Slice (2018)

November 27, 2018

Directed by: Austin Vesely

Written by: Austin Vesely

Starring: Zazie Beetz, Chance the Rapper, Rae Gray

Quote: "So you're telling me, that my pizza place is built on a gateway to hell?"

Trivia: The opening credits have a strong resemblance to the opening credits of "night of the demons" (1988).


I really liked this movie! Somehow the movie came out this year without me hearing a thing about it. It wasn't until I was flipping through Amazon Prime Video that I came across the movie and recognized Chance the Rapper's face on the cover. Chance is surprisingly a really good actor and brings a lot to the film. The film also boasts a handful of other likable actors: Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Paul Scheer (The League), Chris Parnell (SNL), and Hannibal Burress (The Eric Andre Show), among others. The world that writer/director Austin Vesely creates in the town of Kingfisher is also really fun and seems inspired by the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is a world where humans, ghosts, werewolves, and witches all interact. The movie has been criticized for being schlocky and a stupid B-movie, which it surely is. But what's wrong with that? Beyond the campiness, the movie also offers some insightful social commentary on American society at large. A bit disjointed, the movie is nonetheless a fun ride that I recommend.

Beetlejuice (1988)

October 30, 2018

Directed by: Tim Burton

Written by: Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton

Budget: $15,000,000

Quote: "Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?"

Trivia: The original script was a horror film, and featured Beetlejuice as a winged, reptilian demon who transformed into a small Middle Eastern man to interact with the Maitlands and the Deetzes. Lydia was a minor character, with her six-year-old sister Cathy being the Deetz child able to see the Maitlands. Beetlejuice's goal was to kill the Deetzs, rather than frighten them away, and included sequences where he mauled Cathy in the form of a rabid squirrel and tried to rape Lydia. Subsequent script re-writes turned the film into a comedy, and toned down Beetlejuice into the ghost of a wise cracking con-artist, rather than a demon.


Overview: My wife decided on being Beetlejuice for Halloween but to my surprise she had never seen the movie. So, while the movie is much more of a comedy than a horror, I'm going to throw this one on the list of horror movies. Also, while I have seen the movie at least a dozen times, I haven't seen it since I was barely a teenager two decades ago. It was interesting revising this beloved childhood movie. There were several surprises that I didn't realize about the movie as a kid:

• I had no idea Otho was gay. It's super obvious watching it now, but as a kid I think he was just an eccentric guy who decorated houses.
• I also missed the fact that the movie is an awful artist who is incapable of selling any of her terrible art. Once again, I thought she was eccentric, but isn't that what artists are?
• Beetlejuice is actually a lot scarier than I remember. I was too focused on the silliness of the movie and ignored his first attack on the family as a snake where he nearly breaks the father's neck before alluding to a sexual attack on the daughter. Later, he forces the daughter to marry him and is continually trying to get the ability to kill the living parents. He does kill Maxy D, the famous  business guy, and his wife (he launched them through the roof, literally).
• Winona Rider is awesome as the angsty teenager that is obsessed with death. I really think it was this role that prepared her for Heathers.
• Calypso is still such a weird choice for the soundtrack but it works perfectly!
• The movie makes me want to revisit the animated series.
• I'm not sure how Tim Burton got such a dark subject with an F-bomb to only get a PG rating. Not even PG-13?!

...what's your thoughts?

Dead Shack (2017)

October 19, 2018

Directed by: Peter Ricq

Written by: Phil Ivanusic, Davila LeBlanc, Peter Ricq

Starring: Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Lizzie Boys, Gabriel LaBelle

Quote: "You cannot shotgun what you can't see, dumbass."

Trivia: Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things (2016) and It (2017) fame starred in the proof of concept trailer for the film's Kickstarter campaign video.


Dead Shack is a comedy horror that intermixes these two influences into a very unique blend. The comedy is mostly really light (although there is a handful of dark comedy thrown in) and juxtaposed next to the brutal gore and violence, it gives the film an odd quality. Many previous reviews have already commented negatively on this aspect of the film, however I liked it. It reminds me of Sam Raimi's use of comedy in Evil Dead 2. While the movie is a zombie film, it is the banter between the characters, especially Roger and his son Colin that are most memorable in the film. Their exchanges, and the dialogue as a whole, are so seamless that it almost seems like they're doing improv. The gore is extreme, the story original, and the soundtrack is absolutely on point.

