Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

A throwback to the good old days of monster movies with practical effects, no CGI, and a fun lead character with some very bad anger issues.

Was it the best film I've ever seen? Not in the least bit. I saw a bunch of people trashing it on IMDB, which doesn't make much sense, but then when I think about it, that's what people tend to do on that site. And on any other film site, come to think of it.

Jack Brooks witnesses his family murdered in the most horrific of ways, while Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darrin is playing in the background. I bet Kevin Spacey never thought to use that song in such a way.

It was the type of horror film you could tell the people involved really loved what they were doing. Having a bit of fun while also getting a movie done at the same time.

Some good gore effects, a good comedic element that doesn't try too hard (no matter what the fanboys online say), a bad ass lead, some great ridiculous monsters and Robert Englund.

You can't get any better than that.

I bought a few movies today, all horror stuff, because there was a sale going on at Best Buy. The next film on the slate for tomorrow will be Brutal Massacre, the horror mockumentary starring David Naughton, Ken Foree, Gunnar Hansen, Brian O'Halloran and Ellen Sandweiss. I'm hoping for the best. It did get a grand thumbs up from Fangoria.

Hopefully that's a good thing.