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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Grave Encounters (2011)
For the sixth episode of their TV show, the cast of Grave Encounters has themselves locked in a decayed insane asylum with a violent past. They go in hoping to catch some footage of paranormal activity and- Praise the Specters!- luck is on their side. The only problem is, they may not make it out […]
Read moreThe Minion (1998) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
At the end of the last millennium, Dolph Lundgren acted in an action supernatural horror movie about the oncoming apocalypse. Surprisingly, this was done in 1998, the year before Arnold Schwarzenegger would release his own action supernatural horror movie End of Days. Of course, there are some similarities between the two, both involving fighting the forces […] […]
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Robo Vampire (1988)
A gunned down narcotics agent is given a second lease on life when he’s brought back from the dead as a near-indestructible cyborg. Robot Warrior’s first mission? To rescue Sophie, an undercover agent who’s been captured by the henchmen of Mr. Young, a notorious drug lord who’s newest plan for drug smuggling is to enslave […]
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The Forgotten (2020)
Three knights are traveling back home after a long journey, and are less than a day’s trek to their destination. But on a stopover in the forest they come across a long forgotten enemy. Alone and outnumbered, they must fight their way to freedom if they hope to make it out alive.The Forgotten is a […]
Read moreAmerican Assassin (2017) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Mel Brooks once told Jerry Seinfeld some years ago that he liked to eat dinner with Carl Reiner once a week and watch what he called “secure the perimeter movies,” meaning the kind of movies where at some point someone would utter the line “Secure the perimeter.” Two of the greatest comedic minds of all […]
Read moreSilent Trigger (1996) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
A tower. A ridiculously massive sniper rifle. A couple of folks with a history who dislike and yet obviously lust after each other. A couple of unusual security guards. A stoic Dolph Lundgren. Silent Trigger is the kind of borderline action thriller that is cheap, occasionally sleazy, and somehow tries to be philosophical and end […] […]
Read morePsycho Goreman (2021) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Ever wonder what twisted thoughts lurk in the darkest corners of Canada? If you figured it included Saturday morning Sentai shows, troubling family dynamics, and aliens potentially questioning their sexuality, then you know a lot more about Canada than I do. And you’d also somehow be right, which just makes this weirder. After deftly crushing […] […]
Read moreLegion (1998) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Made-for-TV misadventures, is there anything grander? Don’t answer that, we both know there isn’t. Legion is another made-for-tv movie, a 1998 science fiction horror picture that borrows more than a little from the likes of Aliens, Predator, and The Dirty Dozen. It’s a story of prisoner soldiers in wartime turning on each other to confront […] […]
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