Night of the Demons 2 (1994)

October 12, 2018

Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Written by: Joe Augustyn, James Penzi

Starring: Cristi Harris, Darin Heames, Robert Jayne

Budget: $1,300,000

Quote: "Well, listen to this: About a year ago her parents were sent a weird Halloween card. It was home-made and really creepy; like decorated with dead bugs and dried blood, totally disgusting... anyway it was signed by Angela."

Trivia: Some of the scenes involving Angela floating on the hallways was taken from the first Night of the Demons.




The original Night of the Demons, along with Return of the Living Dead, were favorites of mine in high school. I was really disappointed after watching the sequel to Return of the Living Dead (review here) so it is with some hesitation that I watched Night of the Demons 2. Luckily, it ends up being a pretty decent movie. Not as good as the first movie (how can it be without Linnea Quigley?), but an overall fun sequel nonetheless. This movie even benefits from added comedy. It's really hard to make a successful horror sequel. By its definition, the premise has already been done so filmmakers have two choices, to either build off what was established in the original or to veer off into a new direction. If filmmakers choose the latter, we get weird moments with Telekenesis in Friday the 13th Part VII, The Howling 3: The Marsupial, and Leprechaun in the Hood. Some work (Lep in the Hood Come to Do No Good), but most don't. The other option is to build on what the original movie created. The downside to this is that the premise is by now stale, so filmmakers need to do something to up the ante and all too often this means adding comedic moments. Return of the Living Dead 2 is a perfect example of how filmmakers tried this and failed. Night of the Demons 2 on the other hand actually is able to create some funny moments while successfully building on the first movie's concept. Particularly entertaining are the scenes with Sister Gloria (Jennifer Rhodes), a tough nun whose out to preserve her students' virginities and kick demon ass.

Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)

October 6, 2018

Directed by: Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, Jon Salmon

Written by: Alec Owen, Ben Gigli, Brian Firenzi

Starring: Alec Owen, Ben Gigli, Olivia Taylor Dudley

Budget: $400,000

Quote: Drunk dad to son: "What? You think you're better than me? Just because you have a suit and a good job?"

Trivia: The first film produced by the website 5secondfilms.com. Founded in 2008, creators of the site produced one 5 second film every weekday until 2013. This feature film is based on one such short, a fake trailer.




I saw this movie on Shudder the other day but was hesitant about watching it, having not seen the first two movies. However, there is no other movies. This series begins with the third movie. Created by the guys at 5 Second Films, a website who made weekly five second movies, is a horror slasher comedy spoof that is actually really funny! The characters do a great job of portraying California fraternity dude bros that are caught in the midst of a massacre by a villain known as mother face. The dialogue in this movie is especially a strength with some great quotable moments. And although it is a comedy spoof, they do a good job of including over the top blood and gore. Beyond just a dumb comedy, this movie is also an impressive dissection of the 1980s horror slasher genre that picks apart each cliche element. Oh, and it has some really funny commercial bits in between.

Mom and Dad (2017)

October 3, 2018

Directed by: Brian Taylor

Written by: Brian Taylor

Starring: Nicholas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters

Budget: $4,000,000

Quote: "Your motherfucking mother said to open this door! And motherfuckers, you're going to open this motherfucking door!"

Trivia: Nicolas Cage said this was his favorite movie in ten years that he had filmed.






2018 really has been a great year for horror movies! Mandy, Summer of '84 and the excitement around the upcoming Halloween are all reasons to celebrate this year. And Mom and Dad is yet another great and unforgettable horror movie. Writer/director Brian Taylor cut his teeth writing and directing the Crank movies, which were action flicks with a premise that the main character's heart rate needs to stay elevated or he will die, which forces himself to engage in intense situations (drugs, suffocating, electrocution) in order to survive. It is with this intensity in mind that Taylor wrote/directed Mom and Dad, an extremely dark comedy about adulthood and the darkness of suburbia. The basic premise is that inexplicably a mass hysteria causes parents to kill their children. Upping the ante, the film also stars Nicholas Cage who always brings an extra level of craziness with him in his acting. The movie is violent, bloody, at times funny, with an interesting look at the parts of us we do not want to recognize.

