Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death AKA: The Dungeon Dr. Henry Jekyll is the great grandson of his namesake, and is currently living in San Francisco. But though he might be a couple of generations removed, it turns out that the apple didn’t fall far from the crazy tree. The new Jekyll is just as intent […]
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The Driller Killer A struggling New York artist, increasingly troubled by the seemingly easy success of those around him and frustrated by his own failures, slowly goes insane while he and his roommates struggle to pay their mounting bills. He continues to hold his mounting anger inside and doesn’t talk about his dark and violent […]
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Silent Scream AKA: The Silent Scream Silent Scream is about a small group of collage students who rent rooms at a newly “we are now taking applications” Victoria boarding house at the beginning of the semester. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for people to start showing up in elegant, bloody piles. Silent Scream is a […]
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AKA: The Killer Behind the Mask Marie, her boyfriend, her sister and two acquaintances, are off to the wilderness of upstate New York for the weekend. Marie’s recent ex husband has just been involved in a political scandal, and they all decided that the best course of action was to get away for a weekend […]
Read moreI watch a surprising amount of prison movies. It’s not that I have any special affinity towards prison, but the setting makes for an easy method to tell tales of violence, drama, and survival against harsh odds often imposed by other people. Prison makes for an exploitative arena, though the films that focus on it, […]
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Donny Kohler is an unwell man. Any time Donny did anything wrong as a child, Donny’s domineering mother would punish him by holding his arms over a gas stove in an effort to “burn the sin out of him”. As a result, Donny is now detached, hearing voices and has developed an extraordinary hatred of women. His proclivities seem to be held in check until he comes home one night to find out that his mother has died. Now free of her influence, Donny lets loose and expels his pent up rage by luring unsuspecting women to his home, trapping them and then burning them alive.
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Jill Johnson is babysitting the two children of Dr. Mandrakis at his isolated home in the Colorado mountains. Jill is initially impressed with the spacial dwelling, what with its indoor zen garden, giant picture windows and automated everything. But not long after nightfall Jill starts getting disturbing phone calls from an unknown source. She tries […]
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It’s been a long, Long, LONG time since I’ve seen Phantasm. So long, in fact, that other than a few still images and basic concepts I couldn’t remember a damn thing about the movie. However, I did remember enjoying it, so I decided to give Phantasm its due. Musician Jody returns home after his parents’ […]
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Dr. Robert Verne is overworked and sick and tired of doing everything he can, yet still being unable to make any kind of difference or impact regarding the inner city tenements. While out on a job, one of his colleagues offers him a job at the EPA. There’s been some strange goings on up there, […]
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Random Movie Musings 