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Blog postEarlier this week, I had an amazing three-hour chat with Joe, Kaila, and Will of The Geekiest Podcast, and now you can tune in on your favorite podcasting platform!
We covered a WIDE range of topics including my books, War of the Worlds: Goliath, the Weller video game, pets in science fiction, martial arts, and even that time I made film and television star Peter Wingfield spit out his orange juice in a Radisson hotel lobby.
Where do Mogwai come from? Do xenomorphs lurk in my -
Blog postAh, slashers. We've visited Jason Voorhees a couple times this year. Have you ever wondered just how they pul off such perfect, formulaic killing sprees? How they manage to power walk a mud hole in even the fastest jock and stomp it dry?
Today's film answers all these question, taking us behind the scenes, showing us all the tricks of the grisly trade.
I'm thrilled I got to revisit this movie, because I hadn't seen it since its original release, and when I recently searched fo -
Blog postHave you ever wondered what would happen if Superman went bad? I don't mean a temporary red kryptonite situation. No I mean what if Kal El was a bad seed. Can you imagine what that would be like? I mean we've seen glimpses of such power when other Kryptonians like General Zod have invaded Earth, but I'm talking about something deeper.
How would it affect those close to the rogue Supe?
Amazon Prime's The Boys (based on the comic series of the same name) covers some of this grou -
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Blog postPut on your hiking boots, kids, because we're heading off the beaten path for today's movie.
I know what you're thinking. "Adam, is that Jason Voorhees? But you already reviewed a Friday the 13th movie this year!" That's right, I did, and I actually had a completely different movie picked out for today. It's my son Logan's 15th birthday today, however, and as I sat down in front of the TV, he asked if he could make a suggestion. Well how can I say no to the kid on his birthd -
Blog postYesterday's film put me in the mood for some classic Universal horror, and a sale on Vudu provided the perfect pick.
It's certainly no secret that I love the works of H.G Wells. I've been a fan of his stories ever since a snowy Halloween night when my dad dragged out a battery-powered radio and played Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast for me during a power outage. I'd always been a fan of fantasy, particularly sword and sorcery tales and films, but Wells awakened a love o -
Blog postI love Frankenstein. I mean it. I'm a total Frankenstein fanboy, particularly the classic black and white movies staring Boris Karloff. Let's face it, though, those movies aren't the most faithful adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.
I'm sure we all know the story by now, but here it is in a nutshell: one stormy night Mary Shelley, invented the science fiction genre to avoid being roped into another lame threesome with Lord Byron. Still with me? -
Blog post(NOTE: Today's movie is not to be confused with the other 2020 film of the same name.)
Ever since 2004 when Shaun of the Dead and the Dawn of the Dead remake brought zombies back into the mainstream, the genre has been going strong... for better or for worse. Don't get me wrong, I love zombies, but I've never been shy about my opinion that the genre has gotten stale and needs to go back underground for about a decade or so.
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that tries -
Blog postI know what you're thinking. "Wait, didn't he review this movie yesterday?" I assure you, today's movie is quite different. Stick with me.
Do sequels ever really live up to their predecessors? I mean, there are a few notable sequels out there, but as a general rule, sequels (particularly horror sequels) tend to suck, and the amount of suckage is proportional to the length of time that passes between movies.
Maybe I'm making up for a distinct lack of werewolf flicks i -
Blog postLet's see... zombies... vampires... serial killers... leprechauns... aliens... killer dolls... Hmm... Have I ever reviewed a werewolf movie on this blog? For the life of me, I cannot remember. Well, there's no time like the present.
I'll be honest, I've never been a real fan of the werewolf genre. I chalk that up to growing up in the 90s with the chest-thumping-alpha-pack bullshit established by White Wolf in their World of Darkness series of role playing games. More modern depictions -
Blog postIt seems as soon as George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead hit screens, foreign filmmakers were looking to cash in on the new flesh-eating zombie craze. With a flood of films coming out of Europe under an overwhelming number of alternate titles, it's sometimes hard to keep track of them all.
Before today, I only knew today's film through a number of YouTube film critics and reviewers. The idea intrigued me, a fresh take on a genre that hadn't yet lost its freshness. While Italian -
Blog post(This film should not be confused with the 1979 film Prophecy.)
