80s, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Movies, Mystery, Slasher, Thriller

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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90s, Drama, Horror, Monsters, Movies, Supernatural

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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60s, Dead Things, Horror, Movies, Mystery

The Psychopath (1966)

The Psychopath The Psychopath is about a series of bizarre murders set in England that poor, but tenacious, Inspector Holloway must solve. Along the way he discovers a link not only between the murders, but also investigates a possible conspiracy that leads all the way back to WWII. What makes the murders bizarre is not […]

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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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80s, Horror, Monsters, Movies, Slasher, Supernatural

Berserker (1987)

Berserker AKA: Berserker: The Nordic Curse Viking Berserkers were bloodthirsty warriors who would dress up in the skins of powerful animals and, in a trance-like fury, completely overpower their adversaries. It was said that they were so possessed by the spirits of the animals they chose to don, that they would become almost feral, even […]

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80s, Action, Mook, Romance

Miracle Mile (1988) — Movie Reviews by a Mook

Sometimes a wrong number can change your life. God help you when it does. Harry Washello is a nerdy trombone player in a big band that travels around the US. While doing a stopover for a show in Los Angeles, California, he meets the woman of his dreams: Julie Peters, a somewhat nerdy, spunky, intelligent […]

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80s, Action, Drama, Horror, Movies, Romance, Thriller

Hostile Takeover (1988)

Mild mannered workman, Eugene Brackin, has volunteered, along with three other coworkers, to go in and work over the Thanksgiving weekend. He sits quietly for the entire day and then, after everyone has clocked out, he locks the door, pulls out a gun, and takes his three coworkers hostage. He does not give anyone a reason for his actions, only saying that he won’t hurt anyone and that everything will be over when the circle is complete.

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80s, Drama, Horror, Monsters, Occult, Uncategorized

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

NYPD detectives Powell and Shepard have two very strange cases on their hands. The first involves a bizarre series of ritualistic murders where living victims are either filleted alive or have their hearts cut out of their chests. The second case involves a strange string of disappearances that all seem to be followed up by sightings of an unusually large bird seen flying around Manhattan. Meanwhile, while the two detectives try to figure out what to make of all these strange occurances, two-bit crook Jimmy Quinn, on the run from some not so friendly ‘associates,’ stumbles upon a corpse and an egg in a ridiculously large nest hidden at the top of the Chrysler Building. So what’s a skeevy little opportunist like Jimmy to do? Try to make a quick buck of course.

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