A weird gunslinger, a bunch of Mexican banditos, betrayal, revenge, a fuzzy timeline, and everybody’s dirty. Yep, it’s another Italian Western! Hole in the Forehead follows Billy Blood, a quirky cowboy with a terrible name that never likes to use his right hand for anything except shooting and always shoots people in the forehead for […]
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Silent Night (2012)
Silent Night It’s Christmas Eve, and a small Midwestern town is preparing for their annual Santa parade. But while most of the populace is getting ready for the festivities, the local police department is secretly scrambling, desperately trying to find the culprit in a series of gruesome murders. Their only clue so far is a […]
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The Dentist 2 (1998)
The Dentist 2 AKA: The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself After an undisclosed amount of time, Dr. Feinstone manages to snag a hostage and successfully flee the insane asylum he was sent to after the first film. Fleeing California, he makes his way to the small town of Paradise, Missouri. Turns out his previous IRS problems […]
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow In a small, rural farming town, 36-year-old developmentally disabled Bubba Ritter is not the town’s favored son. The local postman, Otis Hazelrigg, in particular, seems to have it out for him, and has convinced himself and three other townsfolk that Bubba is dangerous and something needs to be done about […]
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Daddy’s Little Girl (2012)
Derek Riley is the proud papa of an adorable six-year-old little girl named Georgia. Georgia is sweet and kind and is clearly Derek’s whole world. So it’s little surprise that her tragic kidnapping and subsequent death at the hands of an unknown assailant sends him into a tailspin. Six months after Georgia’s death, Derek is […]
Read moreScum (1979) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
I 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, […]
Read moreThe Hard Way (2019) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
This is the kind of movie where the title is said in the first ten minutes. If that doesn’t tell you what you’re getting into, you’re about to get an education…the hard way. I’m sorry, that was bad. I apologize. While on a mission in Romania, John Payne’s brother gets killed. Payne (played by Michael […] […]
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Night Train Murders (1975)
Two teenage girls attending school in Germany are taking the train to Italy to spend Christmas with one of the girl’s parents. On the way there they encounter a pair of annoying thugs who grow more aggressive as the trip continues. When the train is forced to stop at a station, the girls take the opportunity to switch trains hoping that it’ll give them a quieter, more pleasant experience.Â
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Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991)
In this installment, the titular puppets and their master take a break from the dull Bodega Bay Inn in favor of 1941 WWII era Berlin. Here, we find the Nazi’s, led by Dr. Hess, hard at work on experiments aimed at reanimating their dead soldiers so the corpses can be used as human shields. So […]
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The Truth Beneath (2016)
Kim Yeon-hong and her husband Kim Jong-chan seem to have the perfect life. Their previously troublesome daughter, Min-jin, has turned her life around, improving her grades and staying away from her old, rebellious friends. Meanwhile Jong-chan, a former announcer, has turned into a popular young political candidate who looks like he might have a shot at beating out the local incumbent. Jong-chan’s campaign is making great strides, but a mere 15 days before the election Min-jin suddenly goes missing.
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