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CHICKENFUT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I ask for funny and they bring me creepy. I'm not upset about this.

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SAWDENLY STOLEN?

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is Saw, the first great film franchise of the twenty first century, stolen property?

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FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

When it's you, your horse and your shotgun in the middle of nowhere, you might learn more than you wanted to know...

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THE INSECT CHORUS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I was expecting a dull, contrived, and pretentious little tale, because when a movie bills itself as "a new kind of fairy tale", you don't exactly look for it to be a thrilling low-impact romp...

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HEADING HOME

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I have to admit, they definitely hit you all at once with this--I doubt Campbell's original was quite this taut and rapid-paced--but I can't help but wonder if just maybe they went a little too fast...

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ACTIONGIRLS: SOLDIERS OF THE DEAD PART ONE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It was so bad, I wanted ninety minutes of my life back at the thirty minute mark...

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KILLER KILLER

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Killer Killer" tried its best to be a clear winner, but sadly, couldn't cash the check that its first three minutes wrote...

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ROUGH CUT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's like a fusion of "CSI" and "Inside the Actor's Studio," and that's not a combination that anyone sees often...

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HUNTING SEASON

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In a different world, I might have recommended "Hunting Season" to eighties horror buffs, but even that recommendation is lost to me now...

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ORION SLAVE GIRLS MUST DIE!!!

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"We told you to stay out of our Pizza Hut, Trekkie!"

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THE EVADING (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"The Evading" actually plays like a hybrid of several different Japanese horror films done in a strictly American style, giving it some serious innovation credits to its name...

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SHOOTING MICHAEL MOORE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This indie gem was the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Flint Michigan Film Festival. Two nights running....

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CREATURE STORY

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Creature Story", despite the fact that it's so impossibly short, still manages to satisfy by way of a fantastic twist ending.

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EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's a great day when I can actually use the phrase "Flesh-eating cannibal hookers" and not look like a total lunatic...

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DUMPSTER DIVER

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

One man's trash is another man's treasure with "Dumpster Diver", though if you watch it, you'll be hard pressed to decide just which man you agree with...

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INFINITE MOMENTS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I don't even know what the woman's name is, let alone why she's being attacked by some guy in a ski mask...

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CHOCOLATES

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Don't come in here looking for cohesive plotlines or a clear, brisk narrative...

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SPLATTER FARM

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The phrase "enormous copout" comes readily to mind...

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FOREST OF THE DEAD

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Look for such exciting horror movie standards as "Crazy Old Guy at the Gas Station"! "Do The Light Switches Ever Work Here?"! "Horny Teenagers Get Chopped Up The Fastest"! and one of my personal favorites, "So Very Canadian, Eh?"

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MEATBALL MACHINE (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Leave it to the Japanese cinema to cut a person's head in half one minute and have the characters fall in love the next...

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SKIN CRAWL

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Son of a bitch...how does any self-respecting horror movie manage to go THIS long without any deaths?

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SHADOW PUPPETS (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wake up locked in a padded room where the only furnishing is a mattress and suddenly the lights go out? Man, I'd be freaked out too, and I'm only just watching it...

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MY LAST CONFESSION

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Whether or not "My Last Confession" is an accurate portrayal is actually quite irrelevant...

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THE LISTENING DEAD

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A silent horror film. Will wonders never cease?

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URCHIN

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Frankly, as entertaining as an eight-year-old drug enforcer armed with an array of homemade armaments might be, it's still pretty disturbing...

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CASTING CALL

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Of all the Hollywood horror stories, "Casting Call" is likely to be the most plausible...

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KILL BABY KILL

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

There is a distinct possibility your PARENTS were not born when this movie first showed. But it has aged well...

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BORDERLINE CULT (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You know what to expect by now. It's Ulli Lommel...

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ALBERT FISH

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Albert Fish has a recipe for roasted child ass. It involves carrots and onions...

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HARVESTING THE HOMELESS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is this a commentary on the nature of religion and the divine? Is this a poke at capitalism? Or possibly even just a commentary on the homeless problem in our country?

