Mom (1991)
Mom Emily Dwyer is a kindly old widow living in Los Angeles whose children are all grown up. Looking for a little companionship, and really just someone else to talk to, Emily offers one of her spare rooms for rent. Enter Nestor, a soft-spoken blind drifter, who claims he’s just looking for a place to […]
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Cold Light of Day (1989)
Cold Light of Day Jordan March is a middle-aged civil servant living in a third-floor flat. He appears to be the quiet, mild-mannered type who goes out of his way to help his neighbors and doesn’t bother anybody. But looks can be deceiving. Because recently Jordan has taken up the practice of strangling young men […]
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Pumpkinhead (1988)
Pumpkinhead Ed Harley is a widowed father who owns a small general store out in the country. While Ed’s busy running his day to day business, he gets some new customers one evening: a group of city kids who are out in the area to stay at their friends cabin and do a little camping. […]
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Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl (2017)
Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl Yuyan has recently become haunted by disturbing nightmares. Some time ago her best friend, Susu’s affections for their mutual friend, Xue Jun, were rejected. And after learning that Yuyan and Xue Jun were dating, Susu, overcome with feelings of betrayal and rejection, committed suicide by drowning herself in a nearby […]
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The Tag-Along 2 (2017)
The Tag-Along 2 Social worker Li Shu-fen has just discovered that her teenage daughter Ya-ting is pregnant, and is none too happy about it. Not long after she takes her to a clinic to see what their options are, Ya-ting mysteriously goes missing. The only clue to her disappearance is some surveillance footage of the […]
Read moreSeven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye (1973) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
If you read the title and immediately asked whether there is a cat in this giallo, I’m happy to inform you that yes, there is indeed a cat. Often times gialli have animals referenced in their titles but don’t actually use them; that’s not the case here. There’s a cat walking around, and guess how […]
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The Tag-Along (2015)
The Tag-Along AKA: The Little Girl in Red Wen Shu-Fang has been worried lately. Her friend, Shui, has been missing for several days, having disappeared without a trace. But after waking up her grandson one morning and sending him off to work, she’s attacked in her own home by something using Shui’s voice. Meanwhile her […]
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Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu Do you really need a summary? Yes? All right then…Do you know the story of Dracula? Blood-sucking Count uproots from Transylvania and causes utter havoc in another town? ”Dilapidated, dank house. Perfect for conversion or the ravenous un-dead. Inquire within.” That ring a bell? Great, because this is the story of Dracula. The names […]
Read moreThe Snowman (2017) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Let me just read you a few names from the cast list: Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J. K. Simmons, Toby Jones, Chloë Sevigny, James D’Arcy, and Val Kilmer. Sure, some of these folks have made some questionable movies, but to put it mildly, it’s amazing that they’re all a part of this massive train wreck […] […]
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Things (1989)
Things Don and his friend Fred head out to a remote cabin in the woods to visit Don’s brother Doug, and his pregnant sister-in-law, Susan. The trip starts off being predictably uneventful, but unbeknownst to Don and Fred all is not right in the little cabin in the woods. Desperate for assistance to help them […]
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