There have been eight movies in the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” series, but only two are worth watching if you want to feel real horror. One is the original film, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” which was released by director/co-writer Tobe Hooper in 1974 and is rightly...
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Review for “The Deaths of Ian Stone”
Jun 21, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
A movie like “The Deaths of Ian Stone” makes you lament the fickle nature of show business. I know only two things about director Dario Piana and writer Brendan Hood: Together they made one of the most unique science fiction thrillers I’ve ever seen, and they have not...
Review for “Darkness Falls”
Jun 18, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
It is a shame that movie remakes usually cover films that were already perfect the first time. The ones that truly deserve a second shot are those based on interesting concepts but which, for one reason or another, collapsed upon execution. "Darkness Falls," a 2003...
Why I defended the terrible “Scary Movie 2”
Apr 25, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
"Scary Movie 2" is indefensible on every artistic and comedic level... yet I will still stand up for its fans. Okay, I guess I should have written "on most artistic and comedic levels." My disdain for the film caused some hyperbole there, because there is a lot wrong...
“Leprechaun Returns” was an unexpected delight
Apr 18, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
I'd like to focus on two elements of "Leprechaun Returns," the only installment in the "Leprechaun" horror series to directly continue the narrative of the original 1993 film. To explore the first, I must mention that Mark Holton returns as the mentally disabled...
Superfast Review
Apr 12, 2021 | History, Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Political Ideologies, Reviews
I would like to write a review as brief as George Washington's 2nd inaugural address, the briefest ever delivered in history. The so-called Seltzerberg duo of C-rate spoofsters endlessly fascinate with me how they managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of periods...
“Croc” Review: A Reminder to Remember Stewart Raffill
Feb 6, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
The late '90s and '00s were a weird forgotten golden age for crocodile and alligator horror flicks. The best were in two series: You had Steve Miner's "Lake Placid" in 1999, Tobe Hooper's "Crocodile" in 2000, Gary Johnson's follow up "Crocodile 2" in 2002 and the Todd...
Every child should see “ParaNorman”
Jan 24, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
There are two tragedies to "ParaNorman." First, it is a travesty that this film flopped at the box office and has faded into obscurity. Second, the film itself is a tragedy because it tells a story about the various ways that fear, mob mentality and prejudice create...
“Smiley” review
Jan 16, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com, Reviews
There is a lot of controversy surrounding "Smiley," a 2012 horror film written and directed by a man named Michael Gallagher. I don't know much about Gallagher and don't want to know anything. The same goes for the various online groups who allegedly took offense over...
“Superman III” is great for one reason: Richard Pryor’s subplot
Jan 9, 2021 | Original Source Matthewrozsa.com
"Superman III" does not work as a movie about the character known as Superman. It works incredibly well, however, as two things that one would not normally find in a "Superman" film: One is a sweet Richard Pryor comedy about an archetype that will always have...
