Black Christmas (1974) Review

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My History With the Film: People tend to credit Halloween with starting the whole slasher craze in the 70’s, but Black Christmas was a slasher film that was released a few years before Halloween. Watching the film it’s easy to see that it inspired Halloween on some levels. My history with Black Christmas has been…

The Crush Review (1993)

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My History With the Film: The Crush was a popular movie in 1993, but it wasn’t exactly on my radar. It wasn’t until sometime after 1995 when Clueless was released that I felt a need to seek out The Crush. Of course, this was because at the time I had a massive crush on Alicia…

The Rental Review (2020)

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My History With the Film: The Rental got a lot of publicity because it was released during the COVID pandemic and managed to be both the besting selling VOD movie and scored at the top of the box office the same weekend. The movie opened to rave reviews and being a fan of Allison Brie…

True Crime Review (1995)

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My History With the Film:Back in 1995/1996, Alicia Silverstone was the hottest actress around. She was my pre-teen crush and I set out to watch every movie she made. This led me to True Crime, a direct-to-video thriller co-starring Kevin Dillon. I remember enjoying the film at the time and one scene made quite the…

May Review (2002)

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My History With the Film: May is one of those films from the early 2000s that I saw at the video store a lot but never watched. I had no idea what the film was about or even who was in it. Sometime around 2015 when I began having an urge to go back and…

Brandon’s 2022 Halloween Watchlist

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Every year, I like to get into the Halloween spirit by watching Halloween specials and horror films. It’s a great way to celebrate the holiday with my like-minded friends, and my wife who adores Halloween as much as I do. I can’t ever seem to have enough time to get to everything I want to…

Sorority House Massacre Review (1986)

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 My History With the Film: Sorority House Massacre is one of those films that has a memorable poster so it’s always stood out to me. For years, I’ve had it on my Amazon Watchlist and I finally decided to give it a shot and see what it was all about. What The Film Is About…

Slumber Party Massacre II Review (1987)

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My History With the Film:  In the mid 1990’s, I developed a pretty hard crush on Crystal Bernard, who was famous for her role on Wings. One of my favorite things to do back then was look up a particular actor or actress in my handy Blockbuster Guide to the Movies and then rent all…

Slumber Party Massacre Review (1982)

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My History With the Film: Growing up, I watched Slumber Party Massacre II just to see Crystal Bernard. Recently, I re-watched it and thought to myself, “You really should watch the others.” So, I sat down to watch Slumber Party Massacre and I gotta say, it wasn’t quite what I expected, but in a good…

Dark Skies Review (2013)

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My History With the Film: I vaguely remember Dark Skies coming out in 2013, and the poster is memorable so I’ve seen it when browsing films, but I wasn’t sure if it was a found footage movie or not. I never heard anyone mention the film before, so it was totally off my radar until…