ROTTEN TOMATOES: Michael Scrutchin

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A	Eyes Wide Shut
A+	Mulholland Dr.
A-	Being John Malkovich
B+	Wonder Boys
B	Joe the King
B-	Satanic Yuppies
C+	The Erotic Witch Project
C	Bringing Out the Dead
C-	The Shivers
D+	The Vampire's Seduction
D	Double-D Avenger
D-	The Third Society
B / A+	Cutting Moments

BEST REVIEWED
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A	Hard Eight
A	Rashomon
A+	Notorious
A	American Beauty
A	Hall of Mirrors
A+	Mulholland Dr.
A	Ghost World
A	Requiem for a Dream
A	Boys Don't Cry
A	Eyes Wide Shut
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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D-	House That Screamed
D-	Satan's School For Lust
D-	The Third Society
D	Vampira/Night Vamps
D	Maniacal
D	Eight Legs To Love You
D	I Spit On Your Corpse, I Piss On Your Grave
D	Mummy Raider
D	Double-D Avenger
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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C-	"*I probably should have given it a lower grade, but I really, really* like watching Laurence Fishburne hurt people.*" Posted Mar 28, 2008*	21 (2008)	35%
B	"A horror sequel that earns its existence with genuine heart and soul, rather than gallons of blood and flying body parts. But it has that too." Posted Sep 25, 2007	Savage Harvest 2 - October Blood (2006)	n/a
B	"*From the ominous roadside locations and the shadow-rich cinematography to the immersive sound design, Interstate* is an immediate, gripping experience.*" Posted Feb 7, 2006*	Interstate (2004)	n/a
B	"As it builds to its frenzied climax, the film becomes an intriguing meditation on the free will of fictional characters." Posted Jan 13, 2006	Sole Possessions (2005)	n/a
C+	"As pure exploitative slasher-movie trash, it serves its purpose." Posted Jun 18, 2005	Creep (1995)	n/a
C-	"*For half of its 79-minute running time, The Undertow* meanders without tension, and then it nosedives into ineffectual, over-the-top savagery.*" Posted May 17, 2005*	The Undertow (2003)	n/a
A-	"Heart-stoppingly scary." Posted Dec 17, 2004	A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)	86%
D+	"[A] plodding, lifeless bore -- a limp supernatural slasher that plays out against the backdrop of a stuffy drawing-room melodrama." Posted Oct 31, 2004	Bram Stoker's The Mummy (1997)	n/a
C+	"Living Hell's fun sense of dread gets tripped up in an increasingly contrived plotline, numbing scenes of physical torture, and a last-act nosedive into absurdity." Posted Oct 25, 2004	Living Hell (2000)	n/a
B-	"Might have been an insightful and resonant satire on relationships if only it didn't lose its way in the end amidst all the carnage." Posted Jun 29, 2004	Suburban Nightmare (2004)	n/a
B+	"Directed with such light-hearted, easygoing confidence by Pamela Sutch that it puts most sloppy and amateurish micro-budget productions to shame." Posted Apr 17, 2004	The Gosh Darned Mortgage (2001)	n/a
B-	"Succeeds largely due to James Black's quietly charismatic lead performance and Bookwalter's considerable skill behind the camera." Posted Jan 27, 2004	Ozone (1993)	n/a
N/A	"Best Movies of 2003" Posted Jan 14, 2004	2003 Year-in-Review (2003)	n/a
A	"*Packs a quietly devastating punch and perfectly encapsulates the oft-repeated line from Magnolia: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'" Posted Dec 20, 2003*	Hard Eight (1997)	82%
B+	"Smart, funny, and engaging, with a touching sense of humanity." Posted Oct 16, 2003	Expiration (2003)	77%
B+	"Cabin Fever's enthusiasm is wildly infectious." Posted Sep 17, 2003	Cabin Fever (2003)	63%
B-	"Killer Me doesn't really explore any uncharted territory, but it's a solid, unnerving debut for writer-director [Zachary] Hansen." Posted Sep 11, 2003	Killer Me (2001)	57%
B-	"When they finally duke it out, it's great fun, and the blood-soaked final moments of the battle even achieve a graceful, poetic elegance." Posted Aug 24, 2003	Freddy vs. Jason (2003)	41%
A-	"*It's not* a body count movie but rather a delightfully twisted, shamelessly ironic, and shockingly funny tragicomic love story.*" Posted Aug 6, 2003*	Bloodletting (1997)	n/a
C+	"*For all its unbelievably bad acting, cheesy violence, and eye-popping inconsistencies, Truth or Dare* is so bad it's actually pretty damned entertaining.*" Posted Jul 14, 2003*	Truth or Dare? (1986)	n/a
D	"B-movie aficionados shouldn't bother, but those seeking bargain-basement titillation may find plenty to enjoy here. I didn't." Posted Jun 10, 2003	Vampira/Night Vamps (2002)	n/a
B	"*Up until the final act, Wrong Turn* is a taut, suspenseful, and scary throwback to backwoods horror classics like The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.*" Posted May 30, 2003*	Wrong Turn (2003)	41%
C+	"While there's a stirring sense of urgency and purpose that drives the first act, a plodding pace and stagnant character development do nothing to keep things engaging as it ambles toward its predictable conclusion." Posted May 30, 2003	Three Marias (2003)	40%
