Hope you’ve seen the first one, because this assumes you have. Hell, I’ve seen the original, and even I was lost for a while. Then again, this is a movie about a hulking bald guy (Nick Principe, “Sands of Oblivion”) in a metal skeleton mask who likes to videotape himself killing pretty young women — […]
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Stake Land
In this film by director/co-writer Jim Mickle (“Mulberry Street”), the monsters are a mix of zombies and vampires. The characters call them “vamps,” but if not for the fangs, you wouldn’t think “bloodsuckers” at all. You may, however, think “horses,” because I swear the sounds of their attack-mode hiss contains an equestrian whinny. Co-writer Nick […]
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Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
I find myself wishing that this “Cyrus” were a sequel to that “Cyrus,” as this true-life crime chiller is unpleasant on many levels. But if Hill were playing the role for laughs? It’d be equally tasteless, but something to see. Here, Cyrus (Brian Krause of TV’s “Charmed”) is the so-called “County Line Cannibal” in a […]
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Hatchet II
His “Hatchet II” — shown briefly in this unrated version in AMC Theaters before being suddenly and unexpectedly booted — is made precisely for the growing fan base surrounding 2006’s original “Hatchet,” and nobody else. That film simultaneously sought to pay homage to (and even parody) the slasher anti-heroes of 1980s horror, while establishing a new […]