The title in this film comes from a line where a Japanese doctor says he cannot use a shotgun and will kill his enemies in “Japanese style,” to which our overly-muscled hero with flowing locks replies while holding a pistol that he’ll do his killing in “American style.” Nice. Robert Z’Dar is a criminal named […] […]
Read moreDeadbeat at Dawn (1988) – Movie Reviews by a Book
Every time I hear the title of this film, I think of Evil Dead. I just can’t help myself. It immediately turns into a chorus of “Dead by dawn, dead by dawn!” And then it turns into a chorus of bloody violence. Though now having seen it, that’s no longer Evil Dead violence. Oh no, […]
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The Troll Hunter (2010)
Troll Hunter is a docu-style horror drama (so shaky cam ahoy!) that follows a small group of three college journalists as they try to expose a rather shady individual whom they initially believe to be a bear poacher. What they find instead is a disillusioned troll hunter, mythological beings and a government conspiracy. I actually […]
Read moreOneChanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (2008) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
In the post-apocalyptic future, zombies roam the Earth, Japanese women are either scantily clad bad asses or barely able to function with seemingly no in-between state, and there is still plenty of blond hair dye to keep your style sense fresh. All because a corporate scientist really wanted to play God. Thanks, science! Aya is […]
Read moreSakura Killers (1987) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
No, I don’t know why Shredder and the Terminator are hanging out back there in that poster. I also don’t know why the USA was stylized as a pseudo-swastika. And Contra has nothing to do with this. Yeah, it’s another bad ninja movie…which means it’s a great ninja movie. Ninjas attack rent-a-cops and steal a […] […]
Read moreAlien Raiders (2008) – Movie Reviews by a Mook
Alien parasitic plagues in a grocery store? Why that could never happen in America! Except for, you know, COVID and all that. You know what, suddenly this movie is feeling like it thinks we’re smarter than we are… In a small town in the middle of nowhere, a team of heavily armed criminals arrive at […]
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Big Bad Wolf (2006)
Somewhere in the jungle of Cameroon, a man shoots and wounds a wild beast after the creature kills most of his hunting party, including his brother. Several years later, the mans nephew, Derek, is trying to get in with a local fraternity and invites two of it’s members, their girlfriends and his best friend Sam, […]
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Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
Several years after the events of the first film, the footage filmed of the last episode of Grave Encounters cast has been turned into a movie. Some fans of the film (well, really one obsessive fan and his unwitting friends) head off to the hospital to see if the events of the film really happened […]
Read moreBlastfighter (1984)— Movie Reviews by a Mook
This time, the movie poster definitely captures some of what happens, like vehicle explosions. For a mix of hixploitation and revenge cinema set in the woods, there are a surprising number of cars and trucks that get blown up. Yet there is only one rainstorm and no lightning, so I feel a little let down. […]
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Scared to Death (1980)
A series of very strange deaths are occuring in Los Angeles and the police are completely baffled. Not only is the killer violently prolific, but they also seem to exhibit feats of super strength, at one point retching a car door right off its hinges.
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