Something has gone awry in Niland, California. The shops are closed and the towns people are nowhere to be found. Typically this time of year the town would be booming as the Slab City Riot is in full swing. Unfortunately, upon further investigation Tyson and Mack find themselves in a situation they could never have imagined that could lead to their demise.
This is hands down my new favorite book! Once I started reading it I did not want to stop.
The Slab City Event is action packed from start to finish, there are very few portions in the novel that slow down keeping the momentum going through and through. Once you think it's going to slow down, you are immediately thrown into a new character which keeps the ball rolling.
Descriptions of the characters, scenery and smaller detailed items are done in such a great manner. The author gives you enough description to get a great idea of what you should be imagining, but leave enough out in the open that the reader can envision their own version of this world.
I would typically take this time to make a few comments about things that I did not like or could have been different in the book but I honestly have no issues with it at all. All the characters were entertaining in their own way and very easy to find likable with the exception of a few people whom are supposed to give you the opposite feelings anyways so it all works out amazingly.
I am looking forward to reading more of Nate Southard's work. He has completely impressed me with this one.
10 out of 10!
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Ghostbusters (1984)
As a child, this was one of those films that I could not get enough of. We had gone through at least 3 VHS copies of this movie, seen practically every episode of the cartoon a minimum of five times each and collected all the toys I could get my hands on. Ghostbusters were second best only to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was still, at times, a very close call.
I remember sleeping in my Ghostbusters tent which I had received for one of my earliest birthday's a countless amount of times. I basically used it till it could no longer stand. Anywho, let's get back to the review shall we?
Written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Rick Moranis.
After losing their jobs, a trio of parapsychologists decide to open up a ghost hunting business, utilizing a variety of homemade gadgets. They become successful on their first assignment but soon find out that the city has a lot more to offer them when it comes to catching ghosts.
Classic in the best way possible! State of the art special effects, amazing acting, dialogue and comedy all rolled in together with paranormal beings. Can a fan boy really ask for much more than this?
Next to the obvious exclusion of cell phones and the internet, which is a given, this movie holds up extremely well and can be enjoyed by children in this day and age as well.
I have nothing but great things to say about this film but I will cut it short. If you have seen it, you already know and if you have yet too see it. Then I suggest you make it a family night and watch this movie!
It's been 30 years and it's still one hell of an amazing movie! 10 out of 10!
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I remember sleeping in my Ghostbusters tent which I had received for one of my earliest birthday's a countless amount of times. I basically used it till it could no longer stand. Anywho, let's get back to the review shall we?
Written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Rick Moranis.
After losing their jobs, a trio of parapsychologists decide to open up a ghost hunting business, utilizing a variety of homemade gadgets. They become successful on their first assignment but soon find out that the city has a lot more to offer them when it comes to catching ghosts.
Classic in the best way possible! State of the art special effects, amazing acting, dialogue and comedy all rolled in together with paranormal beings. Can a fan boy really ask for much more than this?
Next to the obvious exclusion of cell phones and the internet, which is a given, this movie holds up extremely well and can be enjoyed by children in this day and age as well.
I have nothing but great things to say about this film but I will cut it short. If you have seen it, you already know and if you have yet too see it. Then I suggest you make it a family night and watch this movie!
It's been 30 years and it's still one hell of an amazing movie! 10 out of 10!
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The Loved Ones (2009)
I was 110% sure I already had this film figured out before I even pressed play. Holy crap was I ever wrong. This has to be one of the best horror films I've seen in quite some time.
I was honestly thinking this is gonna be a cheap rip off of Prom Night mixed together with Carrie but came out of left field with something new and different with a small dose of different film aspects thrown in together to create something special.
This is an Australian film written and directed by Sean Byrne and stars Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy and John Brumpton.
After having her prom invitation rejected by a boy at school, Lola, with the help of her father, take actions into their own hands in order to ensure Lola has the most wonderful and exciting prom night ever. Unfortunately for her date, it's not the way he was expecting to spend his last high school dance.