Sleep Away Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)

September 23, 2018

Directed by: Michael A. Simpson

Written by: Fritz Gordon

Starring: Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard

Quote: [The Angela Rap]: "Angels are pretty, angels can fly, and here is the angel that'll make you die! You got no style and you got no cares; all ya do is fight and swear. So say your prayers and make amends, cause ya life story is about to end."

Trivia: The script originally contained more elaborate deaths for the characters, which had to be changed for budget reasons. Herman was to have a flaming poker shoved into his crotch, with Angela proclaiming it "A wienie roast!" Also, Tawny and her entire news team were supposed to die in a fiery explosion after Angela cut the brake lines to their van.


Yesterday's movie Aerobicide inspired me to continue with my true cinematic love, the slasher film. It is with joy and some regret that I conclude the Sleepaway Camp sage with Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (I read somewhere that their was a fourth one made a decade or so later but it is more or less just a bunch of clips from the first three movies strung together with shots of bikini girls thrown in to attempt a new narrative... I don't know if this film really exists but if it does, I will watch it). Sleepaway Camp III was filmed just six months after Sleepaway Camp II and contains all the things that made that movie so great: great kill scenes, perfect one-liners, a bit of nudity, and a comedic take on camp slasher genre. Once again, Angela is back at camp incognito, but this time it is at an experimental camp where they combine troubled youth with privileged children (the campers are supposed to be 16 or 17 but I bet the average age between them is closer to 25).

Suburban Gothic (2014)

September 17, 2018

Directed by: Richard Bates Jr.

Written by: Richard Bates Jr., Mark Bruner

Starring: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise

Quote: "It's nothing fifteen or twenty drinks won't fix."

Trivia: Most of the initial cast (including Ray Wise, Jeffrey Combs, Jack Plotnick and Mackenzie Phillips) made guest appearances on the show Criminal Minds (2005), which co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler.






Suburban Gothic is writer/director Richard Bates Jr.'s followup to 2012's Excision. I watched and wrote about Excision a few months ago. It is an incredibly dark look at mental illness and the difficulty of not "fitting in." Plus it has some of the most repulsive scenes in film. In Suburban Gothic, Bates is once again looking at suburban life and the struggle to find one's place in a world that makes no sense, this time as a person in their early twenties. Unlike Excision, Suburban Gothic is a much, much lighter film with a lot of genuinely funny moments and without the unrestrained use of blood and gore (bummer). Matthew Gray Gubler does a tremendous job bringing his character Raymond to life as he struggles to find a purpose in the suburban world that he has no connection to. As if being stuck between childhood and adulthood isn't bad enough, Raymond must also navigate the paranormal world when he discovers that his parents' house is haunted. It is the writing that makes the film a success. The ghosts are secondary to the dialogue and characters which really drive the film.

Jennifer's Body (2009)

September 6, 2018

Directed by: Karyn Kusama

Written by: Diablo Cody

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody

Budget: $16,000,000

Quote: "I dreamed some bad people were trying to nail you to a tree with hammers and big stakes and shit. Just like J.C. But I didn't let 'em get to you, 'cause I'm a hard-assed, Ford-tough mama bear."

Trivia: To prepare for her role as a possessed living-dead teenager, Megan Fox lost around 15 lbs, bringing her weight down to a near-frail 97 lbs, and stayed out of the sun.


Written by Diablo Cody at around the same time she wrote Juno, Jennifer's Body is a film created for the teens and twenty somethings of the late 2000s. It's filled with pop culture references, witty dialogue, and the individualist stance against the status quo. Sure, these can all be chocked up to teen movie cliches, I wouldn't disagree with this, but there is something else to the movie. Yes, it has Megan Fox. Yes, she is incredibly sexy in the film. Yes, Fox murders boys by having seducing them. Yes, it has a decent amount of gore. However, this is not what I think makes the film a success. Because, in all honesty, the movie is not as hot as one hopes nor are there any real scares. Instead, it is the relationship between Megan Fox's character and Amanda Seyfried that is the most interesting part of the film. Their relationship is a microcosm for some of the bigger issues that teenage girls and young women deal with daily in their lives. Being a man, I will tread on this subject lightly since I have little to no personal experience in this area (the best I got is that I've taught middle school for six years now).

