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Brad Dourif Is Mesmerizingly Intense in John Huston's Brilliant 1979 Adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood

Brad Dourif month continues with a look at his mesmerizingly intense performance as an anti-religious, anti-God preacher in John Huston’s adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 religious satire Wise Blood.

Brad Dourif MonthNathan RabinJanuary 22, 2025John Huston, Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton, William Hickey, Ned Beatty, satire, New Hollywood, Film

The 1988 Remake of The Blob is Shockingly Scary for a Movie About Angry, Evil Jell-O

One of you kind souls paid me to see Chuck Russell’s terrific 1988 remake of The Blob.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 15, 2025Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, remake, Film, Horror

Brad Dourif Month Continues With This Piece on 1998's Urban Legend

It’s Scream, except with urban legends instead of movies. And also terrible.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJanuary 8, 2025Film, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Scream, Brad Dourif

There Are More Dignified Ways of Celebrating Nicolas Cage's Birthday Than By Rerunning This Piece on Amos & Andrew But It's The One We're Going WIth

Our deep dive into the complete discography of Nicolas Cage continues with a look back at the muddled 1993 inter-racial buddy comedy Amos & Andrew, a maddening heap of missed opportunities and muddled satire.

Brad Dourif Month Begins a Day Early With The Exorcist III, My Shudder Pick on the Month

Brad Dourif month begins a day earlier with a fond look at his legendary performance as the Gemini Killer in William Peter Blatty’s wonderfully wacky 1990 cult classic The Exorcist III.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Brad Dourif MonthNathan RabinDecember 31, 2024George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, sequel, Film, possession, Fabio, Patrick Ewing

It's New Year's Eve So That Can Only Mean One Thing: I'm Rerunning My Piece on 1980's New Year's Evil

One of you kind weirdoes paid me to watch and write about the wonderfully terrible New Year’s Eve-themed rock and roll slasher cult classic New Year’s Eve, from the fine folks over at Cannon.

2017's Anna and the Apocalypse is the Single Greatest Scottish Zombie Teen Romance Zombie Musical Comedy EVER!

This Christmas, enjoy the ho ho horror zombie musical comedy Yuletide treat Anna and the Apocalypse!

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 25, 2024Scotland, musical, zombie, Film, Rom Com, Musical, Shaun of the Dead

Marlon Wayans Urinates Lustily on Harold Ramis' Memory in the Unspeakably Awful 2017 Groundhog Day Knockoff Naked

One of you paid me to suffer through the 2017 time-loop Marlon Wayans vehicle Naked, which is like Groundhog Day, but nakeder and terrible.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 18, 2024Marlon Wayans, Regina King, Dennis Haysbert, time loop, Groundhog Day, nudity, Film

My Shudder Pick of the Month is the Spectacularly Silly 1990 Slasher Sequel Child's Play 2

I finally got around to watching Child’s Play 2, which is mesmerizingly stupid and a little bit silly.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 6, 2024Brad Dourif, Gerrit Graham, Jenny Agutter, sequel, Don Mancini, Child's Play, Chucky, Film

There Are More Dignified Ways to Remember Kris Kristofferson Than By Re-Running This Piece on Convoy But We're Going With It Nonetheless

Our patron-funded journey through the films of Sam Peckinpah hits another high point with a loving exploration of 1978’s Convoy, a smash hit CB trucker sex comedy based on a novelty song that’s pure fun.