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Crash Analysis: CRAWL OR DIE (2014)
Panic Time A phobia-inducing nightmare I was sold on CRAWL OR DIE nine months ago when I saw the trailer – the best one I’d seen in twenty years. Granted, a trailer is a promise that you are going to see something worthwhile and entertaining. As we know, all too often, filmmakers fail to deliver…
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Crash Analysis: THE CONJURING (2013)
More like THE OVER-RATED A ghost story you’ve seen before… Wonderful directing, acting, editing, cinematography, special effects, and at least three solid scares. Sounds like a perfect movie, right? But the script came from the pens of twin brothers Chad and Carey Hayes, the duo who brought us 2007’s pathetic THE REAPING, and the laughable…
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Crash Reports: What I’ve Learned from Watching 1,500 Horror Movies – and it ain’t Pretty
My 1,500th horror movie is 1964’s THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, starring Vincent Price – review forthcoming (it was a double feature disc with 1962’s PANIC IN YEAR ZERO! and that review is on its way as well). But before I could begin to write anything about either movie, I caught the…
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Crash Analysis: THE DAY (2011)
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary Don’t believe the negative hype – indulge… I was impressed with Douglas Aarniokoski’s THE DAY for a number of reasons, and wanted to look up some information about the film. Then I ran head first into a bevy of reviews that tore the film to shreds. Granted, everyone has their own…
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Crash Analysis: KICHIKU DAI ENKAI (Japan, 1997)
Gored to death… Demise of a political group Otherwise known as BANQUET OF THE BEASTS, the movie is based upon the Asama-Sanso Incident. During a ten day siege in 1972 at Karuizawa, members of the United Red Army (URA) turned against themselves, resulting in a blood bath. And in KICHIKU DAI ENKAI, the blood bath’s…
