Ben Nagy reviews ‘Blackwoods’: Things that make you go Uwe
In the early 2000s, you needed only seven letters to strike fear in the hearts of genre flick lovers (and critics). U-W-E B-O-L-L. Not to be confused with the former first-round NBA pick and legendary Dallas Maverick center Uwe Blab, this is the confrontational German who put out what was widely regarded by critics back […]
Ben Nagy reviews โPyewacketโ: Just cause youโre mad at Mom, donโt sic a dang demon on her
The next trip-into-the-woods flick weโre going to take a look at is Pyewacket, which doesnโt fulfill a bunch of the prior requirements I set forth last week about woods flicks, making me look like a hypocritical goof. Mostly thatโs because the flick doesnโt start in the woods. Instead, weโre in the suburbs where a girl […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘The Trees Have Eyes’: Frolicking in the Forest and a Zombie Jubilee
What do you get when four interchangeable alpha-male types (some with facial hair) and one woman who work as bail bondspeople go into the woods? With a title like The Trees Have Eyes, youโd figure that itโd be more like Wrong Turn or, you know, The Hills Have Eyes with a bunch of hulking redneck […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Trick or Treat’: This one doesnโt have Ozzy or that guy with the bag on his head in it
This last in my triumvirate of Halloween-themed reviews ended up not quite being as Halloween-themed as the two prior (those two were Mischief Night and Trick). There are a couple appearances of trick-or-treaters, the main character has a Halloween birthday and the Grim Reaper shows up a couple of times as well in Trick or […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Trick’: It’s what comes before ‘or’ and ‘treat’
This flick, Trick, starts with a definition. You know what starts with definitions? Middle school oral reports. A lecture in front of the Kiwanis Club. Graduation speeches. The sermon at church on a weekend when the lector just doesnโt have a good one in em but still has to say something to fill the time. […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Mischief Night’: It’s What Used to Come Before Halloween
So if you have your Halloween timeline straight and who doesnโt, October 30 is the rainy night where Dr. Loomis and Nurse Chambers go to transport Mikey, but heโs let all the people out of the Illinois mental hospital and is traipsing around with his hiney flopping out of a hospital gown before he hijacks […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Spookie Dookie’: Independent Hourlong Halloween Special Screams โWatch Me!โ
Brian Papandrea, the all-time indy filmmaking shrimp cocktail king (see The Big F, if you donโt believe me) has churned out another flick from his Rock Bottom Films company with a title that could describe what happens about an hour after someone follows up eating four bowls of Boo Berry cereal for breakfast with a […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Murder Party’: The Brown Knight tries to survive a Halloween bash and artistic torturers
I was so inspired by Murder Party, the Halloween-themed flick Iโm reviewing in this column that I even came up with a songโฆ Ainโt no party / Like a Murder Party / Cause a Murder Party / Is a party with a murder (repeat x3) But before you get all hyped up that Murder Party […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘ShriekShow’: Anthology Features a Bunch of Clowning in the Woods
Director Brad Twigg, the guy behindย Killer Campout about the slasherguy who makes his deadly axe out of street signs (see the review here)and whoโs working on getting the finishing touches completed forย Killer Campout 2, emailed me over the summer telling me that he hadย a flick he wanted me to check out. And while itโs taken […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Time Loop’: If You Could Turn Back Time, Like an Hour, Would it Be Worth it?
Thereโs that whole saying about a person being ahead of their time, which isnโt such a rousing compliment when you REALLY think about it. Anyone who is saying that about somebody else is looking back into the past from the present. Usually they are also nodding their head sadly because whoever this ahead-of-their-time genius is, […]
