by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 27, 2014 | Blog, New
Believe is back after a multi-week absence and cancellation notice, but damn it, we’ve been with this continuing train wreck since the beginning and we’ll stick with it to the bitter end. (Hey, the finale is only two weeks away; it’s not like we’re heroes or...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 27, 2014 | Blog, New
Cheap Thrills, Dracula, the Doctor in Fact and Fiction, and the awful wonder that is Sleepaway Camp Cheap Thrills is an almost unknown, entirely creepy little film with some really fine actors, including the rather remarkable Sara Paxton from The Innkeepers and Last...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 19, 2014 | Blog, New
John Wyndham, well known for his Triffids, krakens, chrysalids, and cuckoos, created another horror that’s almost entirely forgotten. When the big-time psychologists make lists of the world’s most ‘popular’ phobias, one particular life-form...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 17, 2014 | Blog, New
There’s some other good stuff up and down the dial (the original Carrie, Road Warrior, etc.), but nothing quite as nice as three truly classic haunted house movies on TCM First: The Haunting. Three are a couple of absolutely classic performances in this flawless...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 16, 2014 | Blog, New
Not a review, just some random, rueful musings. Be sure to watch Rosemary’s Baby with Zoe Saldana, available on Hulu, before you bother reading this. Won’t make a lick of sense without it. Basically, we’re looking at the really uncomfortable story of a black woman who...