Seeing that the film was from Australia, I was immediately cursing my friend for suggesting it to me as I had a very hard time deciphering Wolf Creek when that one was first suggested. Luckily, the language barrier was minimal and all the terms used were natural to the North American style of slang.
All the actor were awesome in their roles and the dialogue was excellent. The kind of dialogue that just sucks you right into the movie, helping to bring it to the next level of entertainment.
The last 20 minutes of the film were just fantastic, turning a good film into a great one and forcing me to raise my rating instantly. Give me a great ending I can remember and I'm gonna love it even more!
Now, without wasting anymore of your time so you may go on an enjoy this film for yourself, I give The Loved Ones an excellent rating of 9 out of 10!
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I was honestly thinking this is gonna be a cheap rip off of Prom Night mixed together with Carrie but came out of left field with something new and different with a small dose of different film aspects thrown in together to create something special.
This is an Australian film written and directed by Sean Byrne and stars Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy and John Brumpton.
After having her prom invitation rejected by a boy at school, Lola, with the help of her father, take actions into their own hands in order to ensure Lola has the most wonderful and exciting prom night ever. Unfortunately for her date, it's not the way he was expecting to spend his last high school dance.
Seeing that the film was from Australia, I was immediately cursing my friend for suggesting it to me as I had a very hard time deciphering Wolf Creek when that one was first suggested. Luckily, the language barrier was minimal and all the terms used were natural to the North American style of slang.
All the actor were awesome in their roles and the dialogue was excellent. The kind of dialogue that just sucks you right into the movie, helping to bring it to the next level of entertainment.
The last 20 minutes of the film were just fantastic, turning a good film into a great one and forcing me to raise my rating instantly. Give me a great ending I can remember and I'm gonna love it even more!
Now, without wasting anymore of your time so you may go on an enjoy this film for yourself, I give The Loved Ones an excellent rating of 9 out of 10!
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Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
In the year 2127, a young man open up the puzzle box to once again unleash to wrath of the cenobites. However, as the box is in an unauthorized area he caught by authorities and must explain to them the history of the box.
Directed by Kevin Yagher (credited under Alan Smithee) and Joe Chappelle (who went completely uncredited for the film). Written by Peter Atkins and starring Doug Bradley, Bruce Ramsay and Valentina Vargas.
For a quick moment I would like to talk about "Alan Smithee". For those of you whom are unaware, Alan Smithee was a pseudonym used by directors who wanted to disown a specific project. Basically, if they didn't like the final product and could convince the director's guild that they could not have done any better due to unforeseen circumstances, the guild would allow them to use the name to cover up their work with the rules of not speaking about the project nor admitting to anybody that it was their work.
This basically tells you, in a nutshell, where this review is going.
Working as a prequel and a sequel bloodline shows not only the history on the lament configuration, but it's present and future as well.
The film lost my interest the moment they jumped back in time to explain the origin of the box. I just can't get into a film that looks like a period piece. It's something I personally have no interest in even though I know the importance of origins.
The future acting was decent, at first
The present wasn't so great and the past was just laughable. Sure they had the outfits and all but they were not acting in the ways of old. They seemed more like a bunch of people who may belong in the crazy home as opposed to those actually living in the Victorian era.
The ending also was not very good in my books. Let's use advanced technology cause it's the only way we can kill these demons. So you're telling me the previous entries really should have all ended differently then? Cause if you can't kill a cenobites, how you gonna get rid of it for good? The answer? You just can't thus ruining the story line in all the other films.
I found this to be not only a waste of time, but the film itself ruins any momentum the franchise had going. This may be the sole reason why all the following films have been direct to video.
2 out of 10 and the only reason it gets that much love from me is because Of Doug Bradley's reprising of the Pinhead role.
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Directed by Kevin Yagher (credited under Alan Smithee) and Joe Chappelle (who went completely uncredited for the film). Written by Peter Atkins and starring Doug Bradley, Bruce Ramsay and Valentina Vargas.
