Body swapping is a well known and often used plot device. As it literally involves two people (or more) switching bodies, it’s the ultimate method of forcing a character to live the life of someone else and learn to see the world from their point of view. The idea of two people directly exchanging bodies […]
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The Stepfather (2009)
The Stepfather Micheal Harding has just returned home after a stint in military school. But when he gets there he finds that his mom Susan has just gotten engaged to David Harris, a man she’s known for only a few weeks. Micheal is understandably quite leery of this new guy who’s just waltzed into his […]
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We Are What We Are (2013)
We Are What We Are The Parker’s are a reclusive family that likes to keep to themselves. During a time of torrential downpour, the family matriarch accidentally drowns while out running errands. The rest of the family is naturally devastated, but family tradition states that no matter the circumstances the Day of the Lamb must […]
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The Children (2008)
The Children Elaine and her husband Jonah take their two kids and Elaine’s eldest daughter, Casey, to visit Elaine’s sister Chloe and her husband Robbie, and their two children at their isolated country home over the New Year’s weekend. They’re not even through the front door before Elaine’s son, Paulie, throws up outside. Chalking it […]
Read moreRussian Raid (2020) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
In 2011, Indonesia blessed us with one of the greatest action films of this millennium, The Raid, a masterclass in how to do close-quarters combat in a tight space under dire circumstances. For the uninitiated, it introduced new action stars and brought Pencak Silat to the forefront of martial arts cinema. It also did it […]
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Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011)
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver Thanks to some very blind and misguided animal activists, The Gingerdead Man is freed from his pastry prison and, with the help of some helpfully placed bumbling scientists, manages to evade his pursuers and escape into the distant past of…. 1976. He quickly loses his time traveling device, and […]
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Eye See You (2002)
Eye See You AKA: D-Tox Agent Jake Malloy is on the trail of a ruthless serial killer who likes to play games with his victims. Malloy boasts that he’s close to catching him, but when the murderer kills Malloy’s friend, and then his girlfriend, right under the agent’s nose, not even the killer’s death can […]
Read moreJesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Canada has given us many fantastic things over the years: comedians, beer, embarrassing photographs of their prime ministers, hockey supremacists, more beer, the list goes on and on. And most of those things are good. But are they truly great? Well…yes, ok, Canada has given the United States some truly great stuff. Awesome job, guys. […]
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Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008)
Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust AKA: Gingerdead Man 2: Bakery of Blood Cheatem Studios has a long, gloriously sordid history of making low-budget cult films. The founder’s son, Kelvin, is trying to create worthy successors to his father’s legacy and keep the studio out of bankruptcy. One of his current projects? Tiny Terrors […]
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The Gingerdead Man (2005)
The Gingerdead Man Psychotic killer Millard Findlemeyer decides to rob a diner one afternoon. While holding up the joint he shoots several patrons, including father and son duo, James and Jeremy Leigh. But for whatever reason, he seems to grow a sudden conscience when it comes to shooting the last witness, a young Sarah Leigh, […]
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