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Slash Dance (1989)
Slash dance
Slash Dance is a bizarre comedy/horror from the late 1980s about some women being killed while auditioning for a musical. Cindy Ferda stars as an undercover cop investigator these murders. She meets some odd characters like two female wrestlers selling steroids, a guy who takes his fake eyebrows off and a man who likes to flash. I like offbeat 1980s horror comedies when they are fun, but Slash Dance isn't really all that fun of a watch. I feel a movie with that title should be a little more entertaining and fun. Cindy Ferda plays her part ok enough but the dialogue and over-the top-ness from other actors is just brutal. It's just not interesting enough for my whacky 1980s tastes.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A nightmare on elm street
'A Nightmare on Elm Street' follows a group of teens who are being haunted by a man with "knives for fingers". At first it seems as if the friends are just having bad dreams, but the teens begin to killed one by one while having these nightmares. Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) begins to realize she must stop the mysterious burnt figure. Wes Craven's 1984 horror masterpiece is just as fresh and great today as it was in 1984. Sure, the score is synth heavy, but the story and practical effects hold up well forty years on. Robert Englund's first outing as Freddy Krueger is brilliant. Krueger isn't quite the wisecracking clown he is in later films, and he's legitimately creepy as the dream stalker.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
Haven't watched wrestling in years until I discovered AEW Dynamite
I grew up on the attitude era and loved wrestling, but the wrestling company I loved started to change around 2003, and I didn't really like what it was becoming. I didn't watch much wrestling for the next twenty years, then one day I came across a video on YouTube of AEW and was instantly hooked. I have been watching for the past seven months and honestly haven't been disappointed once. I really love the wrestlers and their personalities onscreen as well as the matches. There are some great talents I had never heard of until recently and also legends like Christian Cage and Adam Copeland. I feel like Cage is doing his best work right now. Toni Storm is someone I had not heard of until I started watching AEW, but I've gone back and looked at her previous work, and I must say, like Cage, she is doing her absolute best right now with the Timeless Toni Storm thing. I feel like the wresting is great and I just love the whole vibe of AEW more than other wrestling companies.
Grotesque (1988)
Grotesque
'Grotesque' is about a family being harassed and killed in their mountain home by a group of punks. The punks have heard that there's some secret in the house of a special effects artist, and they believe it to be a lot of money. Horror icon Linda Blair stars as the daughter, and she's decent here, although she doesn't have as much to do in this horror film as she did in previous ones. The punks are the typical over the top 80s punks you would expect. The acting isn't great and the film isn't really "good", but as a 1980s horror fan, it's not a terrible film. I will say the ending really surprised me and I don't know what to think of it.
Showgirls (1995)
Showgirls
'Showgirls' is notorious for being one of the "worst films ever made", but over the years it's reached cult status, and deservedly so. The film does have some cringey moments, but overall, it's a good showbiz drama about a young woman who does what she must to get to the top, but once she's there, she realizes it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Elizabeth Berkley, hot off the heels of her 'Saved By the Bell' run isn't as bad an actress as she's made out to be. She's no Meryl Streep, but Berkley is just right for a role such as this. Gina Gershon is great as the star performer of a topless revue who has an obsession with Berkley. Kyle MacLachlan and Glenn Plummer are also great in their roles. 'Showgirls' is a fun film to watch and just be entertained by, it isn't Shakespeare, but who cares?
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
A nightmare on elm street: the dream child
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child is definitely not one of the better films of the series, but the special effects and storyline are great. I feel the issue with this film is some of the poor dialogue and also leaning into the goofiness of Freddy that became even worse in the next film, Freddy's Dead. There are genuinely good scenes, but there are also really bad ones that sadly overshadow the good for a lot of people. Lisa Wilcox as Alice is one of the best final girls in my opinion, sure she's no Nancy Thompson, but I really think she did a good job in the fourth and fifth films. If some of the cheesier lines had been taken out, this could have possibly been up there with Dream Warriors as a great sequel.
Savage Intruder (1970)
Hollywood horror house
Hollywood Horror House aka Savage Intruder is a psychedelic infused horror film about a klller (David Garfield) going to worse as a nurse for a Hollywood legend (Miriam Hopkins), who is an alcoholic with a broken leg. At first Hopkins doesn't like Garfield, but then she begins to like him a little too much. Meanwhile, the nurse begins seeing a fellow servant until she becomes pregnant. That is the moment things really begin to go crazy. Garfield is good as the murderous hippie who takes advantage of the lonely old Hollywood star and Hopkins plays that role brilliantly. It's interesting to see Hopkins hang out with hippies. Overall, it's a decent horror film that doesn't get a lot of attention. It's definitely worth a look if you're a fan of horror.