Showing posts with label cult classics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cult classics. Show all posts

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge 2024: Summer of Fear


Ornery Owl's Rating:
Four out of Five Stars

That's five stars for enjoyment and three stars for execution. The plot is contrived, the acting is over the top, the contact lenses look really uncomfortable, and, damn it, it's a whole lot more fun than most modern horror movies. Bonus points for the dress that manages to look like Rachel (Linda Blair) made it from a shower curtain, but it somehow looks like a haute couture gown designed by a master seamstress when Julia (Lee Purcell) puts it on.



Tuesday, October 31, 2023

RIP Challenge 2023: Day 31: Phantasm

 



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Ornery Owl's Rating
🌟🌟🌟🌟

Mini Review

I've saved the best for last, Boils and Ghouls. Phantasm is a low-budget cult classic from 1979. It's horror with a touch of comedy, never taking itself too seriously but also presenting some entertaining chills the likes of which you just don't see in today's fright fests. 

"thoroughly silly and endearing". --Vincent Canby, The New York Times

This is a story from a time when horror was fun. It's one of my favorite films and the late Angus Scrimm is one of my favorite character actors. Nobody does it like The Tall Man!


"Best let me take this one, Owl!"

Image by Jo Justino from Pixabay
"It's your show, TM!"