I love language. Every aspect of it intrigues me, from dense literature thousands of years old, right down to individuals’ patterns of speech. Just like everybody, I have my own choice words, phrases[…]
Tag: In Its Own Universe
POPCORN
For about seven years Jill Schoelen had a good run in horror movies. In 1987, she broke into the genre with THE STEPFATHER as the maladjusted stepdaughter Stephanie. Mike Cucinotta and[…]
WAXWORK
As the first part of the Deborah Foreman Double Shot, Phil looks at WAXWORK, an In Its Own Universe flick that takes 40s era screwball comedy and graphic horror and never[…]
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS is on Netflix Instant. As with SANTA CLAUS, it’s also been deservedly victimized on MST3K. Watch if you want to pick your poison between these[…]
SANTA CLAUS (1959)
SANTA CLAUS is on Netflix Instant as a double shot! Lucifer orders you to watch both the original and the MST3K versions, so you can take in the full madness.[…]
SLAUGHTER HIGH
On its opening night, I went to see SORORITY ROW, a flick that is a silly remake of a just-as- silly 1980s slasher. Slashers aren’t my favorite horror flicks, so[…]
THE VIDEO DEAD
It’s never easy for me to use superlatives when discussing horror films. If I say a film is the worst vampire film I’ve ever seen, does that mean worst from a studio? Is[…]
MEGA SHARK vs. GIANT OCTOPUS
MEGA SHARK vs. GIANT OCTOPUS Sometimes a series of things lead a man in one, inevitable direction. During an interview with Kathleen Kinmont, we discussed her ex-husband and RENEGADE co-star Lorenzo Lamas; one[…]