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THE LAST KNOCK podcast presents: Franchise of Fear: Evil Dead
Evil Dead: Where it Began… Long before Starz brought Ash vs Evil Dead to the small screen, horror fans from the 80s fell in love with Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead starring groovy Bruce Campbell. One may think the low budget independent feature was a piece of cinematic luck, but thanks to great acting and a strong…
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Digging Up Pet Sematary Two (Part 3) by Jonny Numb
A HORROR INITIATION The marketing campaign for Pet Sematary Two went for the jugular, and even the trailer, while hinting at a more rambunctious tone, erred more on the side of dead seriousness. Taken out of context, Gus’ parallel-universe-iconic line “No brain, no pain” delivers a chill akin to Judd’s (Fred Gwynne) “Sometimes dead is…
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Digging Up Pet Sematary Two (Part 2) by Jonny Numb
MARRED BY INDECISION There comes a point in digging up Pet Sematary Two where Outten, the producers, or Lambert (or all) steered the story in a direction that dropped the intriguing avenues it established, in favor of something more forthright in its outrageousness. And not in a good way. I recall having similar feelings when the…
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Digging Up Pet Sematary Two (Part 1) by Jonny Numb
THE GROUND IS SOUR Like some abominable distortion of animal or man rising from the Micmac Burial Ground, Pet Sematary Two is a horror sequel that refuses to stay down. Is it great? Not at all. It’s reckless at best, and careless at worst. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a certain amount of potential…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Remembering Tobe Hooper
We salute independent horror director and writer, Tobe Hooper Sad times as we say goodbye to independent filmmaker Tobe Hooper who left his mark by creating a new form of horror storytelling with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But he’s far from a one-hit movie wonder. The Texas born director went on to helm Eaten Alive,…
