Horror

The Fog

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  • Title: The Fog (1980)
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The Fog

Flashback Friday takes us back to John Carpenter‘s ghost story about vengeful spirits returning to Antonio Bay to enact revenge 100 years after their death. The film is more notable for its feel and atmosphere than its script. Despite Carpenter being dissatisfied with the project following principal photography, leading to reshoots, and earning mixed reaction from critics, the film was a tremendous box office hit for Carpenter and AVCO Embassy Pictures whose next collaboration would be Escape from New York.

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The Dark Tower

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  • Title: The Dark Tower
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The Dark Tower

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to an ill-fated Stephen King adaptation. What had been meant to be the launch of a new movie franchise, the 2017 adaptation of King’s eight-novel series made back its money at the box office but failed to impress either critics or fans. Cannibalizing material from the first few books, and presenting the story as kid-centric gives it a half-assed Percy Jackson or NeverEnding Story structure without fully exploring the worlds or concepts it throws troubled youth Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) into.

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Shaun of the Dead

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  • Title: Shaun of the Dead
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Shaun of the Dead

Returning to theaters 20 years after its initial release, Edgar Wright‘s horror comedy Shaun of the Dead still entertains. Written by Wright and star Simon Pegg, the film gloriously celebrates and mocks both zombie films and romcoms alike in this tale of a zombie apocalypse descending on London while many people are too busy to notice until it’s too late. Who best to survive? Bet you didn’t have your money on a group led by two of the laziest men in Crouch End. I’ll also note that viewing this in a post-COVID world also adds a different flavor to the film (as does viewing any zombie film highlighting humanity’s stupidity).

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

After languishing in development hell for three decades, a sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice finally makes it to theaters (sadly without any references to the previous failed sequel plans such as Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian). Bringing back some of the original cast (with notable exceptions of Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) while mixing in a few new faces such as Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, and Justin Theroux, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice captures the same zany energy of the first film if not quite the same magic. Lacking the boldness of Beetlejuice, the sequel feels very much the compromise of a movie just happy to have finally gotten made.

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