Reviews by Monstermaster

Stephen King is without a doubt one of my favorite writers, for numerous reasons...he can make even things like cars and even our own beloved pets into horrifying nightmares just waiting to haunt us. Even puberty is terrifying (well puberty kind of already is scary) when King does his own depiction of it, and this isn't ordinary puberty either...this is puberty where you get supernatural powers that you can't control. This is Carrie, based on the novel of the same name. I really sympathize with Carrie and I feel bad for her, she gets bullied and treated unfairly because she is different, her mother is cruel and harsh to her and on top of that...she has powers she cannot control. In this little horror story of how a simple school-dance turns into a night from hell, and how puberty can indeed turn horrifying.

I love Sissy Spacek's performance as Carrie and you really do feel terrible for her, and like you want to take care of her and make her feel better, this is one of the best King adaptations.

For those who don't know me yet, I am Monstermaster13...I am a reviewer/writer, monster fanatic, SNL lover and a Dan Aykroyd simp you don't want to cross paths with. My love of Aykroyd is one I am fiercely proud of and if anyone questions me about it, they shall meet an early demise. But about my origin for my Aykroyd and SNL obsession, I remember my mother talking to me about Animal House and i s star John Belushi, saying at the time that she found it to be disgusting although compared to today's comedy offering it is tame at least in my opinion.

Prior to discovering the joys of SNL, I was a fan of All That (a Nickelodeon sketch show that was similar to SNL) and The Amanda Show (its spinoff series, my favorite cast member being Josh Peck) and I got into classic SNL later on with my very major SNL actor favorite being Mike Myers and then later Chris Farley followed by John Belushi. I was first introduced to this movie via its sequel and well that wasn't a good introduction for me. I saw the trailer for the sequel on television and thought it looked cool, I saw it years later and was disappointed. Then I saw the talent show episode of Drake and Josh where the two siblings dressed as Elwood and Jake for a talent show performance of 'Soul Man'.

I eventually discovered the first movie and was blown away, right away you can tell Jake and Elwood act like real siblings, they fight sometimes, they argue but they care for each-other, and they're always there to help each-other out. The Blues Brothers is of course the brainchild of Dan Aykroyd whose original draft for the script had to be altered to be more managable, that's the problem with Aykroyd sometimes...so many brainy ideas, he just needs someone to balance him out when it comes to all of them.

What I like is that this is a love letter to the r&b subgenres and despite all the production problems and issues like Belushi's drug addiction at the time, this movie has everything and came out on top. True, it wasn't a huge hit, but it gained a cult following and it is worth checking out. It shows that if John Belushi was still with us, maybe he and Dan would have made more movies together.

I had a bad experience with someone who is a fan of these games and that was Joelowes on Deviantart, basically Joe complained wen I said that I find these games to be dull and overrated. Screw this franchise, screw Joelowes.

I had a very unpleasant experience with someone who claims to actually like this movie, it's god-awful and gross - there is NOTHING good about having your ass-stuck to someone else's mouth. It is not sexy, it is not creative, it is just gross. Roger Ebert was absolutely right.

I had a very unpleasant experience with someone who claims to actually like this movie, it's god-awful and gross - there is NOTHING good about having your ass-stuck to someone else's mouth. It is not sexy, it is not creative, it is just gross. Roger Ebert was absolutely right.

If you are a child of the 60's you will no doubt already be familiar with The Munsters, as one of the two main horror themed comedy shows - this show truly was a great example of how horror and comedy can mix well.

My parents watched the show all the time when they were young and to this day it is one of their favorite shows.

Like it's counterpart, the Addams Family - this was a series that was a mix of horror and humor and was centered around a supernatural family.

The first introduction to the Munsters was the tv movie Here Comes The Munsters and it was a really great fun movie.

The original Munsters tv series run from 1964-1966, it spun off a video game and two movies including a Christmas special.


This review is a review of the pilot for the revival known as Mockingbird Lane. Starring Portia Di Rossi, Jerry O'Connell, Chasity Wakefield, Mason Cook and one of my all time favorite comedians Eddie Izzard.

Mockingbird Lane is a darker and edgier take on the classic monster comedy show, as it expands more on the background on the family.

The history of this pilot's origin goes back to November of last year when NBC Announced that they would be dong a 'reboot' of the classic series, it wasn't until January of this year that it would end up getting the title of Mockingbird Lane and the characters looks would be toned down to look more human-like.

It was during March of this year, Eddie Izzard was one of the first cast members to be added as he was announced to play Grandad. Later on the other cast members Jerry O Connell, Charity Wakefield, Portia Di Rossi and Mason Cook were announced and later added to the cast.

Bryan Fuller (who also brought us Pushing Daisies) was added as director and producer and thus Mockingbird Lane was born.

The pilot aired on 26th of October, and helped boost ratings for NBC gaining a 1.5/5 ratings share for adults aged 18-49.

The story revolves around the family as they move in to their new home at Mockingbird Lane, which is where a series of gruesome murders took place in the past.

Eddie (Mason Cook) is having problems coming to terms with not only the fact he's going through puberty but also that is a werewolf but his parents have never told him about it.

This is a very good and well-written story with plenty of dark humour, i'm not going to spoil too much for you though.

I thought the performances were superb especially Eddie Izzard as Grandpa, who has some of the best lines in this entire pilot.

The setting works well as does the dark humour and supernatural elements, in overall I really liked it - it was really interesting and it's a pity that NBC has decided against making this an official series.

My only nitpick is that they made the Munster family look more normal instead of monster-like but it's only a minor one, and to be honest I really wasn't bothered by it that much at all.

