Really Awful Movies

A look back at Phantom of the Paradise

While Rocky Horror vaulted into cult hyper-fandom, its musical cousin, The Phantom of the Paradise remains relatively obscure. And that’s a shame, as dammit, Brad and Janet, but P of the P is superior film. An early directorial effort by the legendary Brian De Palma, Phantom tells the story of the diabolical proprietor of DeathContinue reading “A look back at Phantom of the Paradise”

The Ruins

For The Ruins, the gulf between expectation and execution is great – as is the movie. Who knew? After all, the Netflix description – “an idyllic vacation in Cancun takes a dangerous turn for four young Americans when a mysterious tourist persuades them to join an archaeological dig” at surface level, reads like you’d beContinue reading “The Ruins”