Horror Corner: All Cheerleaders Die (2013), an unexciting movie about...
MY CALL: I’d only recommend this to the most adventurous horror-goer with a good sense of humor and low expectations. There’s nothing special here and the tone erratically shifts. But there’s some...
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John’s Horror Corner: Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014), still fun, but the...
MY CALL: Although still fun, this was the least impressive flesh-eating virus movie of the franchise. It’s often more than gory and wacky enough to please fans of the franchise though....
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John’s Horror Corner: The Prowler (1981), a lesser-known slasher film that...
MY CALL: This lesser-known slasher film was the ultra-violent movie of its time, brandishing more gore and “visible” kills than others of its era. This will please seasoned admirers of 70s and 80s...
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John’s Horror Corner: Tusk (2014), Kevin Smith’s risky failure with...
MY CALL: This film becomes more farcical from beginning to crazy end. If you’re in to that sort of thing, then you might like this. Just don’t watch it simply because you’re a Kevin Smith fan. MOVIES...
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John’s Horror Corner: Annabelle (2014), an incompetently made evil doll movie...
MY CALL: I think evil doll movies practically make themselves. But this is an absolutely incompetent horror film that should disappoint fans of the genre whether they were birthed in the era of...
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John’s Horror Corner: Deliver Us From Evil (2014), and deliver ME from this...
MY CALL: I wasn’t sold, scared, or really even interested in this possession film whose scenes lacked any sense of synthesis and whose story never maturely developed. MOVIES LIKE Deliver Us From Evil:...
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John’s Horror Corner: Deadly Friend (1986), an 80s-modern teenage...
MY CALL: This playful creation-gone-wrong film by a young Wes Craven brings back a wonderful 80s nostalgia to this lifetime horror lover. Just enough zany gore, silly scenarios and a wack-tastic...
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The Machine (2013), far from a dystopian robophobia film, this elegantly...
MY CALL: Hardly an action movie at all, this clever sci-fi film is much more about the gracefully naïve evolution of sentience in an artificial being. And at that, it does a fantastic job!...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Returned (2013), a perfect zombie movie that...
MY CALL: A perfect zombie movie that doesn’t at all feel like a “zombie” movie in the best possible way. Shift your expectations appropriately away from gory horror to a very human, relationship-driven...
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John’s Horror Corner: The Monkey’s Paw (2013), a cautionary tale warning us...
MY CALL: My greatest cautionary advice would be to skip this cautionary tale and watch something else instead. After all, this theme has been executed much better in the past. WHAT TO WATCH INSTEAD OF...
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John’s Horror Corner: Killer Mermaid (2014), a promising micro-budget movie...
MY CALL: Although suffering from a slow pace and over-exposition, this was a promising little micro-budget movie by a filmmaker early in his career. After seeing this man-eating water...
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