For a quick moment I would like to talk about "Alan Smithee". For those of you whom are unaware, Alan Smithee was a pseudonym used by directors who wanted to disown a specific project. Basically, if they didn't like the final product and could convince the director's guild that they could not have done any better due to unforeseen circumstances, the guild would allow them to use the name to cover up their work with the rules of not speaking about the project nor admitting to anybody that it was their work.
This basically tells you, in a nutshell, where this review is going.
Working as a prequel and a sequel bloodline shows not only the history on the lament configuration, but it's present and future as well.
The film lost my interest the moment they jumped back in time to explain the origin of the box. I just can't get into a film that looks like a period piece. It's something I personally have no interest in even though I know the importance of origins.
The future acting was decent, at first
The present wasn't so great and the past was just laughable. Sure they had the outfits and all but they were not acting in the ways of old. They seemed more like a bunch of people who may belong in the crazy home as opposed to those actually living in the Victorian era.
The ending also was not very good in my books. Let's use advanced technology cause it's the only way we can kill these demons. So you're telling me the previous entries really should have all ended differently then? Cause if you can't kill a cenobites, how you gonna get rid of it for good? The answer? You just can't thus ruining the story line in all the other films.
I found this to be not only a waste of time, but the film itself ruins any momentum the franchise had going. This may be the sole reason why all the following films have been direct to video.
2 out of 10 and the only reason it gets that much love from me is because Of Doug Bradley's reprising of the Pinhead role.
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The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Following the events of the first film, the Firefly family is resting peacefully in their beds until the entire county's police force came knocking on their front door.
Knowing it's a kill or be killed scenario, the family prepares by arming themselves and start to fight back. After a few deaths, Baby and Otis find their way out of the house and start running for their lives in order to find refuge.
Once again written and directed by Rob Zombie and starring, Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Ken Foree and Matthew McGrory.
The storyline for this sequel has much more depth than it's predecessor. As opposed to just being a gory slasher, Zombie has taken the characters he has created and gave them more emotion by turning the tables and putting them in the same situations they would typically have had their victims in.
The characters being portrayed didn't really show me anything new and played the same old crazy killers they had in the first which did nothing to help me enjoy the film more. In example, the scene's where the Firefly's were torturing and holding prisons captive seemed almost repetitive from the first as well as many other low key horror films.
Although watchable, it's not a film I would go out of my way to see. Zombie does get better from here in his filmmaking endeavors so do not take this as a warning to stay away from his films because you will regret missing out on his better work as it is excellent. If you don't believe me, I implore you to watch both his versions of Halloween. You will see exactly what I mean.
With everything being said and done I will throw this sequel a 5 out of 10!
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Knowing it's a kill or be killed scenario, the family prepares by arming themselves and start to fight back. After a few deaths, Baby and Otis find their way out of the house and start running for their lives in order to find refuge.
Once again written and directed by Rob Zombie and starring, Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Ken Foree and Matthew McGrory.
The storyline for this sequel has much more depth than it's predecessor. As opposed to just being a gory slasher, Zombie has taken the characters he has created and gave them more emotion by turning the tables and putting them in the same situations they would typically have had their victims in.
The characters being portrayed didn't really show me anything new and played the same old crazy killers they had in the first which did nothing to help me enjoy the film more. In example, the scene's where the Firefly's were torturing and holding prisons captive seemed almost repetitive from the first as well as many other low key horror films.
Although watchable, it's not a film I would go out of my way to see. Zombie does get better from here in his filmmaking endeavors so do not take this as a warning to stay away from his films because you will regret missing out on his better work as it is excellent. If you don't believe me, I implore you to watch both his versions of Halloween. You will see exactly what I mean.
With everything being said and done I will throw this sequel a 5 out of 10!
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
Following the events of the first film, we find the MacManus brother hiding out with their father somewhere in Ireland.
They are soon confronted by a priest who informs them that someone back in Boston has attempted to sully the name of the Saints by executing a priest in the same manner the brothers would have done it in.
