Review: Cats (2019)

Cats (2019)

Rated PG for some rude and suggestive humor

Review: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Rated R

Review: The Running Man (1987)

The Running Man (1987)

Rated R

Review: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Rated PG-13 for adventure action, suggestive content and some language

Review: Knives Out (2019)

Knives Out (2019)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, and drug material

Review: Charlie's Angels (2019)

Charlie's Angels (2019)

Rated PG-13 for action/violence, language and some suggestive material

Review: Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language

Review: Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

Not rated

Review: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Rated R

Review Double Feature: Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006)

There were still two more of these babies to get through. I wasn't expecting much, given that I hadn't heard the best things about them from fans, but one of them was supposed to be at least decent.

Halloweentown High (2004)

Rated TV-G

Review: Countdown (2019)

Countdown (2019)

Rated PG-13 for terror, violence, bloody images, suggestive material, language and thematic elements

Review: A Serbian Film (2010)

A Serbian Film (2010)

Not rated

Review: Red Eye (2005)

Red Eye (2005)

Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and language

Review Double Tap*: Zombieland (2009) and Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

*Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Zombieland (2009)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Review: Grabbers (2012)

Grabbers (2012)

Not rated

Review Double Feature: Halloweentown (1998) and Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)

It looks like Hocus Pocus gave me a bit of a bug: namely, a desire to seek out some real-deal Disney Channel Original Movies set around the Halloween season. (Hey, they were selling the double-feature DVD for ten bucks at Target.)

So... hi, I'm Kevin, from Kevin's Review Catalogue, and you're watching Disney Channel! *waves wand*

Halloweentown (1998)

Rated TV-G

Review: A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018)

Rated PG-13 for terror and some bloody images

Review: The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

Rated R for disturbing violence/bloody images, and for language

Review: The Mummy (1999)

The Mummy (1999)

Rated PG-13 for pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity

Review: Joker (2019)

Joker (2019)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images

Review: Hocus Pocus (1993)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Rated PG for some scary sequences, and for language

Review: The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Rated PG

Review: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Rated R for a substantial amount of strong bloody violence, and for strong language

Review: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for sexuality and language (unrated version reviewed)

Review Double Feature: It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019)

I sadly never got to see 2017's It in theaters, in no small part because "you'll float too!" was what the people on the Weather Channel were warning would happen if anybody in South Florida stepped outside during Hurricane Irma. Well, with the second half of the story having just come out, better late than never, right? So I made this a double feature.

It (2017)

Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language

Review: Thoroughbreds (2018)

Thoroughbreds (2018)

Rated R for disturbing behavior, bloody images, language, sexual references, and some drug content

Review: Ready or Not (2019)

Ready or Not (2019)

Rated R for violence, bloody images, language throughout, and some drug use

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 9: Bit (2019)

Popcorn Frights ended with a bang: only one movie, but it was a good one.

Bit (2019)

Not yet rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 8: In Fabric (2019) and The Gravedigger (2019)

The penultimate night of Popcorn Frights went back in time with two movies set in the past, one filled with Argento-esque retro '70s glamour and the other a micro-budget throwback to classic Universal monsters by a local theater troupe.

Up first, proof that A24 knows damn well at this point what its brand is among horror fans...

In Fabric (2019)

Rated R for strong sexual content including a scene of aberrant behavior, and some bloody images

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 7: Paradise Hills (2019) and Knives and Skin (2019)

It was ladies' night at Popcorn Frights on their seventh day, with two films both directed by women and built heavily around their female characters. Unusually, it was also a night where neither film was what one could call a horror movie, even if both were horror-adjacent; one was a sci-fi thriller, the other a Lynchian teen drama. I'm not complaining; both were pretty damn good.

First up, it's Emma Roberts vs. Stepford...

Paradise Hills (2019)

Not yet rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 6: Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass (2019) and The Sonata (2018)

The torrential downpour that greeted me at the theater for the sixth day of Popcorn Frights turned out to be a good omen for a pair of very good gothic horror movies, one of the campier teen variety and one a bit more serious.

First up, we get the return of a genre that provided some campy thrills last year: Russian teen horror.

Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass (Pikovaya dama. Zazerkalye) (2019)

Not rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 5: The Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Depraved (2019)

With the weekend behind us, Popcorn Frights has cooled down a bit; from here, there's only two movies a day. Fortunately, they still delivered quality.

First, we get a supernatural horror film with an unusual lead...

Girl on the Third Floor (2019)

Not yet rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 4: The Unthinkable (2018), Artik (2019), Infection (2019), Satanic Panic (2019), Z (2019)

Popcorn Frights 2019's second weekend gauntlet was another doozy, packed with a diverse lineup of films that included a war thriller, torture porn, zombies, Satanic horror-comedy, and supernatural horror.

First up, it's Red Dawn, Swedish style.

The Unthinkable (Den blomstertid nu kommer) (2018)

Not rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 3: Alive (2018), Itsy Bitsy (2019), Daniel Isn't Real (2019), Villains (2019), Porno (2019)

Buckle up. Day three of Popcorn Frights was the first of two gauntlets, and I had to scramble to and from my house between movies in order to care for the dogs while still squeezing everything in. The quality varied, but I still got two standouts.

First up, some icky medical horror.

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Alive (2018)

Not yet rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 2: Bloodline (2018), The Dare (2019), and Bliss (2019)

Things really picked up on the second day of the festival. We got what will likely be one of my favorites so far, followed by what will likely be one of my least favorite, all wrapped up with an entertainingly trippy, gritty take on vampires at the end.

Bloodline (2018)

Not yet rated

Popcorn Frights 2019, Day 1: Haunt (2019)

Yep. It's that time of the year again. We're going back to Popcorn Frights for another rodeo... and going by the program, this one is a doozy.

On the first night, though, they're only showing one movie. The calm before the storm...

Haunt (2019)

Rated R for horror violence/gore, and language throughout

Review: Midsommar (2019)

Midsommar (2019)

Rated R for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Okay, first things first. You may notice that there's a particular Marvel movie that I have not done a review of, the first, in fact, since I started doing these reviews. And it's a big one, too. I have not written a review of Avengers: Endgame, and I probably never will. Why not? Well, it's simple, really. I already wrote my review of Avengers: Infinity War last year, and everything I said in that review applies double to Endgame. It's a downright colossal movie that I can't really give a score to, not when it's the culmination of eleven years of interconnected movies that more or less delivers exactly what it promised. How do you review something like that? It'd be like writing a review of the Apollo 11 landing. "4 out of 5, America f*** yeah, but it's 'one small step for a man', Armstrong"? Well, here's the only review I can possibly give to Endgame: you've probably seen it already and made up your own mind.

Anyway, moving on...

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, some language and brief suggestive comments

Review: Child's Play (2019)

Child's Play (2019)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, and language throughout

Review: Rocketman (2019)

Rocketman (2019)

Rated R for language throughout, some drug use and sexual content

Review: The Dead Don't Die (2019)

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

Rated R for zombie violence/gore, and for language

Review: Candyman (1992)

Candyman (1992)

Rated R for violence and gore

Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of monster action violence and destruction, and for some language

Review: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language

Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, and some language

Review: Brightburn (2019)

Brightburn (2019)

Rated R for horror violence/bloody images, and language

Review: The Craft (1996)

The Craft (1995)

Rated R for some terror and violence, and for brief language

Review: Shazam! (2019)

Shazam! (2019)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material

Review: The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Rated R

Review: Us (2019)

Us (2019)

Rated R for violence/terror, and language