Mega Piranha, directed by Eric Forsberg, 2010
Not all Syfy channel movies are created equally. Some are created by The Asylum and anyone who has seen Snakes on a Train or Transmorphers knows exactly what that means; low budgets backing completely nonsensical scripts brought to life by poor actors reacting to even poorer computer generated imagery. I know that's what most people expect from films that premiere on the Syfy channel, but some of them really aren't that bad. Some are a lot of fun because they're actually ambitious. What's the opposite of ambitious, though? Oh, yeah; the Asylum.
Sure, it's funny to see piranha double in size until they're jumping in and out of rivers like flying double-decker buses. And sure, I love lines like "We should have doubled the killatons", but Forsberg's film is just too damned boring for a movie called Mega Piranha. It delivers exactly what you expect and nothing more.
A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven, 1984
Luke Mullen and I sat down to check out the new Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray out today. He should have a more in-depth review later on in the week that, judging from his review of the British Suspiria Blu, will probably be more technical detail oriented than my own, but I thought the disc looked great and sounded even greater. I don't think the image quality is quite as impressive as Paramount's Friday the 13th Blu-ray, which looks incredibly sharp for a 30-year old movie, but it's certainly the best presentation you'll find these days. I'd say it even looked better than the digital presentation I saw a few years ago during one of those Fathom Entertainment streaming presentations.
Tales From the Crypt Season 1, various directors, 1989
I recently finished picking up all the Tales From the Crypt season sets so I've begun rewatching the series from the beginning. I've seen the first few seasons a number of times over the years, but I have such an affinity for television anthology shows that I could watch stuff like this all day long. If I had to pick a favorite episode of season 1, I think I might have to settle on Walter Hill's The Man Who Was Death. Though I think that's a little obvious because everything Hill does is great. Okay...not counting Supernova.
Not all Syfy channel movies are created equally. Some are created by The Asylum and anyone who has seen Snakes on a Train or Transmorphers knows exactly what that means; low budgets backing completely nonsensical scripts brought to life by poor actors reacting to even poorer computer generated imagery. I know that's what most people expect from films that premiere on the Syfy channel, but some of them really aren't that bad. Some are a lot of fun because they're actually ambitious. What's the opposite of ambitious, though? Oh, yeah; the Asylum.Sure, it's funny to see piranha double in size until they're jumping in and out of rivers like flying double-decker buses. And sure, I love lines like "We should have doubled the killatons", but Forsberg's film is just too damned boring for a movie called Mega Piranha. It delivers exactly what you expect and nothing more.
A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven, 1984
Luke Mullen and I sat down to check out the new Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray out today. He should have a more in-depth review later on in the week that, judging from his review of the British Suspiria Blu, will probably be more technical detail oriented than my own, but I thought the disc looked great and sounded even greater. I don't think the image quality is quite as impressive as Paramount's Friday the 13th Blu-ray, which looks incredibly sharp for a 30-year old movie, but it's certainly the best presentation you'll find these days. I'd say it even looked better than the digital presentation I saw a few years ago during one of those Fathom Entertainment streaming presentations.Tales From the Crypt Season 1, various directors, 1989
I recently finished picking up all the Tales From the Crypt season sets so I've begun rewatching the series from the beginning. I've seen the first few seasons a number of times over the years, but I have such an affinity for television anthology shows that I could watch stuff like this all day long. If I had to pick a favorite episode of season 1, I think I might have to settle on Walter Hill's The Man Who Was Death. Though I think that's a little obvious because everything Hill does is great. Okay...not counting Supernova.
