If there is one thing horror movies have taught me (and there are many, many things horror movies have taught me), it’s to never be the last person inside anywhere. It’s not necessarily about being the first person out, but definitely do enough cardio and be willing to trip folks so you’re not the last. […]
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Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
Hack-O-Lantern AKA: Halloween Night Young Tommy is particularly close to his grandfather, who dotes on him more than his other two siblings. But Tommy’s parents don’t like how fixated he is on their oldest son, and on Halloween night, after one too many unwanted visits, Tommy’s father decides to drive to his father in law’s […]
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Berserker (1987)
Berserker AKA: Berserker: The Nordic Curse Viking Berserkers were bloodthirsty warriors who would dress up in the skins of powerful animals and, in a trance-like fury, completely overpower their adversaries. It was said that they were so possessed by the spirits of the animals they chose to don, that they would become almost feral, even […]
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Sorority House Massacre (1986)
After going to her aunt’s funeral, sorority pledge Beth arrives at her sorority house just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Not particularly in the mood to celebrate, Beth decides to spend her weekend at the house with a couple of her future sorority mates. But ever since Beth’s arrival, she’s been plagued with a […]
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A Haunting at the Hoyt Library (2015)
Steven ‘Prozak’ Shippy and his team of ghost sleuths investigate the historic Hoyt Library in Saginaw Michigan. With a history spanning over 130 years, the Hoyt boasts one of the largest literary collections in the state of Michigan. Once used to house and execute convicts, the building also has a history of more than one […]
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A Haunting on Potter Street: The Potter Street Station (2012)
Steven ‘Prozak’ Shippy and his team of ghost sleuths investigate The Potter Street Station, also known as the East Saginaw station. Built in 1881 and officially closed in 1986, the old Potter Street Station claim to fame was that it was once the largest railway passenger depot in the state. Five years after an arson […]
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The Shout (1978)
Doctor Robert Graves heads to an insane asylum to help keep score of a cricket match the inmates are having. While there he’s introduced to the other scorekeeper of the match, patient Charles Crossley. Graves has already been informed that Crossley is considered an odd duck among odd ducks, even for someone housed in an […]
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The Sleeping Room (2014)
Blue is a down on her luck call girl working in Brighton, England. She’s sent out to service Bill, a young man who’s currently working on restoring an old home that used to function as a brothel during the Victorian age. Bill really seems more interested in the house than he is Blue, and while […]
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Re-Animator (1986)
Re-Animator depicts a few short days in the life of Dan Cain, a medical student studying to be a brain surgeon at a local Miskatonic University. One day Dean Halsey introduces Dan to Herbert West, a new transfer student recently arrived from Switzerland, where he left under bizarre circumstances. West is a strange character; he’s […]
Read moreThe Endless (2017) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
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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