Yet another example of an awesome movie poster (if not also totally ridiculous) that doesn’t actually represent what the movie is about in any way…well, outside of that costume. She really does wear that, except for whatever the weird armor shoulder pad and fur cape is. Also, there are no futuristic guns in this, folks […]
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The Strangeness (1985)
A small group consisting of scientists, explorers and journalists enter an old, previously closed off mineshaft to see if it’s suitable to resume mining. The mine had been closed off and sealed decades before, due to a series of suspicious deaths and very strange stories coming from the surviving minors. But a recent earthquake has […]
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Ginger Snaps (2000)
Ginger Snaps is about sixteen year old Ginger and her fifteen year old sister Bridgette, two morbid, outcast, high-school students who spend their free time faking their own death and taking pictures of it. At least they have a sense of humor about it. The two of them are already appropriately miserable, snarky teens, when […]
Read moreFour of the Apocalypse (1975) – Movie Reviews by a Mook
Yeah, a Spaghetti Western. I know how much you guys love Spaghetti Westerns, which is to say, not at all. Too bad, this one is worth watching. It’s got cannibalism, rape, blood, and violence. It’s also got Lucio Fulci’s name there on the poster. You owe it to yourself to watch it now. Stubby Preston […]
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Rynn and her father have just moved into a lovely house in a small village in Maine. Rynn’s father is a rather famous poet and several people in town are eager to meet him. But Rynn’s father seems to be a bit of a recluse. Every time someone comes around asking about him, Rynn tells […]
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Silent Rage (1982)
BS. The only thing you destroyed was a bar. Somewhere down in Texas, a mentally ill man, John Kirby, brutally kills two people. A scuffle breaks out between him and the police and Kirby is shot. Kirby is on the verge of death, with nothing any known medical science can do to save him. But […]
Read moreThe Quest (1996) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Do you like tournament movies, the kind with a bunch of fighters from around the world taking on one another with different styles until only the last fighter remains? You know, like Bloodsport? Then you might end up enjoying this goofy period piece written by, starring, and directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. An old man […]
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Ghost Keeper (1981)
A group of friends decide to spend their New Years vacation up in the Canadian Rockies. Three members of the group splinter off from the rest to explore the local area on a couple of snowmobiles. While out on their little excursion they become stranded at a seemingly empty lodge they discovered off the beaten […]
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The Innkeepers (2011)
In the few remaining days before the Yankee Pedlar Inn closes forever, the two remaining employees, Claire and Luke, take it upon themselves to try to find evidence of the supposed resident ghost, Madeline O’Malley, a woman who hung herself in the honeymoon suite after being jilted on her wedding day. During the day, the […]
Read moreDeathcheaters (1976) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Australian stuntmen engage in covert missions, perform death-defying stunts, and drink and shag women whose names they don’t remember! Huh, the “stuntmen” part of that sentence seems redundant. Steve Hall and Rodney Cann are a couple of stuntmen working in the Australian film and TV industry in the 1970s. The two are undeniable thrill seekers, […] […]
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