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OF DARKNESS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By not dragging it out, they've managed to create a superconcentrated burst of suspense and terror combined...

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FREEDOMLAND

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What happened in "Freedomland" was sad enough. What might have been in "Freedomland" makes you even sadder for the thought...

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CYN

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

All in all, "Cyn" does what it does extremely well. Only when faced with the immutable question--"Was it actually worth doing?"--does it falter...

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NO DESTINATION

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Laumeister's work is taut and deftly paced, with enough happening before an explosive conclusion to make you glad you stuck around...

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OPEN WATER 2: ADRIFT (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The perfect storm of stupid...

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MUSTANG SALLY’S HORROR HOUSE (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Powerpuff Girls running whorehouses? Who says reality is stranger than fiction?

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DIE AND LET LIVE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The funniest low-budget zombie teen romance comedy I've ever seen...

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BLOOD OATH

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Cited for use of cliches, cheesy digital decapitation, and gross misuse of Tiffany Shepis...

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THE GRAND HORROR

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

There's an old adage out there about biting off more than you can chew--specifically, that you shouldn't...

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SHADOW WALKERS (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Unoriginal but fun, and a good way to kill time between all the monster blockbusters you're probably at least thinking about seeing...

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EVIL (TO KAKO)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Like "28 Days Later"? You'll like this. Didn't like it? You'll STILL like this...

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THE MANITOU (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

All I can really say with any kind of certainty is man, did they ever make 'em weird back in the seventies...

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TOOFY SHORTS VOL. 1 (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The produce of the Toofy Film Fest, for better and for worse, comes at us in the Toofy Shorts collection, volume one...

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VIDEO VIOLENCE / VIDEO VIOLENCE PART 2: THE EXPLOITATION (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A great history lesson... but a pair of lousy movies...

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SERIAL RABBIT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's like watching "Harvey" as directed by Brian De Palma with a budget of a hundred and eighty dollars...

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BRAIN BLOCKERS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's a horror comedy that completely fails to be either scary or funny!

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A HALFWAY HOUSE CHRISTMAS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

How drunk do you have to be to find this movie good? I don't know. Frankly, I don't want to know...

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MEAT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Meat" is the kind of cut you'll want to seek out...

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AFTER THE DAY

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

One script. One location. Twelve bucks. All good...

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FARTMAN: CAUGHT IN A TIGHT ASS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I can safely say "Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass" is beyond contempt...

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THE LAST SUPPER (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

They're having a giant meatgasm right in front of us...

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ALIEN INVASION ARIZONA (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You know what to expect and you know in advance whether you'll like it or not, pretty much...

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THE ABANDONED (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Creepy dopplegangers, a deadly plot or two, murderers from beyond the grave... just another day in Russia...

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THE GOOD FOOD GUY AND THE DOO DOO KING

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's enough to make you wonder if the Spataforas weren't getting some help from a bunch of twelve year olds they had around at the time...

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THE TOYBOX

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Those Brits. Almost, but not quite, as freaky as the Japanese...

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SHUTTER (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By the last half of "Shutter," things will get so wild you'll be forced to wonder what's next, and "Shutter" will not disappoint...

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HITLER MEETS CHRIST

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Somewhere in New York, Hitler lives...

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CURSE OF THE ZODIAC (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sometimes, I wonder if Ulli's just cobbling together bits and pieces of random movies he shot earlier to make one larger movie...

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BLOOD TRAILS (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If you've ever wanted to see what a bicycle jump kick to a man's throat would look like, then man, is "Blood Trails" the movie you've been waiting for...

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BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The start of a whole new subgenre of horror--the "shockumentary"...

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DRIVE-THRU (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's part Fred Kreuger, part Ronald McDonald, and all fun...

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WHY MUST I BE A ZOMBIE IN LOVE?

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If Zombie Apocalypse ever shows up, I hope it's as funny (or at least as half-assed) as this...

