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Dracula's Soul Brother!

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:33:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Man, they don't make 'em like this anymore! Released just a year before "The Exorcist" ushered in a new era of higher quality, bigger budgeted horror flicks, this drive-in classic entertained a less discriminating generation raised on late night...

Reality is a rotten place to be...

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:03:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Return with us now to those glorious days of yesteryear, when flashing lights and bodypaint were all the rage, when tuning in and dropping out was all that was required of you as a human being, and flower power reigned over all. Get into your time...

H.P. Lovecraft takes a trip.

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 21:35:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Based on on a story by H.P. Lovecraft and scripted by Curtis Hansen, (director/screenwriter of "L.A. Confidential"), "The Dunwich Horror" was, at one time, a staple of late night Creature Features across the country. I ran across it several times on...

Braveheart with Jesus...

Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:07:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - "The Passion of the Christ" is NOT a great movie, it is, however, a very good one. In the realm of Biblical epics, it earns it's place along side of "Jesus of Nazareth" (still one of the best re-tellings of the story ever made), "King of Kings" and, "The...

One bad mutha...

Fri, 8 Feb 2002 04:26:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - As a young white kid growing up in 1970's suburbia I was often fascinated by the advertisements I would see posted for the local drive-in.

There always seemed to be a horror movie double bill, ("I Drink Your Blood" and "I Eat Your Skin" was...

Sink your teeth into this

Wed, 6 Feb 2002 02:35:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - For a brief moment in time it appeared as though actor Robert Quarry was well on his way to becoming a horror movie icon for the 1970's.

Bridging the gap between the old school gothic vampire flicks of Universal/Hammer and the more...

Too Much Monkey Business?

Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:19:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius -

I began expecting the worst from Tim Burton's "reimagined" update of Planet of the Apes after hearing that the film wasn't even completed a mere two weeks before it's release date.

The handful of stills and clips I managed to see...

Monkey Planet

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 13:37:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius -

I used to believe in the theory that "books are always better than movies". Who amongst us hasn't heard that phrase repeated countless times after viewing film versions of our favorite stories?

With rare exceptions, ("Jaws" comes...

Kubrick does Pinnochio

Sun, 1 Jul 2001 04:49:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Moments after the end credits began to roll for Steven Spielberg's new sci-fi epic A.I., I couldn't figure out exactly how I felt. Disoriented would be putting it mildly as the movie managed to sadden me, anger me, awe me and enlighten me nearly...

Private Ryan, where are you???

Sat, 26 May 2001 01:41:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius -

It's that time of year again. Time for the onslaught of brain-numbing, empty-headed, Hollywood drivel, and it's all coming soon to a theater near you!

Each year the flood gates are usually thrown open with the release of one sure fire...

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...

Tue, 22 May 2001 11:41:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius -

So much has been written about Pink Floyd's landmark album that it is nearly impossible to add anything new to the discussion other than sharing one's own experience with it.

According to the statistics, Dark Side of the Moon has...

Break out the kleenex!

Sun, 20 May 2001 22:08:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius -

Okay, for the record I must admit that Pay It Forward is the only movie I can recall that has actually caused yours truly to burst into tears. I'm not talking about that lump in the throat, "I got something in my eye" kind of feeling...

What is "normal" anyway?

Wed, 4 Apr 2001 10:45:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - "The World of Normal Boys", an amazing debut novel by K.M.Soehnlein, takes us back to the time period of the late 1970's and into the life of thirteen year old Robin Mackenzie, who just happens to be teetering on the brink of a nervous...

Jolson Sings!

Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:21:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - When reviewing films from the past it's always a good idea to put yourself in the mindset of the era in which it was produced.

It would be impossible to review, for instance, the original "Flash Gordon" movie serials of the 1930's if one was...

Evil fetish dolls attack Titanic survivors!

Sun, 11 Feb 2001 03:16:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Okay, so I lied a little.

Attack of the Beast Creatures is not about the Titanic and doesn't feature Leonardo DiCaprio's name anywhere in it's credits but there is a ship wreck and some shots of people in a life boat.

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My brother, the ape

Sun, 28 Jan 2001 03:08:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - By the early 1940's, the golden age of horror films was coming to a close.

Gone were the good old days of "Dracula", "Frankenstein" and "The Mummy". Gone also were the original ideas, innovative directors and imaginative scripts.

With...

The rise and fall of the celluloid counter-culture

Sat, 2 Dec 2000 23:16:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - It's hard to believe in hindsight how American film classics such as "Easy Rider", "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Wild Bunch" once seemed so controversial and even dangerous.

"The Graduate" and...

"Mother, what's wrong with me?"

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:12:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - As the Woodstock Nation of the late 1960's began to burn out and fade away, the darkness took over.

By 1973, Charles Manson, Kent State, and an escalating body count in Vietnam had effectively put an end to the "Flower Power"...

The art of survival

Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:02:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Hoping to find safety elsewhere in the world, young Solomon Perel's Jewish family packs up their bags and heads for Poland just as the Nazis are coming into power in their native Germany.

But that safety was to be short lived as...

Sex, drugs, rock and roll...and family...

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:46:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - The year is 1973 and fifteen year old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) has landed the opportunity of a lifetime; to hit the road with an up and coming rock band and document their story for the pages of Rolling Stone magazine.

So begins an...

We are going to eat you...

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 14:12:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - My very first experience with the Sony Playstation was at a friend's house late one night in the darkness of his attic bedroom.

"Check this out dude!" Darrell said excitedly as he slipped the plastic disc into the console.
...

Required reading for anyone who still remembers freedom

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:49:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - What can I say?

"Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do" is perhaps one of the most amazing, enjoyable, shocking, and ultimately tragic books I have ever read in my entire life.

Never have I come across such a...

How to turn an A- movie into a D in less than ten minutes...

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 15:23:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - Unlike some of the other reviewers here, I happen to like Kevin Bacon a lot, even in some of his sillier moments, of which there have been many over the course of his long career.

Kevin keeps playing Kevin very well though and at times,...

Rotten to the core...Vicious too...

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:58:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - I was a fat,nerdy boy with a terrible haircut and crooked teeth.

The year was 1978 and I was about as un-hip as un-hip could be. I didn't own one single KISS album, I didn't smoke pot (yet), and I spent most of my time eating junk food and...

Edge of stereotypes...

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:38:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dr.zaius - It's 1984 and Eric (Chris Stafford)is beginning to feel a little different than other guys. He listens to Bronski Beat and has fallen for his swishy co-worker Rod (Andersen Gabrych) at the local amusement park (Crystal Shores, known in real life as...