Movie Review: Sharknado 2

"Think of it this way. It's a twister with teeth."

-Al Roker

I am a sucker for B-movies. Hence why I write this blog, which seems to be pretty much just B-movie reviews. I love a good gimmicky movie. Sure, I can appreciate a good plot with talented actors and great art direction as much as any pretentious film critic, but man, put out something with that screams gimmick and I'm there front row and centre. That's this past week, after the kids had gone to bed, my lovely wife and I made some popcorn and chip dip, got out the sodas and planned our indoor date night in front of the television set as Sharknado 2 was on the marquee. Last year, Sharknado became a sensation, grabbing monster ratings for the SyFy network and garnering a loyal following on the internet, so it's no surprise that the sequel was announced not long after the movie aired. I have a feeling that the first movie was a hit due to curiosity over the name. I mean, it's sharks in a tornado for goodness sake, who doesn't want to watch that? Well, just when you thought it was safe to go anywhere, the most famous, unrealistic natural disaster returns. This time, the twister with teeth takes a bite out of the Big Apple. If you read my review of the first movie, you know how I feel about  Sharknado, does part 2 measure up? Let's find out...

Movie Review: Witchouse

 

There are certain movies that I thought, for one reason or another, I was never meant to see. For example, I had spent a lot of time looking for a movie called: The Fear 2: Halloween Night. Never heard of it? Not many have, and for years I went looking for this movie at my local Blockbuster and saw that the case was there, but the movie was always out. There were two possibilities: either this movie was so good (or bad) it kept getting rented out, or someone had rented it and never brought it back. I eventually found out that the latter was the case. I think the same could be said for Full Moon Features' 1999 film Witchouse. As a high school kid with nothing much more to do than rent  movies on a Friday night, I loved the cover of this movie, I mean look at it, a giant witch eating a hot blonde! But alas, the cover was always there, taunting me, but not once did I get a chance to view this sure to be classic film. Over the years, I had seen trailers and thought the movie looked wicked cool, but could never seem to get my hands on it. The problem mainly being that I had forgotten what the movie was actually called. I watched, Witchboard, Withcraft, Witchboard 2, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost; none of them were what I later found out was actually called Witchouse!  However, thanks to the digital age I was able to find Fullmoonstreaming.com for most of my B-movie needs and low and behold Witchouse was recently added, so I took the time to sit in the Mann Cave and finally see what horrors lie in the house of witch.