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DOLLA MORTE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Too much sodomy, and not enough scathing social commentary...

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GRIM REAPER (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sadly, what really might have saved "Grim Reaper" and its vaguely original idea was some good execution, something in very short supply here...

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UNREST

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Not so much GROSS anatomy as it is mildly disturbing anatomy....

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REINCARNATION (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

...there's something creepy in the background and it's just STANDING THERE!!

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GRAVEDANCERS (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Truly, a movie to die for.

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DORKS (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Naturally, as is the case when local goths put on a voodoo ritual with frozen chicken and "pentagrams" with six points, something will go wrong.

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DARK RIDE (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Tobe Hooper, eat your heart out.

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PENNY DREADFUL (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The precursor to the horror movie becomes a pretty solid one itself.

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THE WOODCHIPPER MASSACRE (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You'd think there's a limit as to how many times you can hear the word "maggots" in a prayer before dinner, but "The Woodchipper Massacre" manages to prove that theory quite wrong...

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CANNIBAL CAMPOUT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"What you are about to see is based upon true accounts and conjecture and is a delineation of actual events which transpired at an indeterminate time to persons of less than genuinely equivocal authenticity."

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I KILL PEOPLE FOR MONEY

Steve Anderson — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Ukeleles. Puppets. Bargain basement assassins.

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THE GOOFA MAN COLLECTION

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Generous aliens, asteroid mining, and computer animation. What more can you people want??

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THE NORLISS TAPES (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Anchor Bay's back in the salvage game, and with good results.

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RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: RAVE TO THE GRAVE (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Start the wake, folks...it's a FRANCHISE now.

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DIARY OF A CANNIBAL (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The sooner we stop watching him, the sooner he will go away.

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FRANKENSTEIN’S BLOODY NIGHTMARE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Seventy-six minutes of not much at all.

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THE THREE TRIALS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By the time I got to the three hundred pound fat guy crawling around with the orange branch sticking out of his ass, I lost all hope.

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MURDER SET PIECES

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You know...people bandy the word "Unwatchable" around a lot....

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NIGHT OF THE DEAD (LEBEN TOD) (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Somewhere, Dr. Herbert West is smirking.

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PLANETFALL

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The sci-fi Western...hard to find, but worth it.

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THE EMPTY ACRE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Something weird is going on in Kansas.

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SKULL AND BONES

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I never thought I would see a movie that revolved around fantasy wish-fulfillment for truly disturbed homosexuals, but yet, there it is.

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TEENAGERS FROM URANUS: SLOPPY SECONDS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. Phil. Jesus. And a whole bunch of guys who refuse to take the "Jackass" disclaimers seriously.

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GEORGE BUSH GOES TO HEAVEN

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Incompetence is not a sin. Remember that.

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THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD (DVD)

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sci-Fi Channel do something original?! The hell you say!

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JOHNNY DINGLEBERRY PRESENTS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Illegal Mexican Superheroes, an even-lower-budget Power Ranger, and a surprise for a flasher. What more can you need?

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IN THE DARK

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A really, really scary movie lurks "In the Dark".

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THE WHISTLER

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A low-budget Friday the 13th knockoff.

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SCREWED

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

When all the box art can do is pay endless homage to the director, it doesn't bode well for the actual movie.

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A DEAD CALLING

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Part murder mystery, part ghost story, all great movie!

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DEADSCAPES: BROKEN ROAD

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Start of something big or cinematic wasteland?

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HELL HOLE HIGH

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

There's every reason to cut class at Hell Hole High.

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SAUL GOODMAN

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Saul Goodman: October Surprise.

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SONS OF VENGEANCE

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Drugrunners, gunmen...vampires?

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NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Nabeshin. Nuff said.

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HELL’S GRAVEYARD

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It's really only a bad idea if they were serious....

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NAILED

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This is what happens when you cross crime drama with horror. Enjoy.

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ANGIE’S DELIGHT

Steve Anderson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Gritty, occasionally deplorable, and everything you expect from film noir.

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