Peter Jackson packs two-and-a-half movies worth of plot into one movie with this horror/comedy about psychic investigators that plays like a Coen Brothers adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story.
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WEIRD VIEW CREW, HALLOWEIRD SERIES: “A BUCKET OF BLOOD” (1959)
How much blood is really in A Bucket of Blood? Pete Trbovich blows the lid off another Roger Corman scam.
WEIRD VIEW CREW (“HALLOWEIRD” SERIES): DREAMSCAPE (1984)
“Penguin” Pete Trbovich looks at the unrealized potential of 1984’s Dreamscape, a dream-assassin flick that anticipated Inception by four decades—although Christopher Nolan put a novel twist on the concept by making his movie good and entertaining. You could watch Dreamscape on Halloween, or you could just head off to the Village Pub for a generic beer.
WEIRD VIEW CREW: DEMON SEED (1977)
There’s no demon in the movie, but “TRS-80 Seed” just didn’t have the same ring. Pete concludes it’s a weird movie (and a possibly a prophetic one), but not necessarily a great watch ( concluding it’s like The Story of O meets Lawnmover Man). Julie “Don’t Look Now” Christie stars, Donald “Performance” Cammell directs.
WEIRD VIEW CREW: DICK TRACY (1990)
Pete discusses the 1990 comic book flop, trying (but failing) to keep the Dick jokes to an absolute minimum.