Hatchet (2006)

August 30, 2018

Directed by: Adam Green

Written by: Adam Green

Starring: Kane Hodder, Joel David Moore, Deon Richmond

Budget: $1,500,000

Quote: "But you only shot him once, right? Maybe you gotta shoot him more times. Like four- or six- maybe you gotta shoot him six times?"

Trivia: If you watch all three "Hatchet" movies in a row without opening and end credits, it would be one uninterupted storyline, revolving around a few days




During the 1980s, the American slasher movie was king. Starting with Halloween and following shortly by Friday the 13th, there were dozens of movie franchises (most that went on way longer than they should have) cranking out movies where masked psychos killed teenagers. Then in the mid-1990s the genre began go quiet, aside from the Scream films (that time when there was only one set of footprints in the sand, that is when Wes Craven carried us). The 2000s gave us remakes and reboots of our beloved killers, Jason came back to life and My Bloody Valentine  got a 3D reboot. But where was the new slasher? Finally, in 2006 Hatchet was released. Hatchet is these filmmakers attempt to breathe life back into this truly American genre. Kane Hodder, who played Jason in a couple of the Friday the 13th movies, plays Victor Crowley a new and terrifying face in the Slasher genre. Packed with hokey comedy and a couple of cameos from horror legends (Robert Englund and Tony Todd make appearances, also John Carl Beuchler who made Ghoulies 3 makes an appearance as a piss drinking hillbilly) this is a perfect movie to watch with a few beers and friends.

Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987)

August 26, 2018

Directed by: Deborah Brock

Written by: Deborah Brock

Starring: Crystal Bernard, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur

Budget: $500,000

Quote: "I am you, and you are me, until we go all the way."

Trivia: Many characters in the movie have names in homage to other horror movies. Not only Officers Krueger and Voorhies, but Courtney's last name is Bates. The neighbors from the original have been renamed the Cravens instead of the Deverauxs in homage to&nbspWes Craven. One of the main characters is named Sally Burns because Marilyn Burns played Sally Hardesty in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).


I am now in my mid-thirties and grew up in the 1990s. What that means is that I spent much of my adolescence walking the horror aisle of the local Blockbuster. Without the internet and no access to Fangoria magazine I had to rely on the covers and pictures on the back of the VHS cases when deciding on which movies to rent. I am pretty sure I watched all three of the Slumber Party Massacres. I didn't remember the first or the third, but I have a very vivid memory of watching the second one. This is because it is such a bizarre movie. Having to outdo the original which was already literally a parody of itself, the second one has one of the weirdest villains in horror movie history. Several minutes of the film are dedicated to impromptu music videos. Slumber Party Massacre II is a movie that takes nothing seriously, especially itself. The movie takes campiness to extremes and the genre is better for it.

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

August 23, 2018

Directed by: Amy Holden Jones

Written by: Rita Mae Brown

Starring: Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villela

Budget: $250,000

Quote: "You're pretty. All of you are very pretty. I love you. It takes a lot of love for a person to... do this. You know you want it. You'll like it. Yes..."

Trivia: Rita Mae Brown wrote a screenplay for a parody of teen/slasher flicks and titled it "Sleepless Nights". However, when she submitted it to the producers, they filmed it as if it weren't a parody and retitled it "Slumber Party Massacre". As a result, the movie displays a lot more humor, both intended and unintended, than others of this genre.

Drill, baby drill! From Roger Corman (who else?) comes one of the most aggressively misogynistic films of the 1980s. In this movie, women are literally being torn apart by a long phallic tool wielded by a crazed man. The film is chocked full of gratuitous nudity and tracking shots that are meant to purposefully exploit the female body (they move to key areas during shower scenes and group clothes changing scenes). Meanwhile, the girls in the film wear next to nothing are too focused on boys to realize they are about to be murdered. This leaves all of us with the important question, what sicko wrote and directed this filth? Written and directed by women. In fact the entire Slumber Party Massacre franchise is directed by women (See how I set up that amazing twist at the end? See? Alright, I'm no M. Night Shyamalan, but at least I didn't make you sit through 90 minutes of people running away from wind like he did in The Happening... seriously M. Night, what happened?).

