Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Review Double Feature: Random Acts of Violence (2019) and Ten Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Popcorn Frights did its third and final drive-in double feature of the quarantine summer. While neither film was the best that they've shown at their drive-ins, neither of them was the worst, either, not by a long shot.

To start, we have Jay Baruchel's mashup of a slasher movie and true crime...

Random Acts of Violence (2019)

Not rated

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Review Triple Feature: Maniac Cop (1988), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993)

In keeping with the times, I just watched a slasher trilogy that was shouting "ACAB" before it was cool.

First, the movie whose title alone lets you know what you're in for.

Maniac Cop (1988)

Rated R

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Review Double Feature: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)

Summer camp ain't canceled in my neck of the woods! Shudder was doing a watch party of the first three Sleepaway Camp films on the Fourth of July on their Discord chat, and since lighting off fireworks would've freaked out the dogs, I figured, why the hell not?

(My review of the first Sleepaway Camp can be read here. Also, that film's big twist is going to be spoiled here, because the sequels are very up front with it and flow directly from there.)

First up, the second film...

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Rated R

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Review Double Feature: Yummy (2019) and The Beach House (2019)

Another drive-in double feature courtesy of Popcorn Frights and the horror streaming service Shudder, this time of two movies with very different tones. One worked, the other didn't. Which was which? Read on...

Yummy (2019)

Not rated