‘Mercenaries’: Lady convicts forced to free president’s kid from the country of Borat
The Asylum — close personal friends of Joe Bob and Darcy — like all studios, can be hit or miss when it comes to their output. For every lightning-in-a-bottle “mockbuster” Sharknado that folks who are not hardcore Mutants can latch on to, there’s probably about 10 or so flicks that they’re associated with that can […]
‘The Package’: Stone Cold tries to deliver; Dolph pontificates on food
I haven’t written a review for a while. I didn’t write any snow-horror flick reviews in January. I was incommunicado during Kung Fu-bruary, even with the extra Leap Day. I watched a flick (I have witnesses), but then didn’t get around to writing a review to celebrate Henry Rollins Day. Now we’re more than half-way […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Splinter’: Weird spiky monster corners people in gas station, but it’s not made out of wood
When you start digging way deep into the ground, you never know what’s going to come up. Usually this is the case at those weird research facilities nestled back in that secluded acreage that the online overhead map view shows to be undeveloped natural land. Could be the government, the military or just your run-of-the-mill […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Peggy’: Long after high school, woman seeks vengeance against ex-classmates
We return from our annual foray into the woods (I got lost for a week) and check out the wild environment that is life once the 10-year high school class reunion has passed in this week’s flick, Peggy. Directed by Michigan-based filmmaker Brandon Guiles and produced by his Gallows Film Productions, it was one of […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Exists’: Vehicular slaughter of juvenile Sasquatch leads to poor campout experience
We can’t do a round of woods flicks without getting the tall creature with the oversized tarsals involved, so to close out this month’s reviews, we’re due for a Bigfoot flick. The number of flicks featuring Sasquatch I’ve looked at is well into the double digits, and we set forth the minimum requirements for a […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Animal’: Genetically mutated wildebeest/wolf/bear/boar hybrid makes people hole up in a cabin in the woods
As our annual month in the woods flicks winds down for another annum, Animal, a 2014 flick by director Brett Simmons (You Might Be the Killer), found its way onto the Screening Room’s screen and from the jump, it REALLY aspired to be a John Carpenter flick. They even used the same opening credits font […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘The Village in the Woods’: Aspiring pub owners meet Druidic cabal looking for lunch
A couple decide that they’re going to reopen this inherited shuttered inn/pub called The Harbour in the latest woods flick we’re checking out, aptly titled The Village in the Woods because the action occurs in a village and it’s in the woods. But the woods do not play that much of a role in this […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Backcountry’: Some days you get away from the bear, and some days the bear gets you
Two unprepared young people in love meet a mean bear, which ruins their camping trip, in 2014’s “Backcountry.”
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Lost Gully Road’: Woman fleeing ex shacks up with a ghost in a cabin in the woods
Welcome to the wildest part of the year where we celebrate flicks that take place out in nature — usually in the woods. Communing is optional, yet highly encouraged. There will be special guest appearances by big hairy monsters, the gratuitous use of outdoor implements for things that they’re not normally intended and leaves a’falling. […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘CarousHELL 3’: Duke the Unicorn fights a maniacal bunny as trilogy achieves closure
Homicidal unicorn Duke returns to battle vicious killer rabbit reanimating corpses. Eyepatch pizza guy joins the chaotic sequel filled with stabbings, beheadings, and unicorn-rabbit combat.