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Tremors (1990)

Rating: 8.5/10

Watched: June 6, 2026

"Here's some Swiss cheese and bullets."

Some movies never get old, no matter how old they are or how many times I've seen them.

Tremors is one of 'em.

Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross and Egg Shen (he changed his name and moved from San Fran after Big Trouble)? Playing rednecks in a very isolated town being hunted by weird underground monsters?

With Michael Gross and Reba Macintyre being actual doomsday preppers?

Monsters called graboids? That have long grody tongues with mouths?

It really doesn't get any better than this for your survival comedy horror needs, it really doesn't. It splits comedy and chills right down the middle, making for a great time.

The standout actor for me, of course, is Fred Ward. Remo Williams, Cast A Deadly Spell, Tremors ... he's a blue collar working actor who can do any damn thing he wants.

Anyone up for a road trip to Perfection? I am.

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Rating: 9.5/10

Watched: June 6, 2026

"All this intravenous stuff is no good for you, Godzilla. Stick to smoking!"

Turns out I have an ENORMOUS soft spot for these old-school Godzilla movies. I love the minis, I love the suit, I love Godzilla clambering around massive 'to scale' sets and wrecking shit.

It's all so much fun.

Biollante is an excellent Godzilla movie in every way.

The sets are bigger. Godzilla is more realistic than ever. The battles? More explosive in every way. Switching to a more dramatic storytelling is also a huge win for the Heisei Era.

But the best thing about this one is, obviously, Biollante. What a beast! The most complex suitmation ever, she's fantastic and so terrifying in her final form.

Culled from Godzilla's own DNA? Nefarious! The final battle? Diabolical!

Best of all? We got Pharoahe Monch's 'Simon Says' out of, and that slaps almost as hard as this movie.

The Fly (1986)

Rating: 9/10

Watched: June 5, 2026

"A deep, penetrating dive into the plasma pool!"

I find it hard to imagine that anyone who loves movies is unfamiliar with the story of The Fly, of Cronenberg, or Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.

And why not? It's one of the best body horror movies I've ever seen, and were it not for the fact that we have Current Day Jeff Goldblum, I'd say it's Goldblum at his Goldblumiest.

Seth's transition from 'LEAP INTO THE PLASMA POOL' to 'holy shit I'm dying' to 'holy HELL I'm becoming a FLY' is done SO well and is, I think, some of Jeff's best work.

The special effects are gory and gruesome and it's honestly amazing. Grim, visceral and unapologetically messy. Seth's late-stage transformation is ... somethin' else.

I joke that this movie has Goldblum running at 10000% sweatiness and that's no lie.

HOWEVER great the whole movie is, the bit that's lingered the longest with me? Brundlefly and what he does to Stathis' hand and ankle.

IYKYK. And if you do, you loved it. Isn't it time for you to rewatch this classic?

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

Rating: 6.3/10

Watched: June 4, 2026

"I've Never Been Afraid Of Heights"

What's not to love about this absolute, utter B horror movie? It's got everything a growing Winged Serpent needs.

For starters, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree AND Michael Moriarty are in it, and two of three are in a much different movie. Which is wild, but it works.

In Q, Jimmy (Moriarty) is running away from a bad heist AND feeding Q his enemies. The best thing about Moriarty's portrayal here is absolutely method acted all the way down the line.

While Carradine and Roundtree are doing their thing, Moriarty's running around on-screen giving us a master's class in 'washed up, not-too-bright ex-junkie failed piano jazzman currently on an edge so thin it's razor sharp' character depth.

The scene where he's doing everything in his power to extort NYC for a million dollars and a 'Nixon-like pardon' is just bizarre in its tone-deafness. But that's Jimmy! And it was all improvised as well, just proving that Michael Moriarty woke up and decided to give Larry Cohen everything.

Q? It ends bloody. It ends violent. And somehow, it ends with Jimmy pulling his head out of his ass.

And all it took was a murderous Aztec god and a bloodthirsty disciple to make it happen.

Definitely nichey, but definitely worth the time, if only for Moriarty's acting chops, which are TRULY out of this world.