Really Awful Movies

The Descent

The Descent is bursting with Bechdel goodwill. But that’s neither here nor there. At the end of the day, this semi-gratifying spelunker thriller comes up short, regardless of what’s between its legs. USA Today had an interesting take that’s more or less on-point: “For my money, [the] first 20 or so minutes are the bestContinue reading “The Descent”

Switch Killer

In the 90s GLAAD objected to The Silence of the Lambs’ Buffalo Bill on the grounds that the character was “a cross dressing, misogynistic serial killer.” Well, don the fish nets and pumps as here comes Switch Killer (originally titled Transamerican Killer), an incredibly sleazy yet highly effective and affecting exploitation slasher set in SinContinue reading “Switch Killer”