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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 18h

#KrisSmith 's #DiamondDogs is a micro-budgeted slice of caper flick fun! Head over to my site and check out my latest review!

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 1d

#RubenFleischer 's #ZombielandDoubleTap was released on this day in 2019. Check out my review down below!

#FilmReviews #Zombieland #JesseEisenberg #WoodyHarrelson #EmmaStone #AbigailBreslin #ZoeyDeutch #AvanJogia #RosarioDawson #LukeWilson #ThomasMiddleditch #RhettReese #PaulWernick #DavidCallaham

Review-Zombieland Double Tap — MichaelCavender.com

Ruben Fleischer captured lightning in a bottle in 2009 with his directorial debut ZOMBIELAND. Fans clamored for a sequel but the now in demand helmer wanted to tackle some other projects first. After ...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 1d

#DavidKellogg 's #CoolAsIce was released on this day in 91. Check out my review!

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Review-Cool as Ice — MichaelCavender.com

In 1990, I was a sixth-grader in a small town and for a brief moment in time, I was a huge Vanilla Ice fan. I owned his debut and his subsequent live album on cassette, I bought and read his (fabricat...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 3d

The original #Candyman was released on this day in 1992. Check out my review from a few years ago down below!

#FilmReviews #BernardRose #CliveBarker #TonyTodd #VirginiaMadsen #PhilipGlass #XanderBerkeley #KasiLemmons #VanessaWilliams #TedRaimi

Candyman (1992) #RetroReview — CineDump

1992’s Candyman is a unique late period supernatural slasher based on a Clive Barker story and written and directed by Bernard Rose. This creepy gem discusses race, poverty, and the nature of urban le...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 4d

So good! 🤘

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SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking @sbppodcast.bsky.social · 4d

The SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking is a free resource that tells the story of mobile filmmaking through the years from pioneers to current filmmakers using smartphone cameras. Free audio podcast by @susybotello.bsky.social no AI. www.sbppodcast.com

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 4d

#SwampThing #PaulGulacy #WesCraven #Comics #ComicBooks #DC

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 4d

Check out this dope #Galactus commission by #StevenButler!

#Marvel #Comics #ComicBooks

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 4d

#DrewStruzan posing with two of his most famous paintings and #RobertRodriguez in 2011. Rodriguez now owns the #Rambo piece.

#TheThing @thehorrormaster.bsky.social #FirstBlood

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 4d

Candid pic of #FX god #RobBottin and #comics god #MikePloog presumably from #TheThing 's preproduction circa 1981

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 5d

#VernonZimmerman 's #FadeToBlack turns 45 today! Head over to my site and check out my review!

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#FilmReviews #DennisChristopher #EveBrentAshe #NormanBurton #MickeyRourke #LindaKerridge #TimThomerson #GwynneGilford #MorganPaull #JamesLuisi @vinsyn.bsky.social

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 8d

#DanielAttias’ #SilverBullet was released on this day in 1985. Check out my review down below!

#FilmReviews @stephenking.bsky.social #CoreyHaim #GaryBusy #CycleOfTheWerewolf #EverettMcGill #TerryO'Quinn #LawrenceTierney #CarloRambaldi #RickBaker #RobBottin #MeganFollows #Werewolves

Review-Silver Bullet — MichaelCavender.com

I love werewolf movies. However, I'd be the first to argue that there's not a plethora of truly great ones. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON looms large over pretty much any moon drenched movie that's c...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 8d

#VinceGilligan 's #BreakingBad coda, #ElCamino, debuted on @netflix.com on this day in 2019. Head over to my site and check out my write-up!

#FilmReviews #AaronPaul #JessePlemons #MarshallAdams #BetterCallSaul #TheGilliverse

Review-El Camino — MichaelCavender.com

I wouldn’t call myself a BREAKING BAD superfan. I definitely loved watching it, but I haven’t revisited it, and I’ve never gotten around to taking a look at BETTER CALL SAUL. Series creator Vince Gill...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 8d

The fine folks at @fantagraphics.bsky.social were kind enough to let me take an early look at #MaxHuffman 's upcoming major publisher debut, #Dogtangle. Check out my review down below!

