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Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
PRIME TIME: 4 creatures and supernatural entities of legend
It’s time for some monster chasing as I take on four Prime films about encounters with creatures that myths are made of: Crypsis, Drowning Echo, Tokoloshe: An African Curse, and The Tokoloshe. CRYPSIS (2019) Crypis is as straightforward as you … Continue reading
SILLY STREAM: did you mean to be funny?
Did I laugh, scream, or yawn? Find out which of these three—Slaw, Girl On The Third Floor, and The Zombie Club—satisfied and which disappointed. SLAW (2017) The director of A Zombie Invasion takes on a parody of Saw. I prefer … Continue reading
I desperately needed a good horror fix, and the third time was a charm
With my latest self-isolation triple feature I was going for darker and scarier rather than predictable fun, but only one of these three satisfied. Was it Bloodline, Door in the Woods, or Shiver? Let’s find out. BLOODLINE (2018) Bloodline is … Continue reading
NETFLIX AND CHILLS: 3 tales of the supernatural
How about a little ghostly triple feature? I look very briefly at three I watched on Netflix: DeadCon, Polaroid, and The Car: Road to Revenge—and yes, it’s a sequel. DEADCON (2019) The title of this one had me excited for … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: 4 films that starts with “The…”
Corona is causing my watchlists to shrink drastically, so for this blog I took on a foursome of films simply because they all begin with the word “the”: The Tombs, The Terrible Two, The Recall, and The Russian Bride. So … Continue reading
Things are getting sadistic and gay in The House of Violent Desire
It’s almost unheard of for me to a) love a period piece, and b) love a movie that runs 2 hours long. But I was only 30 minutes into The House of Violent Desire on Prime when I clicked the … Continue reading
When women band together to protect a mermaid
Expecting a couple of creature features about killer mermaids, I instead experienced two emotionally distressing movies about the mythical creatures being abused by man…and saved by women. MERMAID’S SONG (2015) Despite hating period pieces, I gave this a shot because … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: flashbacks to the VHS days with anthologies and a thriller
So much self-isolation, so many movies to stream, so I thought I’d try out a trio of old school style horror on Prime: Grim Woods, Late Night Double Feature, and 4Closed. Here’s what you can expect from each. GRIM WOODS … Continue reading
Back in Black Christmas
I had a sneaking suspicion that as soon as the latest iteration of Black Christmas hit theaters and got completely trashed by virtually everyone, I would probably love it. And so I can now say that I don’t even slightly … Continue reading