Characters so flat they make skeletons look fleshed out, buckets of gore but without any creativity, cheap juvenile shock value and desperate attempts at titillation. The director and writer showing his whole ass with how much the feminine form utterly terrifies him but utterly fails to translate into scares beyond gross-out gags. The definitive case of a great score not being able to save a bad film.
I don’t know which male self insert character to most accurately envision the…
Another stunning Cartoon Saloon animation that plays like 'Princess Mononoke' by way of Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs'. Beautiful symmetrical composition, and isn't at all afraid to show the pencil sketch lines in its artistry.
Part #5/33 of my series of reviews for Hoop-Tober 4.0
Throughout the 70s and 80s, John Carpenter established himself as one of the greatest auteur filmmakers of that particular period and an icon of the horror genre, having directed such classics as Halloween, The Thing and The Fog while also making his mark in the sci-fi and action genres with Escape from New York, They Live, Dark Star and Big Trouble in Little China. But while his work in the…
Part #3/33 of my series of reviews for Hoop-Tober 4.0
This is a seriously messed up film.
Chances are that you'll decide whether this movie is for you by the title alone, as it's a pretty concise summation of the film. This is a truly nasty piece of work and it wears it like a badge of honour. The film has gained notoriety for having been banned in several countries, and is often listed in many 'most controversial movies of…
