Monthly Archives: October 2004

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: THE DIRTY ’30S

By | October 2004

Mariko McDonald and her fiancé host a weekly film night in their apartment, affectionately known as the Den of Sin. It’s kinda like evil film school and you’re invited to attend. Going on at the Den this week, some not so golden films from the “Golden Age of Hollywood”…

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ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: THE DIRTY ’30S

Being that attendance was slipping and people seemed to be getting annoyed with our deliberately bad programming (their words, not mine, “Purple Rain”...

STEVE BALLOT: FATHER OF “THE BRIDE OF FRANK”

The Bride of Frank starts off with a nasty sucker-punch. A cute-as-pie little girl has her head run over by a truck. By the titular “hero” of the film....

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BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL

Hell, what can you say about a movie that heralds teamwork and warns against the dangers of alcoholism while blowing stuff up real good? It's critic...

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KILLER NERD / BRIDE OF KILLER NERD (DVD)

Been a fan of Wayne A. Harold and Mark Steven Bosko's "Killer Nerd" since it popped up on video in the early 90s, although I haven't really been able to...

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CORPUS DELICTI

Driving through the countryside can get a little boring after awhile I guess. So the littlest things can start becoming brain food. Such is the case here...

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TOM SAVINI’S CHILL FACTOR: “HOUSE CALL” (DVD)

Depression Era Middle America: An aged doctor is summoned to a remote country house in the middle of a stormy night by a mother concerned for her teenaged...

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VAN HELSING (DVD)

Just because a movie is bad does not necessarily mean it's not worth exploring. I own a number of DVDs that I feel the movie missed the mark, but the...

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H.H. HOLMES: AMERICA’S FIRST SERIAL KILLER

In a time when the most notorious of serial killers are all getting their own indie movie translations (many of them unfortunately not being very good),...

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WAKE

Writer-director Andrew Gorzalski demonstrates in his short black comedy “Wake” that he has a certain way of distributing an audience’s attention to...

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RIDING THE BULLET

I've always been fascinated by the Mick Garris/Stephen King collaborations. Two of them (“Sleepwalkers” and “The Stand”) have been above average...

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