Category Archives: Films

A hidden gem of a Christmas movie. Rare Exports is a holiday favorite of mine. Who doesn’t like a little horror mixed in with their holidays? The film is a nice mix of fantasy, action, and horror elements and gets all those elements just right. Rare Exports is set in Finland and the story concernsContinue reading “Rare Exports”

Violent Night is a great Christmas movie and is now on my ‘must-watch’ list for each and every Christmas from here on. To make a great Christmas movie, here are the ingredients you will need: A plot like Die Hard The disgruntled Santa from Fat Man A sprinkle of Home Alone A dash of darkContinue reading “Violent Night”

Fatman stars Mel Gibson as Santa Claus in the modern world. Tired, disillusioned, and grumpy but still cares deeply. After getting into trouble with the IRS he has to put the elves to work filling a contract with the US Government. You know, that old chestnut. Meanwhile, a spoiled and mean little bastard who didn’tContinue reading “Fatman”

There have long been rumors and urban legends about the existence of “snuff” films.  The idea of recording the murder of a person for commercial use.  Not the same as most of the stuff found on some of the better, more highbrow website that has existed over the years. That’s all stuff caught on cameraContinue reading “8MM”

Every once in a while a movie will come along that combines and distills down everything I love in movies. Violence, action, synthwave soundtrack, neon lighting, 1980s movie cliches. All that shit. The Guest is one of those movies. Adam Wingard directed this absolute classic masterclass long before he was handed the reins to Godzilla.Continue reading “The Guest”

What do you get when you put Chuck Bronson, Lee Marvin, and Carl Weathers in a movie together?  You get a badass action flick called Death Hunt. Death Hunt is a 1981 action film set in the Canadian Yukon in 1931. American veteran war hero Albert Johnson, played by Bronson, comes to the Yukon forContinue reading “Death Hunt”

Michael Mann’s masterpiece, HEAT, is 30 years old already and it’s aged like fine wine! Join Shawn and Matt has they discuss one of the greatest movies ever made.