Category: Movie Reviews
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Have I Ever Told Ya The Story About How Sly Stallone Used A Movie I Was Making To Break Up With His Girlfriend?
I have actually – right here on this blog! And I’m doing it again – bigger (and, okay, I’m biased) better – in a new podcast I’m making called the “How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast: The Making Of Bordello Of Blood”. Now, why you might ask, would anyone give a crap about a […]
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I Hope Meat Loaf Forgave Me For Hanging Him In A Meat Locker
Singer and actor Meat Loaf died today apparently from COVID. I’ll stick a pin in his anti-vaxxism for a moment out of respect for his musical contributions. He was an icon of a particular kind of rock n roll. When I was at Vassar College in the 1978, we danced with complete abandon to Meat’s […]
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“TRUMPOCALYPSE: THE MINISERIES” Casting Office — UPDATED Casting: “THE INSURRECTION CAUCUS”
So far, we’ve cast the Trumps — father, sons, daughter/sex partner & wife/handler. They’re all below today’s casting thoughts — THE INSURRECTION CAUCUS! I have a feeling we’re going to end up expanding this part of the story exponentially. What we saw, live on TV, was the tip of the iceberg that was planned; most […]
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Because It’s Halloween: The Deep, Dark Secrets Of A Horror Movie Writer
How do you scare people (who want to be scared)? It’s harder than it sounds because horror movie fans know horror movies the way evangelicals (think they) know the Bible. First confession: if you IMDb me, the impression you’d get from my credits is that I’m purely a horror/sci-fi guy: “Freddy’s Nightmares” (the Nightmare On […]
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Why Do Movie Quotes Keep Popping Into My Head?
I know I’m not alone in this. Something happens in my day, either ordinary or extraordinary, and my initial reaction, the first thing that pops into my head, is a movie quote. Mostly, to be honest, I hear Homer Simpson’s voice — “D’oh!” — every time I screw something up. Homer puts it better, more […]
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“TRUMPOCALYPSE: THE MINISERIES” Casting Office
Back at the early days of the Trump madness — in the middle of his term — back when we thought our world had gone pretty much as bonkers as it could get, I wrote a post called “Trumpocalypse: The Movie”. I smile now at my charming naivete — to think that the Trump madness […]
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“Whatever It Is, I’m Against It!”
We all have a special song. Okay, we all have lots of special songs but there’s one in particular that, as you go through life, it never stops being deeply relevant. It’s the one that pops into your head with remarkable regularity because it applies in so many ways to so many things. This is […]
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Director Dick Donner Just Died; He Was A Lovely, Lovely Man And A Real Pleasure To Work For
Back in the 1990’s, my partner at the time (Gil Adler) and I were hired to take over HBO’s horror anthology “Tales From The Crypt“. That third season was supposed to be the show’s last but Gil and I managed to turn the ship around. We reinvigorated the show but — more importantly — we […]
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Of Movie Monsters & “Franken-Christians”
In my time, I’ve written a few horror movies. I’ve written or produced (or written AND produced) franchises like Freddy Krueger, Children Of The Corn, Tales From The Crypt… I’ve helped create really good monsters and some really crap monsters. After all, in a horror movie, the whole point IS the monster. Good monsters endure, […]
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Netflix Broke Hollywood But, Then, Hollywood Had It Coming
The end of the pandemic means entertainment can finally get back fully onto its feet and start entertaining us. For Hollywood however, getting back onto its feet is already proving a challenge. That’s because what Netflix had started to break before the pandemic slammed into Hollywood, the pandemic finished breaking for good. If you now […]
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