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Phantasm Ravager (2016)

I’ve only seen this twice.  I remember feeling depressed after seeing it the first time.  This is the finale of the Phantasm franchise.  It is possibly the weirdest of the bunch, in my opinion, which says a lot.  Angus Scrimm, the Tall Man, got to see this shortly before he died.  I don’t have much […]

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Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

They only waited 4 years for the next in the franchise.  I expect a lower budget and more desolate scenery.  Will Tim return? It sounds like they didn’t have the budget to do the original idea.  Also, there appear to have been at least 4 different ideas for this project, and Bruce Campbell was pitched […]

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Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

6 years later, we get the sequel that Universal didn’t want to bank, but they were okay with distributing it. Without the casting restriction, Coscarelli brought back A. Michael Baldwin, the original Mike, to reprise his role.  According to Reggie, there may have been some disagreements with Coscarelli and Universal which led to this coming […]

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Phantasm II (1988)

Wow, it took 9 long years before we got the sequel.  I didn’t see these films until my late teens or early 20s. I imagine had I been a fan at the time, waiting 9 years probably seemed like a sequel was never happening.  Back in the pre-internet era, getting updates on films was significantly […]

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Phantasm (1979)

Man, this only has a 6.6 and you’re left wondering, were people watching the same movie that I was?  Or were they too dimwitted to either get it or be ashamed that they didn’t get it so they didn’t give it as high of a rating?  Once you accept that there isn’t a ton to […]

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Halloween Ends (2022)

After Halloween Kills, I must admit that my expectations are quite tempered. I haven’t heard a lot of praise for this. But we live in a time where the loudest people are often the most negative. In some ways, I like coming into this with negative reviews because I have no expectations. Usually, I can […]

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Halloween Kills (2021)

I liked the previous film. It was good enough to get the rest of the trilogy greenlit. I have nothing new to add other than I just hope that this is fun. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, just fun. I was going to do a play by play, and I am glad that […]

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

In the new fad of pretending that sequels never existed so we can create confusing timelines, we get this TCM which is a sequel to the 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Oh, and it says “from the team behind “Don’t Breathe” and “Evil Dead“. If that’s a selling point, let’s take a moment to mourn for […]

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Action Film Reviews Horror

The Predator (2018)

Just look at this cast and tell me how it can be bad. Thomas Jane (The Punisher, Dreamcatcher, The Mist), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones), Trevante Rhodes (Bird Box), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Olivia Munn (X-Men Apocalypse), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers, Enemy of the State, Twister, Identity), & Sterling K. Brown […]

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Predators (2010)

I think I saw this once and felt underwhelmed. I don’t remember it at all. I think I rented it. Looking at the cast, it’s stacked. Robert Rodriguez is the producer, so that gives me hope. We have Adrien Brody (Royce), Topher Grace (Edwin), Alice Braga (Isabelle), Laurence Fishburne (Ronald Noland), Walton Goggins (Stans), Danny […]