by mike | Apr 23, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
When I saw that Michael Gross, who played whacko right-wing survivalist Burt Gummer in the first three Tremors films, also starred in Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, I assumed this was yet another sequel. But no, this one takes place in 1889, about a century before the...
by mike | Apr 16, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
A while back I wrote about one of my favorite dumb movies, the 1990 goofy comedy-horror flick, Tremors (see my post, “Guilty Pleasures: Tremors”). I’ve watched it many times, and while I knew that there had been three sequels made, I had always avoided them—until...
by mike | Mar 26, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
The 1997 sci-fi/horror flick, Mimic, is one of my favorites, though to date I had not written about it. That changes today. Mimic, directed by Oscar-nominated Guillermo del Toro, features Oscar winners Mira Sorvino and F. Murray Abraham, Oscar-nominated actors Josh...
by mike | Dec 23, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
Lest anyone think that this 1999 horror/comedy flick takes itself too seriously, they need only consider one of my favorite lines about halfway through. The hilarious Betty White plays old Delores Bickerman, who is spotted happily feeding one of her cows to a...
by mike | Nov 12, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
If you’ve read this blog for any period of time you probably know that I’m a sucker for movies like the 1990 bug-fest, Arachnophobia. Creepy-crawlies? Yep, I’m there. And this one is a gem. Is Arachnophobia a horror movie? Well, yeah. Is it a comedy? For sure. Back...
by mike | Sep 12, 2013 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
“When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you...
