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Renfield 2023 ★★★★½
The premise already looked promising – the Cage as Dracula – and al I can say is that it more than lived up to the expectations.
A veritable splatter fest with plenty of action and compelling fight scenes. It's all over the top, with gore that is simply amazing. All of this accompanied by a good number of laugh out loud moments.
All of this fitting like a glove for Nicolas Cage suitably hamming it up. Awkwafina is great as Rebecca and Nicolas Hoult (and his Cosby sweater) adds a bit of a Hugh Grant-stammer to his action hero.
Great entertainment. Anyone who can handle their splatter.
The Dead Ones 2020 ★
Something something about a school shooting and some kids in an abandoned school, haunted by ghosties or a gang or whatever.
Bland characters and a non captivating plot.
Carnosaur 1993 ★★★★
Carnosaur is just what you are looking for if you want some campy b-movie fun.
Between the chickens hatching killer dinosaurs or a woman giving birth to said dinosaur, this movie has the ludicrousness you want.
The kills are plenty gory (thanks to the late John Carl Buechler) and the characters are just hammy and cartoony enough to blend in perfectly. And the ending is silly and awesome at the same time. Carnosaur vs excavator, hell yeah. Rainforest schmainforest, indeed.
Special mention for Clint Howard (and his voice) and Harrison Page (forever Captain Trunk) as the sheriff. Shame they killed his character, though.
No streaming available at this point, so enjoy it on Youtube while you can.
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