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

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

happy holidays - HOLIDAY PICK'S GALORE MEGA-POST - TOP 3 CHRISTMAS MOVIES PLUS HORROR LIST PLUS VUDU'S TOP 100 - OVER 130 MOVIES IN THIS POST

☝ merry *&#@ Christmas y'all, this is a mega-post, first off, happy holidays to you and yours and starting off the proceedings with 

TOP TJREE CHRISTMAS MOVIES THIS YEAR >

1 CANDY CANE LANE (2023) - Eddie Murphy's tour de force could be a lot worse and in general good Christmas movies of any acceptable caliber don't come down the pike every year, Enter this charming world complete with talking and singing ornaments. Many things to love here - top of the list being it's culturally diverse with a nice vibe, it's musical but not a musical, and like a well-decorated tree it;s bas many bells and whistles to marvel at along the way.  3.0 stars/5

2 SCROOGE (1970) This is one of those watch every year one's. You have to be ready for a singing, dancing Albert Finney in a lavish British production along the lines of Chitty Chirry Bang Bang. And, in fact, has some lineage to that previous family classic. This is really a great take on A Christmas Carol and the only adaption ever to feature a now infamous sequence where Scrooge goes to hell shortly. If you can immerse yourself in it's world, this is a wonderful experience of the Dickens fable. 3.0 stars/5

3 I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (1995) - Yeah, I know. Guilty pleasure for sure, but have and still do love this goofball slapstick-y comedy from mid-'90's Disney. Johnathon Taylor Thomas, who went on to become a lawyer later in life, plays a college shyster who can fast-talk his way out of any situation. That it, until he pisses off the jocks, who tape a Santa beard and costume to him and drop him in the niddle of Joshua Tree. He now has to cross country in 24 hours to make it home for Xmas dinner at 6pm and inherit his dad's Porche.  3.0 stars/5 

NEXT, ALSO A TRADITION, IT'S THE "CHRISTMAS HORROR TRAILER PARK" PLAYLIST WITH 28 FLICKS

AND SOMETHING I FOUND VERY INTERESTING, VUDU.COM'S TOP 100 CHRISTMAS MOVIES, AN INTERESTING LIST AND LOTS OF GOOD SUGGESTION, NEW AND OLD




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