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Mar 8
Franchise Friday - Scream of the Blind Dead
What the hell did I just watch? Those were my first words upon the conclusion of yet another new entry in the Blind Dead films: Scream of...
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Mar 1
Franchise Friday - Curse of the Blind Dead
Honestly, I never thought I’d see the day…but here we are. Apparently we’re seeing a resurgence in the Blind Dead franchise…but can it...
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Jun 2, 2023
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child
Who knew Freddy could be so topical? Now, I have to admit, part of the reason why there was a long break in-between our looks at Part 4...
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Nov 11, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master
In the retrospective documentary ‘Never Sleep Again’, which looks back at the entire Elm Street series, it was dubbed the MTV entry into...
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Nov 5, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors
As a word of warning, this is gonna be one of those openings where I share too much. There’s always that one movie, isn’t there? You know...
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Oct 21, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dreamlike. Wandering from scene to scene, sometimes with little to no connective tissue. In arthouse films, these can describe the works...
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Oct 14, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Sometimes, it only takes one movie to build an empire. While this following confession might get my Mutant Family membership revoked, I...
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Sep 30, 2022
State of the Franchise - Friday the 13th
Now that we’ve come to the end of the Friday franchise, it’s time for another State of the Franchise address. Oh boy. As of this writing,...
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Sep 16, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (2009)
I forgot just how much nudity was in this one. I mean, seriously, every single female on screen, save two, ends up unleashing those...
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Aug 5, 2022
Franchise Friday - Jason X
Fair warning…apparently, hockey is going to be banned in two years. Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger. And where did my information...
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Apr 16, 2022
Franchise Friday - Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
While negative critical reception is nothing new for the Friday the 13th franchise, there was enough fan blowback and diminishing returns...
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Apr 1, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious why the franchise took a bit of a break after this one. It’s not that the concept of ‘Jason on a boat’ couldn’t...
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Mar 25, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood
I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect to like Friday the 13th part 7: A New Blood. If for no other reason than it seemed like if it wasn’t the...
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Mar 18, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part 6 brings us the final chapter of the Tommy Jarvis trilogy and, in a new twist for the series, an entry that eschews...
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Mar 11, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning
Yes, there were other horror movie franchises throughout the 80s…but most people always know what you’re talking about if you just refer...
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Mar 4, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter
Although it was designed to finish off the series, we can see in retrospect that Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter, turns out to...
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Feb 25, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 3 (in 3D)
So here we are, Friday the 13th Part 3…in 3D. And let’s be clear, the 3D gimmick is the driving force behind a lot of the decisions in...
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Feb 18, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th Part 2
Five years later… The boy was never found. Still, to play it safe, Camp Crystal Lake is off limits for Friday the 13th Part 2. This...
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Feb 11, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (1980)
“Anyone can die at any time.” Of the many ways one can describe the body count of a ‘drive-in movie’, that’s definitely one of the most...
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Oct 8, 2016
Toon Review - Transformers: The Movie
You know, it’s hard to write about a movie you’ve seen about a hundred times. That should be an exaggeration, but if I had the...
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