Tag Archives: murder

Backwoods Marcy

Posted on August 29, 1998 by Brian Thomas

One Maniac! A shot-on-video rural horror thriller, starring and produced by Dawn Murphy and David Lee, directed by Murphy and Dave Castigleone. On his way to business meeting in the deep sticks, real estate agent Donald Jenkins (Lee) goes astray. … Continue reading →

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Perfect Blue

Posted on August 20, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Otomo’s blue period Guest Review by Mike Flores I have just seen one of the finest adult animated films ever made. It is also one of the best films of 1999. Perfect Blue is the name of the film, which opens around … Continue reading →

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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Posted on August 5, 1998 by Brian Thomas

One Last Stab? Sequels to John Carpenter’s Halloween resemble cover versions of a classic hit tune churned out as misguided “tributes”. Any amount of stylistic innovation or fresh viewpoints are foredoomed to be taken as sacrilege. And sticking to the … Continue reading →

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Her Name is Cat

Posted on May 22, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Hisssss! You might think from the title of this Hong Kong action item that you’d found a new episode in the Jade Leung Black Cat series, but such is not the case.

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Nightwatch

Posted on April 17, 1998 by Brian Thomas

From the Movie Morgue Here’s an alleged thriller that Miramax and Dimension Films previously announced for release last winter. They also announced it last fall, summer and spring. Most often, when a studio feels it has a sure-fire hit, they … Continue reading →

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The Butcher Boy

Posted on April 3, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Pigs is Pigs Director Neil Jordan has delivered his best film so far, a wildly entertaining tale of a boy gone bad. Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) is a remarkably untroubled youngster growing up in a troubled Irish home in the … Continue reading →

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Posted on October 17, 1997 by Brian Thomas

When You Weren’t Dancing the Macarena In this competent little giallo from the Wes Craven factory, four sexy recent HS grads with bright futures and no problems accidentally turn July 4th into Halloween..) While driving home from a beach party, … Continue reading →

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Ozone VHS

Posted on September 23, 1997 by Brian Thomas

Breaking burial ground This 1993 feature is somewhat important due to the fact that it was one of the first ShotOnVideo movies that actually tried to look like a real film through the use of computer effects and software processing. … Continue reading →

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The Necro Files VHS

Posted on September 17, 1997 by Brian Thomas

Sometimes Death won’t solve your problems To quote Stan Marsh of South Park: “Dude, this is pretty fucked up right here.” This ultra-low budget effort from Todd Tjersland’s Threat Theatre video gore factory is one of the most twisted and … Continue reading →

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Face/Off

Posted on June 27, 1997 by Brian Thomas

Losing Face For John Woo’s third Hollywood feature, it was announced that he would be getting back to something much closer to the Hong Kong action thrillers that made him famous. Being a big fan of Woo, especially those HK … Continue reading →

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