Tag: gore

Movie Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Movie Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968) directed by George Romero Daylight Savings Time can screw with your head. Here it is, already 8 P.M. and it’s still daylight. Even so, this old graveyard in rural Pennsylvania (about 200 miles from Pittsburgh) is plenty spooky. Johnny teases his sister Barbra about her childhood fears that… Continue reading Movie Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Movie Review: Dead-Alive (1992)

Movie Review: Dead-Alive (1992) directed by Peter Jackson Times have been tough on Skull Island since the colonialist exploiters stole the island’s biggest attraction, King Kong, back in the 1930s. And now another colonialist has come for a specimen of the Sumatran Rat Monkey, which despite the name is found only on Skull Island. Explorer Stewart… Continue reading Movie Review: Dead-Alive (1992)

Comic Book Review: No Hero

Comic Book Review: No Hero story by Warren Ellis, art by Juan Jose Ryp Forty-five years ago, the Levellers appeared in San Francisco, superhuman beings created by psychoactive chemicals. Led by maverick scientist Carrick Masterson, they were the world’s first superheroes. Decades later, the membership has changed, except the still-youthful Masterson, and they’re known as… Continue reading Comic Book Review: No Hero

Comic Book Review: Jacked

Comic Book Review: Jacked written by Eric Kripke, art by John Higgins. Disclaimer:  I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway for the purposes of this review.  No other compensation was offered or requested. Josh Jaffe is hitting a mid-life crisis.  His body is beginning to fall apart, he doesn’t really talk to his wife… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Jacked

Movie Review: Tokyo Gore School

Movie Review: Tokyo Gore School Fujiwara leads a double life.  He’s the leader of a gang of high school bullies, and also the teacher-trusted student president.  He’s reasonably comfortable with this, having a binary view of life.  There are winners and losers, and he’s determined to be a winner.   Fujiwara is baffled, however, when… Continue reading Movie Review: Tokyo Gore School

Anime Review: Elfen Lied

Anime Review: Elfen Lied There is a secret laboratory off the coast of Kamakura, Japan.  There a naked woman wearing an eyeless helmet, codenamed “Lucy”, is undergoing experimentation.   When the helmet is damaged, allowing Lucy to see, she sets about freeing herself, slaughtering many of the lab’s personnel in the process.  Yes, even the… Continue reading Anime Review: Elfen Lied

Comic Book Review: Constantine Volume 1 The Spark and the Flame

Comic Book Review: Constantine Volume 1 The Spark and the Flame by Ray Fawkes and Jeff Lemire Disclaimer:  I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. John Constantine first appeared in the Alan Moore run of Swamp Thing.  At the time, he was a relatively fresh look at… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Constantine Volume 1 The Spark and the Flame