Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Hulu’s just-released “Hellraiser” film. It serves as a soft reboot of a franchise that has languished in direct to video hell for a couple of decades. And I’m pleased to announce that it’s very, very good. This version tells the tale of Riley (Odessa A’zion), a recovering addict who, in a moment of monetary despair, robs an old shipping container with her shady boyfriend Trevor (Drew Starkey). The only thing they find in a rusty safe and contained within, everyone’s favorite puzzle box from Hell. Known to fans as “The Lament Configuration” this diabolical puzzle box opens the gateway to a dimension of extreme pleasure and pain, often combined. This realm is ruled by the nightmarish Cenobites, the demon priests who adminster their so-called “gifts.” After accidentally opening the box with her brother’s blood, Riley has to find out the secret of the Configuration before she and her friends are dragged into Hell for an enternity of torment.
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Amsterdam” Proves That Mediocre David O. Russell Is Better Than Directors’ Better Efforts!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at David O. Russell’s latest, “Amsterdam,” for which he has assembled an all-star cast. Russell, known for Oscar nominated work such as “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle” writes and directs a tale set during and just after World War I. Three friends, two soldiers and a nurse, played by Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie, bond during their time together in Amsterdam. Separating after returning to the states, the three are reunited when Bale’s Burt (now a fringe doctor treating veterans) and Washington’s Harold (the lawyer helping him out) are called upon to investigate the death of their old unit commander, a respected general who died under mysterious circumstances. This death leads to a spiraling mystery involving rich families, powerful political cabals, and an attempt at facists to take over the United States government.
Continue readingThe Dogcast: Some “Dark Fantasy” for your old radio pleasure!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with some more old radio fun. In honor of the ultra-scary horror movie “Smile” releasing this week, I thought it would be fun for all of you old radio fans to get a load of a couple of episodes of “Dark Fantasy,” a popular supernatural series from the 1940s. These two episodes have a creep factor but are old fashioned entertaining corn in all the best ways. You’ll want to check these out as a pallet cleanser after the nerve-shattering ride of “Smile.” Enjoy the old radio thrillers and feel free to either comment below or on my Facebook page. So Sayeth The Kendog!
Dog’s Movie House: “Smile” Scary As Hell!”
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at a new horror film that starts off the Halloween movie season with a bang. It’s called “Smile” and it’s on scary beast of a film. Very few films can get me to watch multiple scenes from between my fingers, and this one qualifies. The story involves Rose Cotter (an excellent Sosie Bacon), a therapist who on day sees a grad student who is convinced something supernatural is hunting her. After freaking out at seeing the apparition, the student kills herself, cutting her own throat with a piece of pottery, all the while smiling a ghastly grin the entire time. Shortly thereafter, Rose starts seeing random people fixing her with the same unsettling stare for apparently no reason. She appears to be haunted by the same apparition that tormented her patient and she starts hallucinating and exhibiting frightening behavior. With no one to trust save her cop ex-boyfriend Joel (Kyle Gallner), she has to figure out how to stop the apparition before it claims her life.
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Hocus Pocus 2″ And” Munsters” Use Nostalgia To Wildly Differing Effects!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at two features that play heavily into the nostalgia of past old shows (or movies.). The first is “Hocus Pocus 2” a sequel to the now Halloween standard “Hocus Pocus” nearly thirty years in the making. Streaming exclusively on Disney+, this time the infamous Sanderson Sisters (after a prologue set in 18th century Salem showing how the young Sandersons became witches) find themselves ressurected by two magic loving teens (by mistake, of course.) Now, in addtion to their original mission of distilling a potion from the bodies of children to keep themselves young, the trio also wants revenge against the dissendants of the reverend that set them on their path. It’s up to the two teens Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo), along with their friends, to stop the Sanderson Sisters from enacting their evil plan.
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