personal data George A. Romero February 4, 1940 George Romero's legacy will be that of a filmmaker ahead of his time, in terms of both independence and visceral violence. But before ...

Person - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-01-01 01:00 - 0 comments

Part of a string of high-concept, low-budget efforts from 80s schlock king Charles Band, Ghost Town features an intriguing premise and atmospheric photography, but little else works in this mel ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-09-14 00:00 - 0 comments

Judged on its own merits, this first batch of grisly murders at Camp Crystal Lake is a decent little piece of B-Movie exploitation, catering to teens with healthy doses of their two favorite 80s entrees: ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-12-13 01:00 - 0 comments

With House of 1000 Corpses , rocker Rob Zombie set out to make his first film a balls-to-the-wall, insanely over-the-top splatter fest of depravity and, despite the best efforts of Universal, MGM ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2003-05-06 00:00 - 0 comments

Horror films have been melded with almost every genre imaginable, but Wolfen must be the first socio-political werewolf movie. Yes, there are bloodthirsty wolves. But there's also points to be made about ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-09-21 00:00 - 0 comments

The first of many sub-par follow-ups to a movie that was only average to begin with, Friday the 13th Part 2 purports to take place five years after the events of the original . While this is ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-12-12 22:38 - 0 comments

As stylish and smartly written as Scream was, its huge success, along with the success of subsequent, much less effective teen slasher fare like Urban Legend and I Know What You ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2001-10-01 00:00 - 0 comments

Beginning amid the bedroom girl talk of two suburban high school friends, The Ring unfolds one of the genres' most well executed, utterly frightening pre-credit vignettes, as the conversation shifts ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-11-20 01:00 - 0 comments

Just when it seemed the Friday the 13th movies would continue on a downward trajectory until they became so bad even indiscriminate teens refused to see them, along comes the first installment since ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-12-12 00:00 - 0 comments

Damn you, Horshack. Just when Jason was finally lying peacefully in his grave, Tommy Jarvis and Horshack from "Welcome Back Kotter" have to go and accidentally stick a lightning rod in his chest. W ...

Movie - Matt Mulcahey - 2002-12-12 22:38 - 0 comments