Body swapping is a well known and often used plot device. As it literally involves two people (or more) switching bodies, it’s the ultimate method of forcing a character to live the life of someone else and learn to see the world from their point of view. The idea of two people directly exchanging bodies […]
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Silent Scream (1979)
Silent Scream AKA: The Silent Scream Silent Scream is about a small group of collage students who rent rooms at a newly “we are now taking applications” Victoria boarding house at the beginning of the semester. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for people to start showing up in elegant, bloody piles. Silent Scream is a […]
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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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Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008)
Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust AKA: Gingerdead Man 2: Bakery of Blood Cheatem Studios has a long, gloriously sordid history of making low-budget cult films. The founder’s son, Kelvin, is trying to create worthy successors to his father’s legacy and keep the studio out of bankruptcy. One of his current projects? Tiny Terrors […]
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The Gingerdead Man (2005)
The Gingerdead Man Psychotic killer Millard Findlemeyer decides to rob a diner one afternoon. While holding up the joint he shoots several patrons, including father and son duo, James and Jeremy Leigh. But for whatever reason, he seems to grow a sudden conscience when it comes to shooting the last witness, a young Sarah Leigh, […]
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Doom Asylum (1987)
Doom Asylum Attorney Mitch Hanson and his recently rich client/fiance, Judy LaRue are planning an expensive getaway after her successful windfall. But on the way to paradise, Mitch gets too handsy with his lady love and, unable to keep his damn eyes on the road, he subsequently crashes into an oncoming van. The crash kills […]
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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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The Dentist (1996)
The Dentist Dr. Alan Feinstone runs a highly successful and profitable dental practice. He’s got some anger issues and some serious OCD related to dirt, but he doesn’t let that or the stress of an upcoming audit get in the way of running his business. Or at least he didn’t right up until he found […]
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Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
Hack-O-Lantern AKA: Halloween Night Young Tommy is particularly close to his grandfather, who dotes on him more than his other two siblings. But Tommy’s parents don’t like how fixated he is on their oldest son, and on Halloween night, after one too many unwanted visits, Tommy’s father decides to drive to his father in law’s […]
Read moreThe Undertaker (1988) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Mining the depths of bad taste for movies will lead you through a lot of crap. Much of it is stuff that’s entertaining, probably for the wrong reasons. However, sometimes you find a gem, not notable for its quality but because of its rarity or its surprising significance in the career of a particular actor, […]
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