Movie Review: “Lucky”

   I had not heard a lot about Lucky ahead of the fact. The film premiered on the Shudder streaming service on March 4th, 2021, and so, in other words, only a couple months…

Movie Review: “Mortal Kombat”

   Videogames and movies don’t always go hand in hand like you might expect they would. Gun to your head – what’s the best videogame turned movie adaptation? Sonic the Hedgehog and Detective…

Movie Review: “Godzilla vs Kong”

   Almost as soon as it hit HBO Max, I watched “Godzilla vs. Kong” for a couple of reasons. The first is that I’m a Godzilla fanatic – have been…

Movie Review: “Big Ass Spider!”

It's the theme of regular Joe’s working their regular jobs who are confronted with the extraordinary and have to rise above the perceived smallness of their lives in order to achieve greatness that elevates “Big Ass Spider” more than I thought possible. The film smartly keeps its characters focused on their goals without drowning in pathos or hubris.

Movie Review: “Castle Freak”

   For those of you who the information has not already been relayed to in some way or another, I have a fairly loyal affection for Full Moon Features‘ early catalogue,…

Movie Review: “Godzilla vs. Kong”

   I can still remember when Godzilla first arrived in 2014 (a review I wrote around the time of its release), ushering in a new era for the gargantuan lizard and paving the…

Movie Review: “Cannibal Holocaust”

  Cannibal Holocaust is a film I hadn’t had on the docket for Readers Digested. As you might have seen with my more recent reviews of A Serbian Film and The Golden Glove, I am…

Movie Review: “Among the Living”

   I have not reviewed many French horror films on Readers Digested. Actually, on second thought, this is actually a first, believe it or not. I like that. After all, it means that…

Movie Review: “Child’s Play” (1988)

      As I have hit on prior, in spite having written as many reviews as I have, and in spite of having written for as long as I…

Movie Review: “Hard Ride to Hell”

“Hard Ride to Hell” isn’t the best pick for a genre film, but it’s a decent curiosity if you want to check out a bunch of TV actors before they were names, with a really good turn by Miguel Ferrer as a proper heavy. It’s also short, so for a 90 minute quick hit so if you’re in the market for a horror film starring hell bikers, here you go.