Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: Alien Raiders
Okay, for Christmas this year I’ve found a little alien creature feature that should satiate anyone like me who has an undending hunger for this particular subgenre. And yes, the movie’s concept is as generic as the title, and it adds nothing new to all the stories it rips off. However, its producers and director clearly understood the limits of their budget and managed to pull off a totally entertaining little B-picture that looks pretty good and is well acted. Continue reading Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: Alien Raiders
R.I.P. Dan O’Bannon
Goodbye to the man behind the curtain of many childhood delights and terrors.
Commentary #28 – Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
It’s a Christmas Miracle! The Film Pigs return to make everyone’s holiday season a little brighter. And what better way to celebrate the Christian / Jewish / Muslim / Pagan / Pastafarian season than with a movie about a homicidal Santa Claus? Answer: THERE IS NO BETTER WAY!
Silent Night, Deadly Night takes us back to a simpler time, when ghostbusting was king and traversing the space-time continuum in modified DeLoreans was commonplace. In the early 80s, no one thought twice about a dusty old nun whipping two naked teenagers with a leather belt, or of wearing cheap sweaters with no undershirts or bras. We were too busy fighting Communism when, in retrospect, we should have been paying more attention to drunken, murderous Santa Clauses. Happy holidays!
TO SYNC WITH MOVIE: Start this commentary 10 seconds after starting movie.
Nic Cage Shoots A Little Girl
If this movie is half as bonkers as Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, I’m in.
* UPDATE *
Looks like they killed the original trailer, so enjoy this just-as-badass one: