http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/05/03/evil-dead-2-is-now-featured-on-turner-classic-movies-what-does-this-say-about-the-current-state-of-horror-by-dark-side/ COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His "Southern Side" prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His "Dark Side" from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP's two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:01:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/05/03/evil-dead-2-is-now-featured-on-turner-classic-movies-what-does-this-say-about-the-current-state-of-horror-by-dark-side/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Jay Mon, 04 May 2009 15:13:13 +0000 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=1731#comment-249 Hmm... I see a "Bad Moon" renting. Hmm… I see a “Bad Moon” renting.

]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/05/03/evil-dead-2-is-now-featured-on-turner-classic-movies-what-does-this-say-about-the-current-state-of-horror-by-dark-side/comment-page-1/#comment-237 admin Mon, 04 May 2009 07:14:32 +0000 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=1731#comment-237 Right on! I love me a good werewolf movie and the subgenre has definitely been lacking lately. Ever see an interesting one called "Bad Moon" by Eric Red? It's unique in that the family dog is the hero and main character of the movie as the only member of the family to realize the visiting uncle is actually (dum, dum dummmmmm!!!!) a werewolf. Right on! I love me a good werewolf movie and the subgenre has definitely been lacking lately. Ever see an interesting one called “Bad Moon” by Eric Red? It’s unique in that the family dog is the hero and main character of the movie as the only member of the family to realize the visiting uncle is actually (dum, dum dummmmmm!!!!) a werewolf.

]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/05/03/evil-dead-2-is-now-featured-on-turner-classic-movies-what-does-this-say-about-the-current-state-of-horror-by-dark-side/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Jay Mon, 04 May 2009 06:45:30 +0000 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=1731#comment-236 Seems to me that horror suffers more from cyclicality than any other genre. Every ten years or so, horror leaps to forfront of the theatrical conscience for a brief shining moment before receding quietly back into the shadows. It seems to me that the time is right for a revival of cinematic werewolves. They seem to have endured the longest drought -- not being decently portrayed since "The Howling" series petered out. "Cursed" with Chritina Ricci was dreadful and the "Underworld" movies, while flashy, are too Ann Rice meets Def Lepard for my taste. Let's get back to bad ass, back woods, ill-tempered shape shifters; lycanthropes who exist to terrorize the masses rather than whiney cross-dressing goths who bitch, lament and wax poetic about how vampires get all the great women. Anyway, that's what I think. Seems to me that horror suffers more from cyclicality than any other genre. Every ten years or so, horror leaps to forfront of the theatrical conscience for a brief shining moment before receding quietly back into the shadows. It seems to me that the time is right for a revival of cinematic werewolves. They seem to have endured the longest drought — not being decently portrayed since “The Howling” series petered out. “Cursed” with Chritina Ricci was dreadful and the “Underworld” movies, while flashy, are too Ann Rice meets Def Lepard for my taste. Let’s get back to bad ass, back woods, ill-tempered shape shifters; lycanthropes who exist to terrorize the masses rather than whiney cross-dressing goths who bitch, lament and wax poetic about how vampires get all the great women. Anyway, that’s what I think.

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