-I think I was completely unfair to this one back when it came out. I was an idealistic little film school asshole that went to see this opening day in a packed car of idealistic little film school assholes. It'd be at least another year or two before I'd become fully immersed in Asian crime films (an addiction I'm still nursing to this very day). On the ride back from the theater, we all had mixed reactions. One kid likened…

-Melodramatic to its core. Everything, every emotion, is needlessly cranked-up to 11. It makes it silly, but it also makes it brush against the edge of camp.

-The poster choices alone tell you essentially what you need to know about the film. One makes it look like a straight-to-VHS Rambo rip-off (its not even close), and the other makes it look like a salacious erotic pink film (its not). The Vinegar Syndrome key art makes a lot more sense for…

-4k Screening

-I initially saw the Black Christmas remake on it's theatrical run and genuinely enjoyed it. In fact, I've been an apologist for it since (dear Scream Factory: put out a 4k or something so we can all reevaluate it in the midst of that ABC family trash ass second remake). I tried to tackle Bob Clark's original around the same time, but found it to be excruciatingly slow...

-Thank God I grew the fuck up since. This is…