Groundhog Day. We have a strange love affair with this movie. We compare other movies to it, such as Happy Death Day being Groundhog Day as a slasher, Edge of Tomorrow being Groundhog Day an alien invasion war movie, Boss Level as a pure action take on Groundhog Day, and so on. It isn’t our […]
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Daddy’s Little Girl (2012)
Derek Riley is the proud papa of an adorable six-year-old little girl named Georgia. Georgia is sweet and kind and is clearly Derek’s whole world. So it’s little surprise that her tragic kidnapping and subsequent death at the hands of an unknown assailant sends him into a tailspin. Six months after Georgia’s death, Derek is […]
Read moreThe Night Watchmen (2017) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
I can sum this movie up in two words: vampire clowns. Ok, it’s more than that, but ultimately, it’s vampire clowns. Do you hate vampires that act a lot like zombies? Do you hate clowns? If you said ‘Yes’ to either of those questions, you probably won’t like this movie. For the rest of us…do […]
Read moreBattle Queen 2020 (2001) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Haunted Dormitory: Marionette Teacher (2017)
A young student attending a rural school that just let out for holiday mysteriously goes missing one night. Her friends that are still at the school are baffled as to her disappearance. The only clue they can find is her beret found outside a forbidden and sealed off dorm room. Her friends can’t even figure out why she’d been near the area.
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The Babadook (2014)
Single, widowed mother Amelia is having some trouble. Her 6-year-old son, Sam, is becoming angry, violent and increasingly scared about monsters, going so far as to bring a homemade weapon to school. He’s having trouble sleeping and makes her check for monsters under the bed and in the closet every night before his bedtime story. […]
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Tumbbad (2018)
For as long as he can remember, Vinayak’s mother has cared for his grandmother, a mysterious old woman his father keeps hidden away in their remote home, who Vinayak has never seen and is told does nothing but sleep. After Vinayak’s supposedly wealthy father dies, his mother resolves to move away at once, but not […]
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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 […]
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