The patrons of a desert bar out in the middle of nowhere are suddenly thrust into a struggle of life and death when they’re besieged by a family of very angry, hungry (and horny) monsters.
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Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2004)
Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed AKA: Ginger Snaps II AKA: Ginger Snaps: Unleashed Immediately following the events of Ginger Snaps, Ginger’s younger sister Brigitte has since been infected with the same malady that affected her sister. To combat this, she’s been injecting herself with Wolfsbane. But, as the hallucinatory images of her sister keep pointing out, […]
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Black Christmas (2006)
Black Christmas It’s Christmas Eve and the remaining sorority sisters of Delta Alpha Kappa are either getting ready to exchange gifts or getting ready to go home. But they’re not the only ones who are planning on going home for the holidays. Previous home occupant Billy Lenz, who has just escaped from the local mental […]
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Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004)
Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys Erica Sharpe is the owner of a very successful toy company. This year, her line of Christmas Pals have become the season’s hottest new commodity for children. Millions have been sold and will undoubtedly be opened by happy, joyful faces on Christmas morning. But Erica isn’t just selling dolls out […]
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Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003)
Puppet Master: The Legacy The man currently in possession of Andre Toulon’s puppets is confronted by a rogue assassin who tries to force him to tell her the secret behind the life-giving serum that animates the puppets and the history of their creation. Hmmm…well I see that plan A didn’t work well…. Dear god this […]
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Trick r’ Treat (2007)
Trick r’ Treat After quite a while of hearing everybody’s praise for this film, I had higher-than-average expectations. I was not disappointed. Trick r’ Treat is an anthology of five (the back of the Bluray box says four, but it’s really five) loosely related horror stories that all happen in a small town on one […]
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Freddy vs Jason (2003)
Freddy vs Jason I was going to hold this one off until I re-watched a Jason film or two, but decided to just go ahead and watch it. This is a movie slasher lovers had been waiting for for well over a decade (and had been in production hell for even longer), ever since the […]
Read moreMessengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
If you own a failing farm, and you find a secret room in your barn with a scarecrow stuffed away inside, and your kid then claims it’s evil, do you put it up? Fuck no! You burn that bitch to the ground, salt the freaking earth, and move to the next God damn county, because […] […]
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Uzumaki (2000)
Uzumaki AKA: Spiral Kirie is a young high schooler in the small Japanese village of Kurouzu-cho, a quiet little place where nothing much happens. Until it does. It all starts when Kirie stumbles upon her friend Shuichi’s father intently videotaping a snail climbing up a wall. Kirie chalks it up to harmless odd behavior, but […]
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The Orphanage (2007)
The Orphanage AKA: El Orfanato After being adopted from an orphanage 30-years ago, Laura returns to the now closed facility with her husband and son, with the hopes of re-opening the orphanage for disabled children. She’s initially excited by the prospects, but she quickly comes to regret her decision, as outside forces seemingly cause her […]
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