Even though I am usually not the type to like the kind of special effects used in movies and shows of today, I admired the sfx used for this.

Including a bunch of rats crawling around and then turn into a grandpa, a cloud of dust turning into Lily, and Grandpa in his demon-like bat creature form (which is awesome!).

I watched it just recently on youtube and I'm glad to say that it more than just met my expectations, it satisfied them as well.

Also...for those true horror fans out there, there is a cameo by John Kassir who you might know as the voice of the Crypt Keeper in Tales From The Crypt (both live action and animated).

Why was this even made? Look I do not hate Russell Brand. It's just...why? Why is that man popular? He just acts like a sex-crazed party animal most of the time and he only appears in movies either shirtless or naked, in other words just fan-service for girls/women who are just plain desperate, crazy or both. He was so annoying in this movie and not to mention the Batman costume...he just HAD to remind us of Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin.

I'm not racist or anything but...what were they thinking when they cast Cedric as Ralph? What? Was John Goodman busy or something? I respect African Americans as much as I do other ethnicity but The Honeymooners was a show with a mainly Caucasian cast.

Piece of crap biopic. I'm sorry but words cannot describe the stupidity of this movie. Nothing makes sense, it has unnecessary fantasy elements and it's just one extremely crappy PSA about the dangers of drug use.

With the recent reports of wolves in France, no - that’s NOT an American Werewolf In Paris reference...I think it’s about time that I talked about a movie with a very ‘wolfy’ theme to it.

If you stayed around for the end of my previous review, you would know that I mentioned that this movie would be something Jack Nicholson related. Now if you know me, you’d know I fan-boy over Nicholson just as much as I do over Walken. Because Nicholson, like Walken is an acting badass who can get away with anything and everything and yet can do no wrong.

He can play mentally tortured characters with ease, he can play demented mad men with ease, and he can be sober and sarcastic as well. Jack can do it all, contrary to his characters - he is a very nice man in real life and is also a devoted Lakers fan. My first love and admiration for him started with Witches Of Eastwick with the character Daryl Van Horne. Now that’s a devil I wouldn’t mind selling my soul to! He can go from a movie like One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, The Shining or Easy Rider to something like Something’s Gotta Give, The Bucket List, About Schmidt, or Anger Management. With his iconic smile, he is like a humanized Cheshire Cat - that is if that nickname wasn’t taken by Tim Curry.

There’s even a fictional video game based on him called Crab Nicholson Extreme Sleepover. Yes, Jack Nicholson as a crab...having an extreme sleepover! And with no mittens and a rather menacing set of claws!

Now because this is a monster mash, this review is focussed on a werewolf movie. As a fan of shapeshifters, in particular werecreatures - I think it’s time I gave you a bit of a backstory. Because like vampires, werewolves/werecreatures in general have been around for centuries, invoking both fear and fascination in people’s minds and hearts.

A Werewolf is a man or woman who transforms from a human into a wolf-like beast every night, most of the time this is mentioned in werewolf media the full moon is involved, now scientifically speaking the actual span of a full moon is every 28 days and while in real life it is scientifically impossible to turn into a werewolf or any were-animal in general - there is such thing as clinical lycanthropy which is a mental disorder. There is also a couple of medical conditions that give you werewolfish attributes, including one that affects females.


Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols was released in 1994, starring Jack Nicholson as Will Randall, a struggling writer who is attacked and bitten by a wolf on a trip to Vermont after running said wolf over with his car.

From then on he undergoes the process of becoming well...wolf-like, getting inhuman strength and agility, growing ‘fur’, claws, fangs and not to mention heightened senses, increased confidence, increased aggression and an increased sex drive. In other words, he becomes quite the sexy beast - literally. Hmm...I wonder if that’s the reason why Russell Brand has so many fan-girls despite being so repulsive in appearance. I mean he’s hairy enough, do you think he could be….a werewolf?

Laura who is played by Michelle Pfeiffer even falls for him, but she doesn’t realize he’s transforming into a werewolf. I love her in this, she makes a great love interest for him in this movie. After all, she also played Catwoman and starred in Witches Of Eastwick alongside him.

And he pulls it off rather well. Jack is one pretty awesome werewolf! Well..he is Jack Nicholson after-all. His werewolf transformation is a gradual one and it’s more like a traditional Wolfman than a four-legged werewolf but it’s still pretty awesome, thanks to the makeup done by Rick Baker. He looks like a mix of Wolverine from the X-Men and Monroe in his woged state from the NBC series Grimm.

Nicholson rocked the Wolverine look before the X-Men movies were even made! And he looks awesome! I wouldn’t want to mess with him. Not to mention his smile is twice as terrifying here because of the fangs. Before Hugh Jackman, there was Jack!

He is given an amulet to control his transformation but it goes awry after he bites his rival who is played by James Spader, turning him into a werewolf as well. Now the fur really starts flying - literally!

I have to say that out of all the werewolf movies i’ve seen, only this one comes close to beating An American Werewolf In London, The Howling, both versions of the Wolfman and possibly Bad Moon, because it mixes the mythology of werewolves in with drama and office politics and also it’s got Jack Nicholson as our lead big bad wolf. Remember when he recited the Three Little Pigs in The Shining? Well...I guess it was leading up to him becoming a werewolf in this! What can I say? He’s Jack Nicholson! Before Crab Nicholson, there was werewolf Nicholson! Screw Team Jacob, i’m on team Nicholson!

You have to check this movie out if you love werecreatures, werecreature movies or if you love Jack Nicholson. It’s severely underrated and worth a watch if you’re in the mood for some wolf action.