Late Night with the Devil (Shudder) – Late night host Jack Delroy hosts a late night show called “Night Owls” and on Halloween 1977 it was his last show. The master tape had been lost until recently and now this tape is out there for all of us to see what really happen that night? Leading up to that night Jack’s ratings had been falling drastically especially after the death of his wife. But this show was the one that was supposed to get him back to competing with Johnny Carson again as this Halloween night Jack has a medium, an expert that tries to disprove anything paranormal or magical, and a doctor with a young patient who had been a part of a satanic cult. All this comes together with Lily the young woman becoming possessed on live TV and all hell breaks loose. I like everything about this movie but didn’t love it as the last few minutes of it takes away from the beginning or the set-up of this whole film? I still give this interesting piece 3 stars and hope horror fans enjoy this for what it is…

Red Tide Massacre (DVD) – Yes indeed kids I have found another massacre flick in which John Russo directed surprisingly and Michael Pare stars. The premise of this ‘massacre’ is 2018 Florida as the deadly red tide moves in an escaped convict makes his way through the swamp to hopefully escape the local authorities? In the process he does get tracked down and shot but falls into a stream where he disappears only to reappear some time later starting to mutate from the red tide that has come in to wreak havoc on humans and the environment. As he mutates into a hideous creature, it now begins a killing spree on a local beach and becomes part of an urban legend “the skunk ape”. Of course the film has that old SyFy channel formula of a love story to move the film along (actually it drags this compelling massacre flick down) as the end result of the creature makes this an actual watchable John Russo flick! If you know me I don’t usually say that about any John Russo film as I give this 2 ½ stars.

Super Hybrid (DVD) – Holy shit horror fans where has this 2010 film been hiding all my life as I could literally review this film as: Imagine 1977s The Car meets Deep Rising… SOLD! A driverless old black Chevy Nova is in a terrible car accident one evening in Chicago. The vehicle is towed to the Chicago impound garage to be stored but quickly the car begins to fix itself as the employees don’t think too much of it as they have their own shit to contend with. As the garage employees begin their work that night strange noises and things begin to happen around this car as this car lives for murder. But what makes this intriguing as they become locked into the garage for the night this car not only lives for murder but also is able to change car models when another is near it to hide in plain sight. Also it doesn’t take long for the employees to figure out this driverless car is driven by something that is alive! The film has a few imperfections but this has an insane plot, great cars, and cool stunt work that makes you question why wasn’t this film hyped up a lot more over a decade ago? Horror fans do yourself a favor and track this down as I give this film 4 stars and most likely to be in my “top ten movies” for 2024!

Disgusteen (YouTube/DVD-R) – A really bad, gritty, but fun 1990 SOV flick from the front man of a punk band Ben Weasel about punks who kidnap a young lady Elizabeth who refuses to accept Jesus Christ as her savior and gets involved with vampire punks. The story involves lots of punk music, bad acting, bad effects, and Elizabeth enjoying her new life as a vampire until the one that made her master comes along to destroy the clan. It is pretty much what you expect from a backyard filmmaking SOV film as I give it 2 stars.

Cheerleader Chainsaw Chicks (DVD) – A 2018 film that might be one of the worst things I have watched since “Amityville Mt. Misery Rd.” This was absolute crap! A trio of young ladies head to a cheerleader camp that is on a movie lot only to have their camp invaded by the three stooges of criminals because they hid their stash there! Complete nonsense happens as a dog is traded for the stash and no one dies by chainsaws… hell there is only three cheerleaders in the movie the exception is a quick edit of another team in another room for five seconds. This is a case of the filmmaker believes they are smarter and funnier than the audience and breaking news they are not. I hate to say this if anything this is a prime example of a movie that not only insults actual independent filmmakers but gives Indy films a bad name. Be aware I have already found the “WORST FILM I HAVE WATCHED IN 2024 ALREADY” as I give this 0 stars.

Death Watch (DVD) – A rare 1980 post-apocalyptic film of sorts that I never heard of? A movie with some terrific actors and a plot that people may relate to more than ever as this is set sometime in the future. It really isn’t said but assumed as Harvey Keitel is a man who as a reporter that has an experimental surgery of a camera being surgically implanted in his brain and eyes. This is so he can become part of the daily hit show “Death Watch”. To help explain this future: people only die of old age these days as it is very rare people die of an illness as that has all been cured in the world. Thus giving this set up an intriguing plot twist as an author has just been given her death sentence. In this case now the TV station that runs “Death Watch” series wants to sign her so it can chronicle her last days alive as people are fascinated by this and will tune in. At first Katherine is not fine becoming an instant celebrity but eventually signs off and runs away as it becomes increasing hard to deal with feeling trapped in her house. Harvey’s character being the great reporter he is tracks her down as she runs away with them becoming friends as she has one goal she wants to accomplish before she leaves this cruel world. But there is a wonderful kick to the groin twist in the last twenty minutes that makes this film more relevant in 2024 than 1980 that will make you want to rewatch this film several times as I give this 3 ½ stars.

Godzilla Minus One (On Demand) – Best way to explain this film: This is the remake of Godzilla, Tim Gross always wanted! But let’s tell you a little about it anyway. The main plot of the film revolves around a Japanese fighter pilot who in 1943 first encounters Godzilla on an island. Soon after the war ends in 1945 he returns home to devastation of his land and his family dead but also still haunted by the nightmares of Godzilla on the island. He tries to rebuild with a woman and a child who are survivors of the war with nowhere to go. As a couple years pass and the rebuilding of cities in Japan begin he finds a dangerous job on the sea picking up mines that were left from the war and this is where he meets the Godzilla creature again only to be bigger and much stronger than ever before. As Godzilla rips a part a Japanese city within seconds and disappears again, the Japanese people decide they cannot wait for any government to jump in help they must come up with a plan to destroy this mutated creature sooner than later. What makes this Godzilla more special in my opinion than a lot of the Godzilla films we grew up with or remakes of the 90s is the Japanese people are not just set pieces running away from Godzilla. This fighter pilot being haunted by nightmares of Godzilla and even believing Godzilla is following him in some way makes this a much different plot than what I believe we have seen before? Yeah there have been some cool recent reincarnations of Godzilla but this project literally reached into my brain and said we are going to give you the perfect combo: the iconic music, out of this world effects (no cheesy Godzilla but that will always have a place in my movie heart), a plot that finally or truly is about humans and not just Godzilla, but making Godzilla what he always was supposed to be since he showed up on screen in the 50s… an absolute bad ass unstoppable creature that gives you chills when he hits the screen! For this folks I absolutely give this 4 stars and thank you Toho.

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