A new moon, wolfsbane in bloom and a voyeur’s intent is thwarted by a band of gypsies, a wolf and a discussion on the duplicity of the human condition in our review of 1941’s “The Wolf Man.” [Aggregate score 7.75]
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TLS scare up Universal’s oeuvre of monsters for this year’s MOTS-O-Ween, starting with a discussion of vampires, stalkers and European economics in 1931’s “Dracula” starring Bela Lugosi. Leave the bugs, bring the garlic. [Aggregate score 8]
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For this year’s MOTS-O-Ween finale we take a look at “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” the left-turn sequel that inspired this year’s theme. Michael Myers sat this one out, and instead we’re given a candy bag full of robot assassins in business suits, Stonehenge core processors, masks to die for, medical mustaches, catchy jingles and a joke on the children.
Happy Halloween!
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In the penultimate MOTS-O-Ween for 2017 and we talk about the left-turn Jason takes from Crystal Lake to outer space in “Jason X.” It’s been 450 years and all he wants is his machete back.
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MOTS-O-Ween examines the past, present 90s and future of a toy maker’s family and the puzzle box that summons Hell in the Alan Smithee classic “Hellraiser: Bloodline.” In space no one can hear you not finish your film.
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MOTS-O-Ween hops into a hypercube to ponder the tesseracts of characters, dimensions of script, and entropy of plot.
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MOTS-O-Ween takes a left-turn into a wall as we count the reasons to avoid “Leprechaun Back 2 Tha Hood.” There’s no gold at the end of this rainbow.
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MOTS-O-Ween continues its journey into the absurd with beer, boomsticks and Bruce Campbell in our discussion of Sam Raimi’s “Army of Darkness” (aka “Bruce Campbell vs the Army of Darkness” aka “Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead”).
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