Unwatchable

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb. This is a baffling display of filmmaking, what appears to be a sort of feminist take on the reanimated creature trope that has been shoehorned into a late-1980s setting, complete with New Wave songs, teased hair and brightly colored spandex. Why? Presumably to giggle at shoulder pads, hairspray and Echo and the…

With the overwhelming majority of Netflix films now being tossed into the ether without even the faintest of fanfare, it’s hard to remember just what a stir the streamer’s slick survival horror Bird Box caused back in December 2018. It was the platform’s first genuine blockbuster, racking up record views (it remains the fourth most watched film ever on Netflix) and becoming a shock pop culture phenomenon spawning countless memes and the dreaded, deranged Bird Box Challenge. Yet as loud as the chatter might have been at…

Even if the tragic accident that resulted in the death of star Brandon Lee hadn’t enshrined the film in cinematic infamy, The Crow is more than good enough to endure as a longstanding cult classic based entirely on the quality of what unfolds onscreen. Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the supernatural cult classic’s release, and it remains as popular as ever. Current-day Rotten Tomatoes scores of 84 and 90 percent from critics and audiences underline that it’s undoubtedly one of the finest superhero flicks to…

Horror really embraces trends arguably more so than any other genre out there, with each decade seeing its own hyper fixation. The 2000s saw incredibly mean-spirited horror movies come out with characters facing so much misery it could be deemed just misanthropic. The Wrong Turn saga has lasted way too movies given its actual quality or ideas, with the series somehow featuring seven different entries with just one reboot. For a series which is almost entirely a one-note gore Olympics, it’s an impressive number of…