80s, Horror, Movies, Slasher

Blood Lake (1987)

Blood Lake Four young adults, and their two even younger charges, head off to a country lake house that one of their parents own, with the intent of having a long weekend doing some drinking, some partying and a lot of water skiing. But they aren’t there long before their fun is interrupted by an […]

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70's, Horror, Mook

Day of the Animals (1977) — Movie Reviews by a Mook

This movie is not to be confused with the never released Grizzly II. It may seem strange that the two get compared, but Day of the Animals and Grizzly both featured much of the same crew, including the same director and producer, as well as both actors Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel. Only instead of fighting a single giant bear […] […]

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Drama, Modern, Movies, Mystery, Short, Thriller

Taken In (2020)

Taken In Brad stands in his kitchen, drinking his way through a whole bottle of wine and making dinner. In the course of cutting some vegetables he hurts himself (probably due to drinking a whole bottle of wine), breaks a dish and says a few choice words. He figures life sucks and shit happens. But […]

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Child Killers, Drama, Horror?, Movies, Thriller

Unlawful Duties (2021)

Unlawful Duties Two police officers are sent to investigate a local drug-related disturbance in the area one night. When they get to the location they don’t find any drug dealers, just a local homeless man who seems to peddle in street card games. One of the officers engages him in a game, but the other […]

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90s, Horror, Movies, Slasher

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

I Know What You Did Last Summer Well I’ll be diddly-damned, I didn’t know this was based off of a book. Amazing what you rediscover when you search the internet for poster pictures. I also completely forgot Anne Heche was in this. It really had been quite a while since I watched it. Anyway…. A […]

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60s, Horror, Movies, Thriller

The Sadist (1963)

The Sadist The Sadist is the story of three high school teachers, Ed, Doris, and Carl who are on their way to a baseball game. On the way to the event, they run into a little car trouble and pull over at a nearby gas station/junkyard. After a quick inspection, Ed determines that they will […]

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Holiday, Horror, Killer Children, Modern, Movies, Mystery, Thriller

The Children (2008)

The Children Elaine and her husband Jonah take their two kids and Elaine’s eldest daughter, Casey, to visit Elaine’s sister Chloe and her husband Robbie, and their two children at their isolated country home over the New Year’s weekend. They’re not even through the front door before Elaine’s son, Paulie, throws up outside. Chalking it […]

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80s, Horror, Movies, Mystery, Supernatural

Charlie Boy (1980)

Charlie Boy Charlie Boy is actually an episode of the UK TV series, Hammer House of Horror. I didn’t know that going in. I just found an old VHS tape at a thrift ship and picked it up, because I always pick up odd looking horror VHS tapes whenever I get the chance. All I […]

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70's, Action, Drama, Horror, Monsters, Movies

Trog (1970)

Trog Trog starts out with a group of collage kids decide to go spelunking in an undocumented and oddly highly illuminated cave. Going against common sense they decide to not only explore the cave, but to also explore the little water chasm beneath the cave, stripping down to their skivvies and diving right in. This […]

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