BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY
I’ve always liked this maligned sequel to BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, which far outpaces that film in spectacle and invention
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
A true bad movie classic! A nominal sequel to THE EXORCIST, this is a staggeringly ambitious, globe-spanning vision of ancient evil and redemption that’s also colossally misguided.
THE EXORCIST
Here we come to perhaps the most famous and revered horror movie of our time–indeed maybe of all time
ALIEN 2: ON EARTH
This is the unauthorized Italian-made sequel to ALIEN that was withheld from American release for decades
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
This phenomenally successful no-budgeter proves two things: 1). That audiences are always up for a good scare, and 2). Marketing-wise there’s no substitute for old-fashioned hype
TROLL 2
Is this really the worst movie of all time? I say no. Yes, it’s a profoundly, almost otherworldly awful movie, but it’s also funny and entertaining—unintentionally, of course!
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2
Overrated by some and wildly underrated by many others, this is director Tobe Hooper’s 1986 follow-up to his legendary TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST
Surely one of the oddest big studio products of all time: an EXORCIST prequel released as two separate films
DAY OF THE DEAD
To many horror fans DAY OF THE DEAD, the third in George Romero’s “Dead” saga, is a genre masterpiece. Not me!
THE JAWS 2 LOG
This lively report about the making of JAWS 2 is far from the best book of its type, but it is a fascinating and instructive read