Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys

“Enjoy all that summer has to offer in Michigan!” This, as Blood Lake begins with an aerial shot of a California mountain range with palm trees aplenty. At least wait until PAST the 15:00 minute mark to Ed Wood us, people. Jeez Louise. The lamprey population in a local river, “is way above normal.” What’s below normalContinue reading “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys”

Sinister

Crime writer Ellison (Ethan Hawke) walks around in a cardigan. That’s a crime in itself, if only of the fashion variety. Sinister is a mostly commendable supernatural horror, comparable to The Shining in that a writer and his family move out into the wilderness and the scribe lets his psyche get the better of him. When we meet Ellison, he’s moving intoContinue reading “Sinister”