The police in West Hollywood are struggling to solve a series of brutal crimes emulating the same spree as the killing of Jack the Ripper. Meanwhile a mysterious man has just showed up at the Bunting house, looking to rent their room…
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Out of the Dark (1988)
Out of the Dark The female members of “Suite Nothings”, a local phone se-…. excuse me, phone fantasy hotline, have recently found themselves in a very disturbing scenario. Turns out, someone wearing a clown mask and calling themselves Bobo is going around with the intention of slowly stalking and killing the girls, one by one. […]
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River’s Edge (1986)
River’s Edge In a small Northern California town, high schooler John has just strangled and killed his girlfriend, Jamie. John is not horrified, ashamed, or even phased by this act. Quite the opposite. He seems almost proud of it, in fact. So proud that he immediately tells his friends what he did and takes them […]
Read morePresumed Innocent (1990) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Murder. Corruption. Adultery. Bribery. This movie is pretty much about how I spend my Thursdays. Harrison Ford plays Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor in the District Attorney’s office of an unnamed American city in Kindle County. Rusty’s a tough prosecutor but also an idealist who remains loyal to his boss despite losing ground in the ongoing […] […]
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Five Minutes to Live (1961)
AKA Door-to-Door Maniac Five Minutes to Live is a short little crime drama featuring Johnny Cash as a rather repugnant criminal. Cash plays Johnny Cabot (adding yet one more name to the list of non-actors who have trouble responding to any name except the one they were given), a ruthless killer in hiding who teams […]
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The Quacky Slasher (2018)
While still just a boy, Michael Quackers suffered a traumatizing event when he seemingly witnessed the death of his father at the beaks (feathers?) of the local pond ducks. The experience was so upsetting to Michael that it rendered him mute and he found himself in a mental institution. Now, some twenty years later, grown […]
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The Hooker Cult Murders (1973)
AKA The Pyx Detective Henderson and his partner are tasked with investigating the suspicious death of a young woman seen falling from a high-rise, their only clues to her identity being an upside-down crucifix and a small metal box. During the course of their investigation they find out that the woman is Elizabeth Lucy, a […]
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