There is only a 194 more days until Halloween which is super exciting. On this week’s episode, we check out the new Shudder exclusive Kids Vs Aliens as well as the latest Dark Horse Comics release All Eight Eyes #1. You can follow the podcast on social media by visiting facebook.com/eddieshorrorworld and instagram.com/eddies31daysofhalloween/.
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We decided for this week’s edition of Ass Whoopin Wednesdays film that we would go down a different avenue of sorts then we usually do. Very rarely on Ass Whoopin Wednesdays do we cover anything that is horror or even comedy related, but I always felt that the film I chose for today was a bad ass action horror comedy in my humble opinion. The film that I am talking about is 1992’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer which is not to be confused with the corny 90’s TV series that followed with Sarah Michelle Gellar. The film stars the very beautiful Kristy Swanson (The Chase) as our title character Buffy, a normal popular teenager who seems to have it all from friends to the high school hunk boyfriend until she finds our from a man named Merrick (Donald Sutherland) that she is the decendant in a long line of Vampire slayers that seems to have failed in eliminating the main vampire. Well the vampires have invaded her town and it’s up to her to save them all before it’s too late. The film also stars the late Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210) as Pike, Paul Reubens (Pee Wees Playhouse) as Amilyn, the late and great Rutger Hauer (Hobo With A Shotgun) as Lothos, Hilary Swank (The Next Karate Kid) as Kimberly, David Arquette (Scream) as Benny, Sasha Jenson (Dazed And Confused) as Grueller, Stephen Root (Office Space) as Gary Murray, Thomas Jane (The Punisher) as Zeph, and the film was written by Joss Whedon (The Avengers) and directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui (Tokyo Pop). Before we get into the review, let’s check out some stats:
Now we all know that Kristy Swanson wasn’t the first bad ass female hero in a film cause that could go to Sigourney Weaver for her role in Alien, but Kristy does a pretty good job in a time when men still dominated action features. In the film Buffy has eight confirmed kills of vampires. I was going to write 12 for that, but technically she didn’t stop the other four vampires, she just hit them and ran away from the dance. She doesn’t really have too much of an origin story other than the fact that she comes from a long line of slayers which is why I wrote no for that answer. She has a love interest in the beginning of the film and she ends up falling in love with Pike. The one person that does get hurt that she cares about is Merrick who died trying to save her from the grasp of Lothos powers and she does get the job done in defeating the head vampire. This film has a whose who of stars of the 90’s and some stars who have been able to carry on well into the 21st century and I am not sure if this film was Paul Reubens first film post theater incident or not, but he was great. For the most part, everyone does a terrific job in the film, but the key is Buffy’s growth and sudden awakening that she has. In the beginning, she’s too wrapped up in a bubble of self worth and childish things that we think are important in life, but they really do not matter. Thanks to Merrick, we see this change in her when she starts to realize what does really matter in life and that is what drives our hero all the way to the end. It was great to see the late Rutger Hauer express a different side of him in this film where he gets to live up the vampire mythos to the max and what more could you want? This is a fun piece of early 90’s nostalgia that should be enjoyed for face value and realize that the film is fun. I am going to give this one four skulls out of five for a final grade.
It has been quite a long time since the last time we did an Ass Whoopin Wednesdays post and we have high hopes for great things to come in the future. I am going to warn all of you right now that there could be some spoilers in this article, so if you do not want to have anything spoiled for you then I suggest you turn around and walk away. For today’s Ass Whoopin Wednesdays film, we are checking out a series that has become classic with fans of action/Martial arts films as well as fans of Keanu Reeves (Point Break) raving about. We are checking out the latest installment in the John Wick series in John Wick: Chapter Four. The last time we saw John, he had just been betrayed by Winston (Ian McShane) and after being shot, he was rescued by the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) and they join forces. Fast forward to this film and John has been training for the day that he sets out to get revenge on the High Table for what they had done to him. On his journey though, he is faced with a very powerful enemy with a lot of deadly friends in the Marquis (Bill Skarsgård) and the question remains as to whether or not John will ever gain his freedom back. The film also stars Donnie Yen (IP Man) as Caine, the late Lance Reddick (John Wick) as Charon, Hiroyuki Sanada (Bullet Train) as Shimazu, Shamier Anderson (Invasion) as the Tracker, Scott Adkins (IP Man 4: The Finale) as Killa, Rina Sawayama as Akira, Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption) as The Harbinger, and the film was once again directed by Chad Stahelski. Before we get into the review of the film, let’s check out some of the stats.
It was nice to see so many veterans of Ass Whoopin Wednesdays in one film like Reeves, Donnie Yen, Ian McShane, and Scott Adkins as we have covered many of their films in the past. Let’s go over the stats and to be clear we only covered the stats for John Wick, but you could go and do Donnie Yen’s character if you choose. John has a 140 kills which out of the three we covered for the blog is the most so far. I’ll have to go back and see how many he had in Chapter three which seemed like a boatload as well. If you want to know his origin story or anything about a love interest or a friend getting hurt then go back and watch the previous films in the series. Spoiler alert, the big boss is defeated in this film and it was done in such a brilliant way that it had me leaving the movie theater very satisfied. Now as far as the film was concerned, if this was the swan song for John Wick then I am heavily impressed which is rare when you start getting deeper into sequels because they usually leave you with either a bad taste in your mouth or you feel like something was missing. The writing was amazing as they tied up any loose ends and there is definitely no filler as every move or choice was properly justified in furthering the plot. That is essentially all you can ask for from a film is that the writing is tight and they make no ill choices and while I did love Chapter Three, I felt that one had too many dragging moments mixed in with the action at times. They also do a terrific job of sprinkling some comedy in between all the bad ass action to lighten things up a bit. The action in this film is plentiful as we go from New York to North Africa to Japan and then we make our way back west as we stop in Germany and France to close out the film.
