Project Metalbeast (DVD) – Oh, I absolutely love this movie from 1994/1995 where it’s a great idea to put armor or a new metal skin on a werewolf in so many words. This is such a fun werewolf movie that finally found its way to physical media outside of VHS. Before we get into that lets talk plot: so the freakin’ CIA is secretly interested into werewolves in 1974, and have tracked one in Budapest of course. An operative who is hell bent on this secret mission and soon experiment on himself by injecting the blood of the Lycan. Not able to control the dude his good friend Barry Bostwick who also has evil plans of his own freezes the dude after shooting him for future experimentation. It is now 1994 and Barry has found a scientist that has developed a new skin graph as they test it unknowingly on this frozen body that once silver bullets are removed once again becomes a killing machine! A really fun werewolf film with Kane Hodder as the creature but its path back to physical media might be a little weird or still in question how? Quickly after its appearance on HBO and hitting VHS in 1995 that was it. Nothing about the rights, music, or who actually owned it for years let alone it just got a DVD release not a Blu-ray release but a DVD only a couple years ago with not much promotion. After some research this project may have been doomed from the beginning as the original company that funded it went out of business right after the film was released. So any hope of extras, deleted scenes probably never gonna happen. Yes, it is most likely the same version on YouTube but it never hurts picking up some rare physical media for such a title that just seem to disappear as I give the film 3 ½ stars.
Lone Wolf (DVD) – A late 80s werewolf film I never knew existed but of course had to watch as Eddie who has trouble with going to school but leads a rock band that is on the brink of making it big. Authorities find people who are shredded to pieces and have no problem blaming Eddie with his past if not the wild dogs but the bodies continue to pile up around town and this concerns two other students in Julie and Joel. These two concerned students start their own investigation and eventually include Eddie as they know he is not to blame. The film is some fun corny 80s garbage but I felt they did an awesome job in hiding the actual person who is the werewolf for most of the film as it makes for a great watch as I give it 3 stars.
Night Shadow (Tubi) – Now I wanted to check out this flick because it was another werewolf movie and did not pick it because it stars Kato Kaelin! Yeah that dude! The movie involves a young journalist Alex who has come back home on vacation for some needed space from her big city job. Besides that from the beginning Alex is stalked by some gnarly dude all the way to her small town as she is pushed by her network to start covering the grisly murders. Alex must combine her efforts with her ex-guy now the sheriff to piece together who is mutilating the locals before Danford’s population is zero. It was just a weird viewing experience if I am being honest as I give it 2 stars.
Black Past (DVD) – So this flick is one of the first films from German filmmaker Olaf Ittenbach made in 1989 but it was only released in the past decade. The movie follows a young man who has just moved to a new place with his family and just trying to fit in. A little curious the young man finds a chained up trunk in the attic and opens it because that is always a great idea. Thommy finds a mirror and a diary. After the brutal death of his girlfriend Thommy slowly turns to the diary as he is haunted by nightmares of her with stuff like his penis nailed to a piece of wood then hacked off. The mirror and diary eventually possesses him as the weird chaos of murders begins as Thommy is a cursed being now as I give it 2 stars.
Bull Shark 3 (Tubi) – So did any of yinz know this was a trilogy? I didn’t but that didn’t stop me from watching another low budget shark movie that concerns a small Texas town. This time around Spencer is sober and respected by the town’s mayor and sheriff who need his help one more time. There is evidence that a family of bull sharks is breeding at the center of the lake as their plan is too plant an ESD thing at the bottom of the lake and obliterate the sharks. Two problems are: a) it is next to a gas line and b) someone is going to have to go swimming with the sharks in order for it to be in its proper place. Not good, not bad low budget shark film that spoiler alert if you make it too the end leaves it open for gator problems as I give it 2 stars.
The House on Haunted Hill (Fawesome) – For those who are unaware there is now a pseudo sequel… What explains this version it is a sequel in theory of the popular 50s film that starred Vincent Price. It is a swift 64 minute feature from Dustin Ferguson that takes place on Halloween twenty years later where the local channel 6 program does a special on the hauntings or paranormal history of the haunted hill house that also includes nostalgia commercials from the 70s. A Channel Six reporter, cameraman, and a psychic head into the structure for the program “Price of Fame” to make it feel like you are watching someone’s old VHS tape of the Halloween program. For me this was an interesting idea but comes off as a short film stretched a little too thin if that makes sense. I enjoyed the weirdness of the newest ‘Spider Baby’ version but that just doesn’t work for something like the original ‘House on Haunted Hill’ especially with a remake and sequel to remake out there for over two decades. I appreciate the interesting attempt but gotta only give this project 2 stars.
Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! (Blu-ray) – The 2000 SOV hit has an introduction by director/co-writer Josh Miller and co-writer/actor Pat Casey as they made it in Hollywood and wanted to have a fun look back at a project that got them started. A fresh college graduate in Herman is heading back home to Bloomington, Indiana to see if he can find a cheap place to stay while he finds a job and decides what he really wants to do with his life. Herman finds what looks to be a great big house with a couple roommates but quickly understands roommates disappear from the house to never come back. They just adjust by filling the empty room with another person like Herman. Herman weirded out by a job digging holes, having a girlfriend, and having missing roommates still finds time to be curious by the graves in the backyard that no one questions. There is so much hilarious Indy stuff going on throughout the movie as Herman falls through scene after scene of just trying to be a good roommate and for this movie that is really all that matters or you die. Great Indy comedy I gotta give 3 ½ stars too.
Dinogator (On Demand) – So this Jim Wynorski film might be more interesting of how it got to its release than the film itself? Michael Madsen and Paul Logan are big game hunters who are trying to track down a half-snake/half-gator creature that keeps eating the locals who hang out in the swamp. There is no reason for the creature other than it just exists but that doesn’t stop a band who head out in the swamp to shoot their next rock video. Enjoy… But now to the real story of this once finished project that was once called ‘Cobragator’ in 2014 slated for a 2015 release. It never happened like several of Wynorski projects but was again slated for a late 2020/early 2021 release on SyFy Channel but again, nothing. Then a title change and it was freed weirdly to an On Demand platform last week. The characters are bad, there is no origin of the creature, but there is a reason to watch with friends. Have friends over and turn it into a drinking game where yinz try to figure out when Michael Madsen actually interacted with any cast members in the film. Watch how the movie was shot and you will totally get the game as I give this CG-killer made-up animal mess 1 star.
Mr. Buzzkill (Blu-ray) – Rob Collins has been a part of several Indy projects but this was his first feature he directed that just got released about the Silver Grove Massacre. The story of Mr. Buzzkill is told around a campfire by some friends who are explaining the origins of the Sliver Grove Massacre. According to these folks a ten year old (Jacob) in 1998 loses his shit after being locked up then slices and dices his way through a shed, his dad, and then the local bar only to walk away into the woods to never be found. As the years pass people disappear with no real answers other than the Mr. Buzzkill stories. Now grown up the kid is now a monster in 2018 completely slaughters a group of friends at an abandoned cabin one weekend. The story of this slasher character starts off solid but has the feeling that something is missing and not totally sure of how to wrap up the interesting case of a grown up Mr. Buzzkill. Good cast and nice gore effects keep the film moving but again I still felt the missing whatever ingredient is the difference in this new breed of Indy slasher going from just good to completely satisfyingly great! No matter how you feel about the film it is worth the watch as I give it 2 ½ out of 4 stars.
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