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God's Not Dead 2 2016
The first God's Not Dead is hilarious, and a huge part of its entertainment value is in its cartoonish villains. Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain are both clearly having a really good time playing characters who somehow, admirably, were not made up with Evil Spock goatees or Snidely Whiplash mustaches. It is absolutely worth watching for the level of sheer WTF-ery going on throughout its running time.
This sequel is just terrible. Ray Wise is fun, but he doesn't have…
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Harvest Lake 2016
HARVEST LAKE is unquestionably a much different beast than the typical indie zombie or slasher movie. This is a low-budget horror movie not afraid to include moments of eerie calm, and its commitment to practical creature effects is admirable and exciting. Ultimately, this is more proof that Scott Schirmer and his collaborators at Forbidden Films and Mostly Harmless Pictures are capable, passionate filmmakers willing to take chances and deliver something unexpected.
Full review for Daily Grindhouse here.
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The Witch 2015
After seeing a lot of people inexplicably claiming that this movie--in which a supernatural evil terrorizes a family isolated in an unforgiving wilderness--is "not a horror movie," I felt compelled to write a piece on horror gatekeeping: medium.com/@rabbitroom/this-is-why-we-can-t-have-nice-things-the-witch-and-horror-fandom-s-gatekeepers-b2c0bb0d8f9a#.qhrribivj
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Song of the Blind Girl 2011
A list of 20 things filmmaker Tom Charley ("ctom") does not appear to know, understand, or believe, based on the content of this film:
1. Generally speaking, night is the part of the 24-hour cycle when it is dark outside.
2. The human gestational period is 9 months.
3. Waterboarding.
4. Hospitals.
5. Fall and Winter are the seasons when the weather is coldest.
6. Props.
7. Abortion.
8. The difference between "thousands" and "millions."
9. It is considered poor…
