‘Slasher’ team gets back to gory basics with ‘Hell Motel’
First episode impressions (TV review): Check into this out-of-the-way spot for familiar scares, gore and guessing games.
‘Slasher’ team gets back to gory basics with ‘Hell Motel’
Not the Dreggs: ‘TMNT’ reaches new heights in Season 9 (1995)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Even without Channel Six’s and Krang’s gangs, the show becomes well-animated in both senses of the word.
Chandler salvages screenplay for one more Marlowe novel, ‘Playback’ (1958)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Though it’s the slightest Marlowe novel, it still gives us the goods we’ve come to expect.
‘Alice, Sweet Alice’ (1976) driven by a great Evil Kid performance
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Though it lacks the intense scares of pure slashers, this film’s mystery hits on a psychological level.
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is almost impossible to follow
Movie review: For viewers not concerned with plot and theme, the film delivers spectacular action … eventually.
‘Lost Weekend’ (1945) a grippingly honest portrayal of alcoholism
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Ray Milland gives one of the most sobering (irony intended) portrayals of a drunk in Wilder’s stark masterpiece.
A penny for your thoughts on Death in ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’
Movie review: Generational trauma goes to the extreme in the saga’s sixth film overall and first in 14 years.
Red sky at night, animators’ delight: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 8 (1994)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The lack of comedic threads make these eight Wise-penned episodes dour, but the animation makes a huge leap.
‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 1 (2004-05) comes out of the garden gate swinging
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The first four episodes under Geraldine McEwan’s watch nicely balance faithfulness with a brisker 21st century pace.
‘A Bay of Blood’ (1971) shows where ‘Friday the 13th’ came from
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The style and practical gore effects remain outstanding, but the plot of this Bava film has never been strong.