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Horrortoberfest ’25 – Day 30: The Sand (2015)

October 30, 2025by systemmastery Leave a comment

On this All Hallows Eve eve, I harken back to the humble beginnings of Horrortoberfest 13 years ago when I was just watching whatever crap Netflix had available to stream. […]

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Movie Mastery – Van Helsing (2004)

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Movie Mastery – Van Helsing (2004) Wolverine fights the Duke from Moulin Rouge in a movie that sucks so bad and yet is a spectacle of absolute joy to watch.

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Movie Mastery – Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

March 17, 2023by systemmastery Leave a comment

Movie Mastery – Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Godzilla runs a victory lap around all of his various kaiju nemeses in this 50th anniversary film. Plus some added in aliens, mutants, […]

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Movie Mastery – I, Frankenstein (2014)

November 25, 2022by systemmastery 1 Comment

Movie Mastery – I, Frankenstein A movie that takes itself far too seriously given that it is on the level of Underworld fan fiction. Maybe lean into the fact that […]

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Movie Mastery – Croczilla (2012)

March 18, 2022by systemmastery Leave a comment

Thrill as a very large but not kaiju-sized crocodile harmlessly wanders around the Chinese countryside causing some mild panic and light property damage.

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 28 – Siren (2016)

October 28, 2020by systemmastery 1 Comment

  We’re ending Monster Week with a film that is based around a more classic monster than the ones I’ve reviewed this week. Although, technically, this isn’t strictly a movie […]

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 25 – Splinter (2008)

October 25, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  You know, I’ve already done two The Thing adjacent movies for Monster Week so far. Might as well keep on going with that for just a little bit more with […]

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 24 – The Thing (2011)

October 24, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  After comparing the effects in yesterday’s review of The Void to the original The Thing by John Carpenter, I remembered that I hadn’t yet watched the prequel that came out […]

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 22 – The Monster (2016)

October 22, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  Monster Week continues with more very appropriately named movies. One of the things that I always like about monster movies in particular is trying to figure out what the […]

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 21 – Book of Monsters (2018)

October 22, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  A new week and a new theme to go along with it. This time we are doing a week of monsters and creatures that stalk in the darkness. This […]

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Movie Mastery – The Item (1999)

April 4, 2019by systemmastery Leave a comment

Any time you find a movie that is written, directed by, and starring the same person you know it is either going to be a true masterpiece or a pile […]

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Horrortoberfest ’18 Day 31 – A Quiet Place (2018)

October 31, 2018by systemmastery Leave a comment

It’s officially Halloween, so I’m watching a movie that I’ve been wanting to see since I first heard about it. I love finding horror movies that have a unique or […]

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Horrortoberfest ’18 Day 6 – The Strangeness (1985)

October 6, 2018by systemmastery Leave a comment

Any movie that takes place in a cave/mine, such as this one does, always runs the risk of being mostly just shots of incredibly badly lit people against a backdrop […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 27 – Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

October 27, 2016by systemmastery Leave a comment

Guys, there’s something that I need to tell you and I can’t keep it secret anymore. I love the Leprechaun series. Like…love the Leprechaun series. I was watching the Leprechaun […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 19 – Shin Godzilla (2016) (It’s a podcast)

October 19, 2016by systemmastery 4 Comments

Well, we tried, buit this is in no way a horror movie.  It’s an interesting movie.  It’s a cool movie.  It definitely has a monster in it.  But it’s not […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 14 – Killer Mermaid (2014)

October 14, 2016by systemmastery Leave a comment

You know, I feel like this has been one of the better quality Horrortoberfests so far. Aside from a few outliers, nothing has been overtly horrendous this year and certainly […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 29 – Infini (2015)

October 29, 2015by systemmastery 2 Comments

Sometimes there’s a need for a crappy sci-fi movie where all the special effects budget went into spray painting some laser tag equipment gray.  Infini is the result of one […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 28 – Critters 2 (1988)

October 28, 2015by jonmastery Leave a comment

I never saw the first Critters movie. In fact, the only exposure to the franchise I had up until this point was actually seeing about 5 minutes of Critters 2 […]

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Horrortoberfest Day 24 – Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)

October 24, 2015by jonmastery Leave a comment

The original Tremors is one of those nostalgia inducing movies from my childhood. I picked that movie off the shelf of the Blockbuster more than once. I loved the tension […]

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