“Suitable Flesh” bears a parting dedication to Stuart Gordon, who passed away in 2020 and is certainly missed, especially after watching this campy concoction, which revisits his beloved H.P. Lovecraft territory minus the late screen genre specialist’s knack for welding grotesque horror content to a black comedy tone.
There are some yuks (and yucks) to be had in his frequent writing collaborator Dennis Paoli’s very loose, gender-reversed riff on the cult fantasist’s lesser-regarded 1933 short story “The Thing on the Doorstep.” But director Joe Lynch haplessly plays much of this supernatural tale as an erotic thriller, the uncertainty of satirical intent leaving his actors looking silly. Releasing to limited theaters and streaming platforms on Oct. 27, it’s a movie best watched after a few libations, which might make more of the laughs play as deliberate.
A framing device finds Dr. Dani Upton examining an apparently grisly corpse in a morgue,...
There are some yuks (and yucks) to be had in his frequent writing collaborator Dennis Paoli’s very loose, gender-reversed riff on the cult fantasist’s lesser-regarded 1933 short story “The Thing on the Doorstep.” But director Joe Lynch haplessly plays much of this supernatural tale as an erotic thriller, the uncertainty of satirical intent leaving his actors looking silly. Releasing to limited theaters and streaming platforms on Oct. 27, it’s a movie best watched after a few libations, which might make more of the laughs play as deliberate.
A framing device finds Dr. Dani Upton examining an apparently grisly corpse in a morgue,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
It's entirely possible that comic punk band The Radioactive Chicken Heads are legitimately insane, so just imagine the entertainment possibilities: the costumes, props and onstage antics of Gwar or Lmfao, combined with the humor of award-winning children's songwriter Barry Louis Polisar... okay, maybe that's too much to wrap your head around all at once. But don't worry, we're here to help. Their new brain-scrambling video for “Deviled Egg” is a pretty accurate snapshot of what's going on inside the minds of musicians with names like Carrot Topp, Cheri Tomato, Puke Boy and Frankenchicken. It's directed by Jim Ojala, the talented makeup effects artist whose work has appeared in Hellboy, Deadgirl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, and much more. Ready for this one? Too bad. Watch it anyway. Radioactive Chicken Heads - Deviled Egg Music Video “Deviled Egg” comes from Rch's album Music for Mutants, which also features titles like...
- 6/14/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
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