This prompts them to return to Boston to give the city another cleansing from evil.
Once again written and directed by Troy Duffy and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz and Billy Connolly.
In the opening scene, the brothers look like they haven't seen a shower, razor or a pair of scissors for the entire length of the last eight years they have been in seclusion which made for some very ridiculous looking special effects on their hair and beards making them look like they just came out of the stone age.
Following this things seem to smooth out back to normal and it begins to carry-on like the first film had.
With the exceptions of who they were going after and the final two scenes, the movie felt almost identical to its predecessor. But again there isn't too much you can change about the premise of the story. These characters, no matter what you put them in, have ultimately the same goal of killing their target. Plain and simple.
One thing that really did bother me was how they used Julie Benz in the same identical matter as the used Dafoe in the first film. Their characters were practically identical.
It still is enjoyable to watch, even if it is just for the final few scenes to see how the story progresses. There's a lot of action and a lot of jokes to go around in this sequel. 6 out of 10.
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They are soon confronted by a priest who informs them that someone back in Boston has attempted to sully the name of the Saints by executing a priest in the same manner the brothers would have done it in.
This prompts them to return to Boston to give the city another cleansing from evil.
Once again written and directed by Troy Duffy and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz and Billy Connolly.
In the opening scene, the brothers look like they haven't seen a shower, razor or a pair of scissors for the entire length of the last eight years they have been in seclusion which made for some very ridiculous looking special effects on their hair and beards making them look like they just came out of the stone age.
Following this things seem to smooth out back to normal and it begins to carry-on like the first film had.
With the exceptions of who they were going after and the final two scenes, the movie felt almost identical to its predecessor. But again there isn't too much you can change about the premise of the story. These characters, no matter what you put them in, have ultimately the same goal of killing their target. Plain and simple.
One thing that really did bother me was how they used Julie Benz in the same identical matter as the used Dafoe in the first film. Their characters were practically identical.
It still is enjoyable to watch, even if it is just for the final few scenes to see how the story progresses. There's a lot of action and a lot of jokes to go around in this sequel. 6 out of 10.
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House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
While on a country wide journey, four friends whom are attempting to write a book about roadside attractions runs into a clown named captain Spaulding who tells them about a local legend named Dr. Satan. The group, now intrigued, decide to hunt down Dr. Satan's place of death but are interrupted by a passing hitch hiker who drags them all to her family home and to their possible demise.
Written a directed by Rob Zombie and starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Rainn Wilson and Chris Hardwick.
If you are a fan of fun, gore filled slasher movies, loaded with more maniacs than you can shake a stick at, then look no further! Zombie takes the Texas Chainsaw Massacre "family" idea, throws in a few extra crazies and cranks it all the way up to eleven and you have yourselves the Firefly family!
The story line seems to be all over the place with the unexpected and unexplained just popping up every which way making this slightly confusing among somebody's first viewing on the film. After watching it two or three times you should be able to pick up on all the little things that would help piece it all together.
The special effects were excellent to say the least. They really gave out the effect it needed too in order to bring up the creepy factor.
Not Zombie's best work, but still good, especially considering this was his first go as a director. Corpses gets a 6 out of 10.
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Written a directed by Rob Zombie and starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Rainn Wilson and Chris Hardwick.
If you are a fan of fun, gore filled slasher movies, loaded with more maniacs than you can shake a stick at, then look no further! Zombie takes the Texas Chainsaw Massacre "family" idea, throws in a few extra crazies and cranks it all the way up to eleven and you have yourselves the Firefly family!
The story line seems to be all over the place with the unexpected and unexplained just popping up every which way making this slightly confusing among somebody's first viewing on the film. After watching it two or three times you should be able to pick up on all the little things that would help piece it all together.
The special effects were excellent to say the least. They really gave out the effect it needed too in order to bring up the creepy factor.
Not Zombie's best work, but still good, especially considering this was his first go as a director. Corpses gets a 6 out of 10.
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