B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75

Sunday, January 30, 2022

WILLIAM SHATNER DOES HIS OWN STUNTS ATOP AMTRAK TRAINS, LLOYD BRIDGES IS ON BENNIES IN THE CHEESE-FEST KNOWN AS "DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER" (TV 1979)

 

An ABC Sunday Night Movie Of The Week. All the ingredients were here for an ultimately cool TV movie but unfortunately it only delivers in the last ten minutes with a cool action scene where William Shatner does some pretty courageous stunts on a train going 40 mph plus. Everything leading up to that however is cheese-o-rama with Lloyd Bridges leading the pack as an overzealous cop eager to pull his gun on any one or thing that crosses his path. Alec Baldwin would be proud. (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.)

Worth one watch for cinephiles otherwise skip this and watch Unstoppable or Silver Streak instead. Currently streaming on Paramount +, Amazon, also found the YT link below  1.5 stars/2.75

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