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

Monday, October 25, 2021

VAL KILMER IS "THE SUPER" (2017) - A CREEP WHO LIKES TO DABBLE IN BLACK MAGIC, SPEAK TO HIMSELF IN TOUNGES AND SCARE LITTLE GIRLS IN BASEMENTS - SERIOUSLY?

 


A retired cop takes a job as one of three supers in a huge high rise in Manhattan. People have been mysteriously disappearing and all clues point to the strange one of the three played by Val Kilmer. Now it looks like the super's harassing one of the cop's two little girls. There's only one solution - the super's gotta go down. I mean, if you were a retired cop with two little girls and a guy that looks like Kilmer chasing them around the basement, wouldn't you?

However, this is a supernatural thriller so there's much more going on here that I don't want to spoil. Suffice it to say - keep your eye on the daughter's clown toy because it's a puzzle that acts as a key to the puzzle of what's really going on in this apartment high-rise the size of the Chrysler Building.

Kilmer proves once again why he's one of the greats, acting mostly with his face and strange utterances. Love the music and production design. Most of the reviews were not as kind but I found this to be a quality, enjoyable and genuinely scary horror thriller. Streaming free on Vudu, Tubi and YT.  3.0 stars/5

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