Horror
Rod Lott
You don’t have to know who Coffin Joe is to take in “Embodiment of Evil,” but it sure as hell helps — and let’s make that Hell with a capital H.

Documentary
Rod Lott
When is a documentary not really a documentary?

Horror
Rod Lott
While the box reads "The Dorm That Dripped Blood," the credits read "Death Dorm," and the 1982 horror flick also was known as "Pranks," which is doubly confusing because that title isn’t apt.

Comedy
Rod Lott
You couldn't live through the mid-'90s without hitting a Quentin Tarantino wannabe: "2 Days in the Valley," "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead," "Albino Alligator," "Love and a .45," "The Boondock Saints," "Killing Zoe," "Destiny Turns on the Radio." Gawd, weren't they great?

Action
Rod Lott
Why won't anyone believe poor detective Frank McCrae (Tom Atkins, "Halloween III: Season of the Witch") that the recent nighttime slayings around New York City are the work of a cop?