Night of the Demons (1988)

August 13, 2018

Directed by: Kevin Tenney

Written by: Joe Augustyn

Starring: Linnea Quigley, Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell

Budget: $1,200,000

Quote: Isn't that a little chancy? I mean this IS Halloween, the night when all the creepy things are supposed to stalk the earth. I mean there's no telling what we'll drudge up, especially in this old place.

Trivia: Linnea Quigley (Suzanne) and special effects artist Steve Johnson met when she came in to get the mold for her fake breasts done. They were later married.

First off, I will watch any movie that has Linnea Quigley who is without a doubt my absolute favorite scream queen (sorry Jamie Lee, you're great, but Linnea was my first movie love). Linnea's character Suzanne is the standout in the film. Sexy, trashy, and crude, Suzanne represents the punk rock aesthetic of the 1980s. There are also a bunch of other great characters (and caricatures). The plot is simple (think Lamberto Bava's Demons) to give way to the demonic attacks, nudity, and great dialogue one-liners. And if that wasn't enough, there is a great demonic possession choreographed dance scene to Bauhaus' Stigmata Martyr. If you love punk rock horror movies like Return of the Living Dead as much as I do, this movie is an absolute must see.

Evil Ed (1995)

August 2, 2018

Directed by: Anders Jacobsson

Written by: Anders Jacobsson, Göran Lundström, Christer Ohlsso

Starring: Johan Rudebeck, Per Löfberg, Olof Rhodin

Budget: 250,000 (SEK)

Quote: There is a scene in this movie were a girl get's raped by a beaver and is then shot in the head with a bazooka

Trivia: Sweden had until 1996 a policy about censor any movies that had any sex or violence scenes. Evil Ed was actually made as a protest against that policy.


Man, this was a really great film! It was heavily inspired by Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies (hence the title) but felt more at home with Peter Jackson's early gore fest films: Bad Taste and Dead Alive. The film matches intense gore with slapstick comedy in the best possible way. Honestly, I haven't seen a film do this since those Raimi and Jackson films. Also, the film was created to be as gross as possible as a protest against the strict censorship laws of Sweden. And any time someone can take a shot at censorship, I am all for it! The movie was so effective that the filmmakers were publicly ridiculed on television by the head of the Swedish Film Institute. If it were me, I would proudly display that fact on every business card I had.

Little Evil (2017)

July 22, 2018

Directed by: Eli Craig

Written by: Eli Craig

Starring: Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Adam Scott

Budget: $7,500,000

Quote: That's true, kids are dicks, man. But this is a different level. He's like top of the dick chain.

Trivia: When Al mentions that his stepson always wants to watch the Pitch Perfect movies, everyone reacts negatively. That includes Larry, who's played by Donald Faison, who appeared in Pitch Perfect (2012).




I wasn't sure what to expect from this horror comedy and with full disclosure, it was much more of a comedy than a horror comedy film. It does deal with Satanism and the occult, there are also a couple gory scenes, but it falls much more on the comedy side. That being said, it was a pretty funny movie that does partially spoof the "creepy kid" genre films, particularly The Omen. The film makes numerous references to The Omen while maintaining a light comedic feel to it. This is achieved largely with the help of the main character, Gary's (Adam Scott), friends: Al (Bridget Everett), Wayne (Chris D'Elia), Larry (Donald Faison), and Victor (Kyle Bornheimer).

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

July 18, 2018

Directed by: Michael A. Simpson

Written by: Fritz Gordon

Starring: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins

Budget: $465,000

Quote: "Don't talk like that, Uncle John. There's lots of good kids. We just have to weed out the bad."

