Tag: slasher

Movie Review – Urban Legend (1998)

November 6, 2012
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Title: Urban Legend (1998) Runtime: 99 minutes Director: Jamie Blanks — As most everyone will know, Scream made slasher films popular again in the mid-90s, and rest of the decade was filled with movies trying to capitalize on Scream‘s unexpected success. Enter Urban Legend. What’s so interesting to me about these 90s slasher films is,…

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Movie Review – Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet

June 15, 2011
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Movie Number– 76 Title– Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009) Running Time– 83 minutes (“R”) Director– Frank Sabatella Writer– Frank Sabatella Starring– Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nate Dushku, and Alissa Dean — (Originally an IP Movies Review) It’s common to see first-time directors try to tackle the horror genre today because most see…

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Movie Review – Eyes of the Chameleon (2005)

May 29, 2011
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Movie Number– 71 Title– Eyes of the Chameleon (2005) Running Time– 78 minutes (“Not Rated”) Director– Ron Atkins Writer– Ann Green Starring– Anne Teal — (Originally an IP Movies Review) If the only question running through my head as the credits roll on a film is “why did this movie get released?” then said film…

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Movie Review – Killer Yacht Party (2011)

May 19, 2011
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Movie Number– 70 Title– Killer Yacht Party (2011) Running Time– 85 minutes (“Not Rated”) Director– Piotr Uzarowicz Writer– Alex Silver Starring– Maggie Marion, Becky Boxer, and James C. Burns — (Originally an IP Movies Review) I’ve spent a lot of time with slasher films this past month. Most have been from the 1980s, when the…

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Movie Review – Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)

May 16, 2011
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Movie Number– 68 Title– Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) Running Time– 95 minutes (“R”) Director– Steve Miner Writer– Martin Kitrosser (screenplay), Carol Watson (screenplay), Victor Miller (characters), and Ron Kurz (character creator) Starring– Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, and Richard Brooker — This review contains spoilers for Friday the 13th Part 2. With the continued…

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Musings On… Sledgehammer (1983)

May 15, 2011
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Musings On… is a new periodic feature on The Movie Files that will focus on movies that I have 1) reviewed in the past and wanted to talk more about, or 2) are too niche to receive a proper star rating.  These will be long-form writings on film and will not contain any star rating.  Spoilers…

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Movie Review – Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

May 13, 2011
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Movie Number– 66 Title– Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Running Time– 87 minutes (“R”) Director– Steve Miner Writer– Ron Kurz (screenplay), Victor Miller (characters) Starring– Amy Steel and John Furey — This review contains spoilers for Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2. Friday the 13th was a financial success in 1980,…

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