Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you. Whether it be films featuring crazy stunt folks like Deathcheaters, movies with lots of comical splatter and gore such as Body Melt, or post-apocalyptic road flicks involving homemade armored cars duking it out over a tank of juice such as Mad Max, the land down under never fails to […] […]
Read moreLast Shift (2014) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
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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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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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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Dead Hearts (2014)
Narrated in a style similar to that of a children’s book, Dead Hearts is the tale of Milton Mulberry, a young mortician seemingly doomed to a life of death and morbidity. But after classmate Lola Littleton comes into his life, Milton is graced with a newfound sense of hope. Young Milton has discovered true love, […]
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Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
Four backpacking collage kids visit a remote village in Ireland. While there, they’re tricked into staying in a remote cabin for the night and end up being stalked by a ferocious local leprechaun.
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
One good write-up deserves another, so why not just jump right in to this quasi-remake, shall we? Over 60 years after the events depicted in the first film, the masked Phantom had returned to stalk and kill people in poor, little Texarkana. Huh, this looks familiar… After leaving a showing of The Town That Dreaded […]
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