by mike | Jan 10, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
“Your girlfriend lives in the corner penthouse of spook central.” Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) delivers that line to fellow Ghostbuster Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in the 1984 comedy/horror classic, one of my all-time favorite films. The building Ray is referencing...
by mike | Jan 3, 2022 | Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The sci-fi/horror film, Predator (1987), made a ton of money, got great reviews, and spawned a franchise that continues right up until today, with one or two more sequels apparently in the works. It didn’t hurt that its cast included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse...
by mike | Dec 6, 2021 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I was on the fence about presenting the 2000 survival thriller, Vertical Limit, as a Guilty Pleasure. No problem with the box office, and it did have some decent reviews, including one from Roger Ebert. But other reviewers were brutal, including one who called it...
by mike | Nov 22, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Uncategorized |
Gather ’round the campfire, kiddies, and let’s see if we can gross one another out with some juicy lines from a few creepy movies. The first three sets are from films that feature cannibals. Yum! “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava...
by mike | Nov 15, 2021 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Uncategorized |
Like so many sequels before it, did the direct-to-video Deep Blue Sea 2 really need to be made? As a big fan of its predecessor, Deep Blue Sea, I of course had to watch it. (See my post, “Spiders, Bats, And Sharks: Critter Nirvana.”) Wow, what a downer. I should’ve...