Trivia: The characters are named after actors associated with quintessential 1980s film culture - predominantly members of the Brat Pack. Molly (Molly Ringwald), Sean (Sean Penn), Ally (Ally Sheedy), TC (Tom Cruise), Uncle John (John Hughes), Mare (Mare Winningham), Rob (Rob Lowe), Demi (Demi Moore), Lea (Lea Thompson), Brooke (Brooke Shields), Jodi (Jodie Foster), Anthony (Anthony Michael Hall), Judd (Judd Nelson), Charlie (Charlie Sheen), Phoebe (Phoebe Cates), Emilio (Emilio Estevez), Diane (Diane Lane).

Angela is back at it again! Everyone's favorite transgender camp slasher is killing campers in this sequel to the infamous Sleepaway Camp. Whereas Sleepaway Camp was a gritty slasher (with an incredible ending) this sequel adds a lot of dark comedy typical for sequels (look at Evil Dead II or even better the entire Nightmare on Elm Street franchise... damn Freddy got silly!). Like Evil Dead II, the comedy really works in this sequel creating a really fun continuation of the original film. The new actress who plays Angela is great and she delivers some of the cruelest deaths yet in the series.

Blood Punch (2014)

July 11, 2018

Directed by: Madellaine Paxson

Starring:  Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, Ari Boyland

Tagline: Life After Death... After Death... After Death...

Trivia: The three main actors are from Power Rangers R.P.M. (2009), Mike Ginn and Adelaide Kane also appeared on the show. The screenwriter and the director also worked on the Power Ranger films.









I found this film on Shudder where they described it as a movie that seems like if Sam Raimi had directed Groundhog's Day. That is a pretty solid description of the film. The characters are a bit over the top and the first half hour is difficult to get through, but after that the movie gets really good with a lot of twists and turns that keeps the movie exciting until the end. There are also some great death scenes and just enough comedy.

Mayhem (2017)

July 10, 2018

Directed By: Joe Lynch

Starring: Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving

Quote: "How do I feel? ...I feel like taking my clothes off, I feel like causing extraordinary amounts of property damage. I feel like I wanna scream, wanna fuck, like twisting limbs. And breaking bones... I feel great Mark. "

Trivia: The two employees having sex in the background of Derek's video were actually having sex on set. The actor and actress were in a relationship.







We've all had bad days and we have all thought about committing some act of revenge. Whether or not we actually carry out the act is another story. I think that is what makes the revenge film narrative so compelling. There a hundreds of these films. In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, we watched in awe as Paul Kersey played by the incredible Charles Bronson meted out revenge in the Dead Wish series. The Korean revenge trilogy beginning with Oldboy captivated world audiences and received critic's praise. There is something about revenge that resonates with the human psyche. We have trouble when an injustice goes unpunished. We want to see justice served. Mayhem is a movie where justice is violently served to the delight of the viewer.

Night of the Creeps (1986)

June 6, 2018

I recently watched The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen and true to its title, many of the films I have never seen. This horror movies spotlight is responsible for some of the previous movies that I have watched (Food of the Gods and Silent Night, Deadly Night are two in particular). One of the films they mentioned was Night of the Creeps which the critics raved on what an overall fun film it was. And you know what? They weren't lying. This movie is great! I have no idea how I spent 35 years of my life without seeing this gem. It's got brain infecting slug parasites! It's got zombies! It's got head collapses! But, it's also a great eighties comedy that could've been directed by John Hughes or whoever directed the Revenge of the Nerds movies. A horror comedy film that only the 1980s could deliver.

The Stuff (1985)

June 27, 2018

The Stuff is an in-your-face social critique of the consumerist culture of the 1980s with a handful of action film fight and a touch of gore. It features a very bizarre performance by Michael Moriarty who had just been in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider and who would go on to play Harry Potter Sr. (no relation) in Troll. He plays a tough guy private investigator with a distracting southern drawl (straight out of a Tennessee Williams play). Throughout the film, he delivers one-punch knock outs to over a dozen Red Shirts and is able to seduce any women he meets. Basically he's James Bond but instead of Sean Connery or Roger Moore, 007 is played by an out of shape, chubby faced southerner. Despite no one buying him as the hero, he does deliver some memorable and bizarre lines: "Well, everybody has to eat shaving cream one in a while." "No one is as dumb as I appear to be." "The name's Mo Rutherford. They call me that because when people give me money I always want mo'."