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Annie Choi

  • Reviews

    Camp Blood X: Animated (2023)

    The Camp Blood series is about killer clowns in the woods who hack up sexed-up campers. If this sounds suspiciously like the Friday the 13th series, you are not incorrect. Instead…

  • Reviews

    Night Killer (1990)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. In third grade, we had to write a story and share it…

  • Reviews

    Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Do you remember Gushers? It was a “fruit snack” with a syrupy,…

  • Reviews

    Saga of the Phoenix (1989)

    I am not what you call a fan of children’s movies. I am not what you call a fan of children in general. But when I learned that Ngai Choi Lam…

  • Reviews

    Roh (1989)

    Today I learned that “Yesterday” is the most covered song of all time, and let it be known that I despise that song. It’s saccharine garbage and I won’t stand for…

  • Features

    Exquisites 2023: Films of the Year

    It’s been a wild year. We battled flying demons and wiggling xenomorphs, endured an endless string of traumatic dick kicks, and fended off a goopy, tentacled monster that smells of death.…

  • Reviews

    Long Dream (2000)

    Would you like to be immortal? Live forever, do whatever? What if I told you that you achieve immortality each and every night? When you dream, you are immortal. You can…

  • Reviews

    Jack-O (1995)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I know a lot of nursery rhymes. Like that one about eating…

  • Reviews

    C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)

    Previously on C.H.U.D.:  Zzzzzzz. . . .  Look, I have tried watching C.H.U.D. a thousand times and I have fallen asleep every single time. On paper, it is a certifiable hit:…

  • Reviews

    Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988)

    A note explains that Psychic Vision: Jaganrei is a reconstruction based on tapes from a TV documentary about a teen idol that was never aired. It’s a classic found footage set-up.…

  • Reviews

    Hell’s Ground (2007)

    A group of wealthy teens sneak out of the house to see the hardest rocking band in Pakistan. They pile into a janky van and head out through the country. But,…

  • Reviews

    Ozone (1994)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. I was in fifth grade when I ran for vice president of…

  • Reviews

    The Machine Girl (2008)

    There’s a gang of teenage bullies and a vengeful schoolgirl with a scythe, what could possibly go wrong? Nothing. Nothing can go wrong. Absolutely everything is right thanks to The Machine…

  • Reviews

    The Suckling (1990)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. A lifetime ago, I lived in a gentrifying neighborhood. Where, on one…

  • Reviews

    The Burning Moon (1992)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Here’s what I did when I was 23 years old: Go to…

  • Reviews

    Abracadabra (1986)

    There’s a certain look of a feel-good, fun-for-the-whole-family horror-ish film from the Eighties. It’s got poofy hair, oversized geometric-print tops, and pink windbreakers. Somewhere, a girl is wearing big earrings and…

  • Reviews

    Disembodied (1998)

    This is an updated version of a review that was originally published in Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. In college, I lived in a co-op, which is basically a boardinghouse…

  • Reviews

    Invisible 2: Chasing the Ghost Sound (2010)

    Love it or hate it, found footage has earned a spot in the pantheon of horror, alongside slashers, possessions, the occult, haunted houses, beasties, and shitty kids. I’m the first to…

  • Reviews

    Robotrix (1991)

    The first ten seconds of Robotrix tells you everything you need to know: the son of an Arabian oil tycoon slithers into a pool with three topless ladies who argue over…

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