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Close up photo of the board game Warhammer Execution Force with an overarmored necro priest facing off against several assassins on a very confusing board

Stealth Mission: Exploring the Corners of Warhammer 40K in Execution Force

By Orrin Grey • November 6th, 2023

Execution Force is a relic of a specific point in GW’s release history – in this case, the year 2015.

Close up crop of the lil guy on the cover of the blu ray for Ghoulies, with his tiny bald head, sharp gummy teeth, little shirt and suspenders, as he clutches the rim of the toilet he's standing in

Little Demons: Ghoulies II (1987) from MVD Rewind

By Orrin Grey • October 4th, 2023

The yuppie gets his comeuppance by having his balls eaten by a monster.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
a screenshot of the box for The Muppet Show Board Game with Kermit the frog front and center in front of the logo for the show with the rest of the cast mugging behind him. Text at the bottom says It's a Game! Directed by Kermit the Frog.

It’s Time to Raise the Curtain on the The Muppet Show Game

By Orrin Grey • September 7th, 2023

The game itself is a relic of a time when board games were something very different than they are today.

Screenshot from the trailer for Night has A Thousand Eyes, featuring the main character in a suit walking back from an attic window looking over a city at night

The Stars Can’t Hurt You: Fighting the Future in Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

By Orrin Grey • August 24th, 2023

Even if you’re pretty sure you know going in – it is difficult, after all, to not have been spoiled at least a little bit on a movie that is three-quarters of a century old – the unspooling of the film does a good job of keeping you on your toes,

Screenshot from the trailer for Swamp Thing, where a swamp is covered in dry ice fog as the titular Swamp Thing carries a scantily-clad Barbeau through the moist forest

A Plant for the 21st Century: Swamp Thing (1982) on 4K from MVD

By Orrin Grey • August 18th, 2023

Swamp Thing takes a lot more swings at being “crowd-pleasing” than anything Wes Craven had worked on in the past.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
crop of the box cover for King of Monster Island with a big four-armed lava guy in the center getting shot at by a boat while volcanoes rage in the background

Collaborative Chaos: Being on the Top of the Heap in King of Monster Island

By Orrin Grey • August 13th, 2023

This bigger kaiju is trying to open a portal with the help of a variety of adorable minions, and the “good” kaiju need to put a stop to it.

Screenshot from Talk to Me, featuring the mummified medium's hand gracefully reaching out as if to be shaken with a lone candle in the background

I Don’t Get Nightmares: Scaring Yourself with Talk to Me (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 31st, 2023

Talk to Me may be the most credible supernatural teen horror movie ever made, simply by dint of the way that the kids in the film turn the medium-istic hand into a party game, heedless of the larger questions it raises, or the possible consequences of their actions.

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