“Aside from total boredom, nothin’ is gonna happen to you here.” “Here” of course, is the Bates Motel, in this, the Anthony Perkins-directed Psycho III. Its predecessor was shocking, not just in terms of physical jolts but the fact that it was undeniably capable, and a worthy successor to the Hitch original. Not so muchContinue reading “Psycho III”
Category Archives: Horror
Maniac Cop
While director William Lustig’s Maniac is a horror film for the ages, grounded in steely realism, Maniac Cop suffers from uber-supernaturalism. And that’s a shame, as a much better film could’ve been made exploiting people’s natural antipathy toward police — by making the badged antagonistan Everyman nonpareil rather than the Quagmire-jawed visage of the late, hulkingContinue reading “Maniac Cop”
Really Awful Movies 