Ah, Dimension Films. Just seeing that logo flash across my screen makes all my joint pain go away, and suddenly I'm a teenager in Mom and Dad's basement again. Pure nostalgia.
I studied Biblical and mythological literature in college. It's always been fascinating to me, but although it was shaky for at least a decade prior, my college studies pretty well drove the final coffin nail into my faith.
Why do I -
Blog postI reviewed this film once before on my old website, but that review was unfortunately lost back in the Great Balzer Hissy Fit of 2016, so I figured, "What the hell?" Let's do it again for a new audience.
I know I've mentioned before how much I love anthology films. When you have a short attention span like I do, sometimes you like to get your horror fix in bite-sized portions to get more bang for your buck.
And although I'm not quite as obsessed as many of my peers, -
Blog post(Please note: This movie should not be confused with the unrelated 2020 film Relic.)
It should come as no surprise to you that I love books. It's an occupational hazard, after all. Book-to-film adaptations, however, ehhh... that can be a bit of a touchy subject, especially when the source novel is a beloved one. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic films adapted from books, but there are also some abysmal ones. We've all got one that bothers (read: insults) us as readers. For -
Blog postOh, how I do love vampires, especially unique takes on the monsters that stray from the Euro-trash, pretty boy trope. Give me predators. Fucking land sharks, man.
I also love post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. I mean, hell... it's my bread and butter! Now if you can combine post-apocalyptic wastelands with vampires, then you, my friend, have got my undivided attention.
Today's movie flew under my radar for the past nine years, and I'm not entirely sure why. Perhaps the ti -
Blog postJust because we're reviewing spooky movies doesn't mean we have to leave the kids out of the fun. If anyone knows how to do family-friendly holiday fun right, it's the animation giant Rankin/Bass, the same studio that brought us Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and one of my all-time favorite animated features, The Wind in the Willows.
Unfortunately, the medium of claymation is a bit of a lost art in this age of computer animation. It's true that GGI often obtains a similar look, but th -
Blog postSo yesterday was interesting, right? I'm not goin to lie, my head is still reeling from that little cinematic acid trip. For today's movie, I wanted to go with something fun and familiar to me. I'm a big fan of slashers, with the Halloween, Scream, and Friday the 13th franchises being among my all-time favorites. But over the past few years I've covered Michael (twice), Ghostface, Chucky (twice), Pinhead, and even Freddy Krueger (sorta?), so that leaves just one of the big horror juggernauts.
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Blog postHave you ever wanted to try LSD or other mind-altering drugs but were too afraid to go through with it? What if I told you it was possible to get the experience without any of the risk? Interested?
Cool. We can continue.
Today's film was another recommendation from a friend, albeit a different one this time, and man the two recommendations couldn't possibly be any more different if they tried.
I'll admit this one's a bit outside my wheelhouse, so I was a little hesitan -
Blog postSo far, our Halloween flicks have been pretty gruesome and hardly family-appropriate. I like to get a mix of mature and kid-friendly movies in my October lineup this year, so why don't we slow things down and gather the kids around the TV tonight.
Today's movie was recommended by a good friend who's actually been gently poking me to give it a watch for a while. With her not being a fan of the horror genre in general, I knew this movie had to be special if this particular friend was re -
Blog postHave you ever chosen a movie based solely on the poster or box art? If you grew up in the 80s perusing the shelves in video rental stores, then chances are pretty damn good that you have. The 80s were a kind of box art renaissance. Hell, entire books have been published celebrating this very thing. Unfortunately, some of those cover artists in the 80s did their job a little too well.
It should come as no surprise that I love zombie movies. What I really love, though, are movies that b -
Blog postSometimes when you're looking for a good scary flick to watch, you find yourself scraping the bottom of the barrel. For many of these reviews, I like to check out old classics that I missed out on in my youth. Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised, but others I realize there's no pot of gold at the end of that rainbow.
Today's movie helped launch the career of Jennifer Anniston, who as we all know went on to superstardom with her role on the hit sitcom Friends, and good for her, because.
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