#Comics #ComicBooks #ComicReviews #GraphicNovels #Fantagraphics #Satire #Surrealism #Absurdity

Review-Dogtangle — MichaelCavender.com

Let’s see. What do we have here? An angry guy that attends town hall meetings and harangues the bored self serving politicians running the show, an ethically compromised geneticist that’s a superstar ...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 9d

#PeggySueGotMarried was released on this day in 86. Check out my write-up 👇

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#FilmReviews #FrancisFordCoppola #KathleenTurner #NicolasCage #HelenHunt #JoanAllen #KevinJO’Connor #BarryMiller #JimCarrey #JerryLeichtling #ArleneSarner #JordanCronenweth

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 10d

#ThePrincessBride debuted on this day in 87. Check out my write-up 👇

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#FilmReviews #RobReiner #WilliamGoldman #CaryElwes #RobinWright #MandyPatinkin #ChrisSarandon #WallaceShawn #AndreTheGiant #BillyCrystal #CarolKane #ChristopherGuest #FredSavage #PeterFalk

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 11d

#DemolitionMan was released on this day in 1993. Head over to my site and check out my write-up!

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#FilmReviews #MarcoBrambilla #SylvesterStallone #WesleySnipes #SandraBullock #DenisLeary #BenjaminBratt #BobGunton #NigelHawthorne #GlennShadix

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 12d

#RobertFuest 's adaptation of #MichaelMoorcock 's #TheFinalProgramme (aka #TheLastDaysOfManOnEarth) was released in the UK on this day in 73. Check out my write-up 👇

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#FilmReviews #RogerCorman #JonFinch #JennyRunacre #DerrickO’Connor #SarahDouglas

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 12d

#GrahamBaker 's #AlienNation has only grown in relevance since it debuted on this day in 1988. Check out what I had to say about it a few years ago down below!

#FilmReviews #JamesCaan #MandyPatinkin #TerenceStamp #RockneSO’Bannon #PeterJason #BrianThompson #EarlBoen #AlecGillis #AdamGreenberg

Alien Nation (1988) #RetroReview — CineDump

Debuting on October 7th, 1988, Graham Baker’s Alien Nation seems to have only grown in relevance. A sci-fi allegory about racism and immigration, the film delivers on its action beats while keeping it...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 14d

#TheMutilator (aka #FallBreak) was released on this day in 1984. Check out my review right here: www.michaelcavender.com/review-the-m...

#FilmReviews #BuddyCooper #JohnSDouglas #PamelaWeddleCooper #JackChatham #MattMitler #BillHitchcock #FrancesRaines #MarkShostrom #AnthonyShowe #SlasherFilms

Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 14d

Check out my review of micro-budget action flick #BulletsBladesAndBlood down below!

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Review-Bullets Blades and Blood — MichaelCavender.com

When your movie title is BULLETS BLADES AND BLOOD, you better bring the goods. Thankfully, first time producer/director Warren Foster Sr delivers a fun micro-budget action flick. The other primary cre...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 14d

The insanely fun #Riki-Oh:TheStoryOfRicky was released in Japan on this day in 1991. Check out the review I wrote a few years ago down below!

#FilmReviews #NgaiChoiLam #TetsuyaSaruwatari #MasahikoTakajo #Siu-WongFan #MeiShengFan #Ka-KuiHo #FeiLitChan #Manga

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) #RetroReview — CineDump

Gloriously over the top and magnificently gory, writer/director Ngai Choi Lam’s Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky from 1991 is one gonzo fun martial arts prison flick. A Hong Kong production that adapts the...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 15d

#AlexRoss #Nosferatu #Vampires #Horror

Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 15d

@netflix.com original #InTheTallGrass was released on this day in 2019. Check out my review down below!

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Review-In the Tall Grass — MichaelCavender.com

Vincenzo Natali’s CUBE from 1997 is rightfully considered a low budget cult classic. I’ve seen it more than a handful of times and I’ve always enjoyed it. 2009’s SPLICE may not be as re-watchable as t...

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Michael Cavender @splatterpunk26.bsky.social · 15d

#Commando turns 40 today. Head over to my site and check out my review

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#FilmReviews #MarkLester @schwarzenegger.bsky.social @alyssamilano.bsky.social #VernonWells #RaeDawnChong #DanHedaya #DavidPatrickKelly #BillDuke #JephLoeb #StevenEDeSouza #MatthewWeisman