Kevin Tenney’s killer puppet movie hit shelves at exactly the wrong time. Released on Home Video in September of ’97, it landed just weeks after Scream hit Blockbuster shelves and completely reset the horror trends. But here’s poor Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996), sat in the horror section dressed up like a Child’s Play knockoff, with VHS … Read more
Child’s Play transmogrified onto home video today in 1989, after a November 9th, 1988 theatrical release. I’m going to admit something middlingly controversial here – well at least in terms of slasher franchises: the Chucky series is my overall favourite. Not Friday the 13th, not Elm Street (though that might depend on my mood) and … Read more
Spy games and bonding agents The early-to-mid 80s really were a golden age for kid-led adventure films. Cloak & Dagger (1984) often finds itself overshadowed by the other video-game-adjacent titles like The Last Starfighter or Tron, but the film delivers a deft mix of fantasy espionage and 4 bit nostalgia that feels uniquely its own. … Read more