Anyone and everyone who’s ever browsed a DVD section knows about the mockbuster: The ultra-low budget, dubiously constructed ripoff of whatever is big at the movies at a given moment. In the wake of Snakes on a Plane there was Snakes on a Train; when Transformers hit big screens, Transmorphers hit the Redbox. For hardcore aficionados of the rental store or the bargain bin, they’re sort of the comic relief for long, dry, browsing periods, something to give you a chuckle when you’ve grown frustrated that the special-edition Blu-ray 25th Anniversary widescreen edition of Hellraiser really is out of stock.
Read MoreJurassic World (2015)
A couple of decades after the events of Jurassic Park, the world has inexplicably grown bored with the concept of dinosaurs in a theme park. Having seen attendance steadily decline over the last ten years, the park’s operators create a bigger, badder dinosaur in hopes of reinvigorating public interest and increasing revenues. Almost immediately, however, the dinosaur poop hits the fan and potential repeat customers start dying off.
Read MoreRoad to Paloma (2014)
Let me be the first to say that I don't know shit about motorcycles. Hell, I don't know shit about most vehicles. That being said, there's always been something about the rumble of a wheeled machine that's fascinated me.
Read MoreBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer (2015)
It had to happen. The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer has now leaked online in its entirety, and while it is cam quality, you won't struggle to see Superman, Bruce Wayne, or the Batmobile. I think I'll let the trailer speak for itself this time, but I will say that its definitely effective.
Read MoreSleepaway Camp (1983) #BluRay
At their heart, the best horror movies aren’t really horror movies at all. It may sound like an odd assessment, but, even a cursory glance of the classics of the genre will turn up films that are, both literally and figuratively, about child abuse and neglect, infidelity and betrayal, post-traumatic stress disorder, the urban/rural culture clash, and the role of violent media in modern society. Horror is merely the medium in which these unsavory topics can be openly addressed and discussed; there’s only so much that polite society wants to acknowledge about itself, at least within the confines of normal, everyday, human interactions.
Read MoreGreyhawk (2014)
Greyhawk is one of those movies where something happens, then a bunch of other stuff happens and then it ends just the way it started. While normally I wouldn't be too fond of this formula there is still something that can be said about this one. The movie opens up with a man and a woman getting dressed.
Read MoreCandyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) #BluRay
The 1990s was a difficult time for horror. After the monumental success it enjoyed in the 1980s, it appeared as if the genre had briefly lost its way, with the great wave of the slashers giving way to a veritable wasteland in the first half of the decade; and while Wes Craven’s Scream helped to make fright cinema relevant again, it wouldn’t be until the early 00s’ that consistently quality films began to appear again in the numbers they’d once enjoyed. As such, it makes sense that a confused, frustrated decade would give birth to some confused, frustrated franchises.
Read MoreSUPER! BitCon (2015)
This is a movie review website, so why in the hell are you reviewing a video game convention? Well, I'll tell you why. I wasn't planning on writing this up, but SUPER! BitCon was so well put together and we has so much fun that I had to say something.
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