Jacob has reviewed 9 films tagged ‘creature-feature’ during 2016.
Reviews tagged ‘creature-feature’ by Jacob Knight Patron
1995
As much a last gasp of great mid-80s/early-90s Universal Horror as it is a failed franchise starter (which is understandable; outside of general tone, the movie feels nothing like a TALES FROM THE CRYPT Episode). Dickerson goes Full Raimi with this spook-a-blast haunted house ride, punching through heads and unleashing a horde of demons that look like the real lost Pirates of the Caribbean crossed with Deadites. The cast of character actors is completely stacked and doing four color hot…
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1987
Pain and pleasure, indivisible.
Still one of the only films able to shake me up using basic imagery alone, while still operating as a wonderful "old dark house" horror movie. A skinless man gutting a rat with a switchblade. An unholy beast piecing together that same man's face, like a flesh jigsaw puzzle. A homeless cretin eating crickets from a pet store cage.The bowels of hell opening through a hospital wall, allowing a Lovecraftian Other to scamper along the imable corridor. Clive Barker is one of my heroes.
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1981
A Movie of the Week beamed in from a parallel dimension, where all adults are apparently alien robots and the children are budding sociopaths. Conversations with teddy bears become ominous in that we know they're happening in the disturbed little boy's head (or are they?), and he nurtures a cave of troglodytes with fresh meat from the butcher before switching to live human flesh. This is what Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN hinted at -- true weirdness masquerading as an exploration of…
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1988
Psychic dogs in flatly lit Canada, the ultimate predators.
Best dialogue snippet:
"How smart is this thing?"
"How smart's a crazy person?"
What?
Second best:
"My dad was in Delta Force and taught me a few things."
OK.
It's jarring when teenage Jason Priestly shows up on a bike talking about computer class. Though not as jarring as when Corey Haim feeds a golden retriever a whole chocolate bar.
Michael Ironside fights Sasquatch.
I don't have anything else to say about this movie.
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