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Horror's Not Dead

"The Living Dead and the dying living are all the same. Cut from the same cloth. But disposing of dead people is a public service, whereas you're in all sorts of trouble if you kill someone while they're still alive. "
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All posts in the '2001' category


Review: The Bunker

Directed by Rob Green, 2001Written by Clive Dawson

Note: Despite that awesome cover, know there are no zombies anywhere in this film.  Unless you count the director, screenwriter and actors.
Is it law that any film with a group of people trapped in one locale must have Friedrich Nietzsche’s abyss quote as an opening title? That’s […]

Review: Tail Sting

Directed by Paul Wynne, 2001

I watched Tail Sting with the guarantee that it was the worst film ever made.  This is bullshit.  Tail Sting rocks and rocks hard, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.  Yes, it is a horrible movie, but it is a kick all the same.
Snakes on a Plane?  Fuck snakes!  Scorpions on […]

Review: Dagon

Directed by Stuart Gordon, 2001

The only similarity between Stuart Gordon’s Dagon and H.P. Lovecraft’s short story it’s based on happens to be that they both involve fish people.  Stuart Gordon’s involves a small boat (or is it a yacht?  I’m not rich enough to know the difference) full of 4 people crashing off the shore […]

Review: Cookers

Directed by Dan Mintz, 2001

Addicts who set up a meth lab in a dilapidated house in the woods is, at least, unchartered territory in the genre. But Cookers shows why it probably is untred ground.
It’s really just not that interesting. Addicts are boring. They’re the same in every single movie and they’re […]

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