The Burrowers (2008) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Yeah, we’re going with another Weird Western, this time a fusion of horror and cowboy cinema which points out the terrifying trouble with western expansion, not just in terms of the racism but also the after effects of the ecological devastation that mass migration into unclaimed wilderness can bring. Also, there are monsters that puke. […] […]
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Death Ship (1980)
A cruise ship, on its voyage home, is rammed by an unknown vessel and destroyed during the night. The nine survivors lie adrift for a while in the vast ocean before coming upon a rusty old freighter that seems to appear out of nowhere. The survivors manage to board the ship, only to find it covered in cobwebs and suspiciously deserted.
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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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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 Tent (2019)
Heather decides that the perfect way to begin her day off of work is to start with a scenic jog through the local State Park before she meets her friend for coffee. Everything seems nice and normal, assholish biker notwithstanding. Or, at least it is until she encountered…The Tent. Look at it. Sitting there all […]
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Harbinger (2016)
A man suffering from bizarre dreams follows the clues gleaned from his visions to a remote cabin. He’s hoping that he will somehow find a meaning behind his hellish nightmares, but he soon discovers that his dreams were probably better left buried.That many locks can’t be good….time to leave.Harbinger is a Lovecraftian inspired short film […]
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