In the Australian thriller by director Julian Gilbey (the dreadful Doghouse), five bikers (two couples and one fifth wheel), tummies full of smoked-mackerel-and-egg sandwiches, have just embarked on their high adventure when one hears a muffled cry for help. It’s coming from a pipe poking out of the ground. Digging into the earth, the hikers […]
Doghouse
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The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu
While this loving tribute to the works of fantasy/horror author H.P. Lovecraft boasts excellent production values, it offers little in the way of actual humor. The premise assumes that Lovecraft’s tales of the tentacled alien Cthulhu are real and on our earth, all explained via a nifty animated sequence. For years, the Lovecraft lineage has […]