The scene on the 200 plus stairs in France leading to the final deal is epic as well as the fight around the arc de Triumph. The acting in the film is just top notch from everyone, they all do an amazing job from Scott Adkins in a fat suit as a sleazy German gangster to Bill Skarsgård playing the villain who thinks he is a step ahead of everyone. Donnie Yen does an amazing job of a man who is internally in a constant fight of his own as he is hired by the Marquis, but is also friends with Wick and respects him dearly. That was more proof of the excellent writing in this film when they pulled that off and it makes it hard to choose an MVP in this film because everyone was so amazing which includes the very talented Hiroyuki Sanada who I look forward to covering in future posts. If this is indeed the end of the series then I am glad they chose to go out the way they did because this was one of the best films in the series in my opinion. I felt it was The Dark Knight of the series and while that might be a stretch, it’s the best comparison that I could come up with when trying to properly rank this amongst the others. If you love John Wick then definitely do yourself a favor and see this in theaters while it’s still around because it was that good. I am going to give the film five fists out of five for a final grade or for those of you that like letter grades, it gets an A+.
We are officially 247 days away from Halloween and we have a great episode for you guys with horror news on Something Is Killing The Children coming to Netflix, Welcome To Derry series, Eli Roth’s Thankskilling film, Knight Terrors from DC Comics, more Exorcist casting news, and much more. We also review Archie Horror’s Betty: The Final Girl and Scout Comics Banshees #1 and we end the show by reviewing Valentine Bluffs which is a fan made sequel to My Bloody Valentine. You can follow the podcast on social media by visiting facebook.com/eddieshorrorworld and instagram.com/eddies31daysofhalloween/.
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We are 258 days away from Halloween and to celebrate, we have a special episode of the show for all of you as I checked out the latest indie horror film Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey which was directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and it stars Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Craig David Dowsett, and many more.
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We are officially 259 days from Halloween and we are just counting down the days as we talk some horror news with stories on I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Outwaters, Halloween 45, Camp Crystal Lake, Nosferatu, and more. We also review Harrower #1 from Boom! Studios and the definitive 80’s horror documentary In Search Of Darkness Part III.
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Only 267 days left until Halloween and on this episode we talk some horror news with stories on the passing of George P, Wilbur, Longlegs, The Black Demon, Knock At The Cabin’s box office success, The Exorcist reboot, and more. We review the comic book from Dark Horse Comics in Where Monsters Lie #1 as well as taking a minute to talk about Netflix series Lockwood & Co. and Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales Of The Macabre. We end the show with our review of the Disney Plus TV special Werewolf By Night.
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We are officially 274 days away from Halloween so we decided to create a show counting down until then and for this week’s episode we have some horror news with stories on Sean S. Cunningham and the Friday The 13TH franchise, Lisa Loring, Barbarian director’s new film, and more. We review the horror comic book from writer Cullen Bunn in Night Walkers #1 from Source Point Press, and we review the film Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg and starring Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård, and more.
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Usually when there is a ton of hype that is created by the media machine, I tend to not pay much attention to it. There was a lot of hype behind The Blair Witch Project when that came out and when I finally had the time to see I didn’t understand where the hype came from. I do have to admit that something seems different with today’s film because we’ve checked out Terrifier and All Hallows Eve which introduced us to Art The Clown and now he is back for Terrifier 2 which was written and directed by Damien Leone. Just when the town of Miles County thought it was safe to roam around freely and celebrate Halloween, the murderous gore-hungry clown known as Art The Clown (David Howard Thornton) is back and this time he targets two siblings as his quest for murder continues. The film also stars Lauren LaVera (Marvel’s Iron Fist) as Sienna, Elliott Fullam (Get Rolling With Otis) as Jonathan, Kailey Hyman (A Man Called Otto) as Brooke, Casey Hartnett (What We Found) as Allie, Felissa Rose (Victor Crowley) as Ms. Principe, Sarah Voigt (We Have A Ghost) as Barbara, Amelie McLain (General Hospital) as Little Pale Girl, and Chris Jericho (AEW Superstar) as Burke.
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Sometimes when looking for inspiration, some biblical references can be just as scary as ghosts and goblins even though I try to avoid the subject all together. Nonetheless, it does make for great subject matter when you are planning to do a horror film that is an apocalyptic horror film like the one I chose for today in 1988’s The Seventh Sign. The film stars Demi Moore (Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle) as Abby Quinn, a woman who has been haunted by the loss of her first child during pregnancy that she is a little more cautious this time around, but she is worried. A mysterious man moves into her guest house and after snooping around she feels the man is there to harm her baby who could be the catalyst for the end of the world as we know it. The film also stars Michael Biehn (Grindhouse: Planet Terror) as Russell Quinn, Jürgen Prochnow (Judge Dredd) as David Bannon, Peter Friedman (Single White Female) as Father Lucci, John Taylor (The Ringer) as Jimmy Szaragosa, Lee Garlington (Psycho II) as Dr. Margaret Inness, Manny Jacobs (The Manhattan Project) as Avi, Akosua Busia (Tears Of The Sun) as Penny Washburn, and the film was directed by Carl Schultz (The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones).
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