A-	"Stirs up a feverish, pervasive sense of dread that works so well it's scary." Posted May 21, 2003	Horror (2002)	80%
B-	"Mind-numbingly slow, erotically charged, and completely mesmerizing." Posted May 12, 2003	Lustful Addiction (1969/2002)	n/a
C+	"A campy tribute to gritty '70s horror and exploitation that struggles to find its own voice and occasionally uncovers it, but relies too heavily on echoes from the past." Posted Apr 14, 2003	House of 1000 Corpses (2003)	16%
C	"*The most fascinating thing about The Rules of Attraction* is how much noise it makes for a film with nothing much to say.*" Posted Apr 10, 2003*	The Rules of Attraction (2002)	43%
D-	"*To say that it's shockingly incompetent on every conceivable level would be an understatement, but at least it seems like it's trying." Posted Apr 1, 2003*	House That Screamed (1999)	n/a
C+	"As dimwitted and juvenile as most of Seduction Cinema's other Hollywood movie parodies filled with girl-on-girl sex and rampant nudity. But it has enough goofy charm to keep it from the trash heap." Posted Mar 11, 2003	Lord of the Strings (2002)	n/a
B	"A nerve-jangling, gloriously dumb, wickedly funny sick joke of a movie." Posted Feb 11, 2003	Final Destination 2 (2003)	46%
B-	"Instead of a series of lesbian scenes strung along by a half-assed plot, it's a cheesy B-movie with a few lesbian scenes thrown in. As a completely forgettable bad movie, it's not half-bad." Posted Feb 4, 2003	Mummy's Kiss (2002)	n/a
A-	"The noir ambience and a stellar performance from effortlessly charismatic Roger Duchesne -- who simply oozes cool when donning a Bogart trench coat -- make it tough not to get wrapped up in Bob le Flambeur's spell." Posted Jan 26, 2003	Bob Le Flambeur (1955)	96%
D-	"Surprisingly dull lesbian sex scenes." Posted Jan 22, 2003	Satan's School For Lust (2002)	n/a
D	"At the very least this film may be a gorehound's wet dream with all the surprisingly well-executed exploding heads, neck-slashings, eye-gougings, and disembowelings. Much of it looks ridiculously fake, but Herschell Gordon Lewis would be proud." Posted Jan 20, 2003	Maniacal (2003)	n/a
C-	"Miller's tendency to tell more than show -- and even to tell when showing -- robs Personal Velocity of the intimacy it might have had, and suggests a writer so in love with her own prose that she can't let any of it go." Posted Dec 31, 2002	Personal Velocity (2002)	70%
A-	"*Often foolishly condemned as sleazy exploitation, Last House on the Left* is uncompromisingly honest in depicting the ugliness of violence and the emptiness it leaves behind.*" Posted Dec 29, 2002*	Last House on the Left (1972)	68%
C	"How can a film that pits two super-cool rebels, three lesbian vampires, and a masked Mexican wrestler against a world overrun by flesh-eating zombies feel so uninspired?" Posted Dec 16, 2002	Meat Market (2000)	n/a
B	"Taking a cue from John Woo's Hong Kong ballets of violence, a blood-spattered shootout in a police station achieves a nasty, visceral kind of poetry." Posted Nov 26, 2002	Ravage (1997)	n/a
C	"Dismisses serious, potentially affecting subject matter in favor of tired horror-movie conventions, cheap scares, and a climax that descends into wild, gory B-movie absurdity." Posted Nov 10, 2002	Deathbed (2002)	n/a
B	"*The handheld camerawork, jumpy editing, blaring soundtrack, and stream-of-consciousness pacing all contribute to By Hook or by Crook's often intoxicating DIY punk rock aesthetic." Posted Oct 24, 2002*	By Hook or By Crook (2002)	62%
B+	"A dazzling psychological nightmare and a moving love story that packs quite a punch." Posted Oct 17, 2002	Insaniac (2001)	n/a
A-	"Combines sharp comedy, old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics, and genuine heart to create a film that's not merely about kicking undead **, but also about dealing with regret and, ultimately, finding redemption." Posted Oct 10, 2002*	Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)	78%
B	"The movie's strengths lie in its wickedly funny social satire, the frequently sharp dialogue (even if some of the verbal gags do fall flat), and the spirited performances from the cast." Posted Sep 23, 2002	Laughing Boy (1999)	n/a
D	"Everything is bathed in red light -- groovy, huh?" Posted Sep 20, 2002	Eight Legs To Love You (1998)	n/a
B+	"Wickedly frightening." Posted Sep 17, 2002	Desecration (1999)	n/a
B+	"*Lively and engaging -- yes, this is a fun* documentary.*" Posted Aug 15, 2002*	Comic Book Confidential (1990)	67%
B-	"Poetry in Motion has its ups and downs. While the downs may be a surefire cure for insomnia, the ups are frequently dazzling." Posted Aug 7, 2002	Poetry in Motion (1982)	n/a
B+	"It's not easy to pull off a sweet-natured comedy-drama that's both funny and touching, but they do it without forcing the laughs too hard or stooping to cheap sentimentality." Posted Aug 3, 2002	Everything Moves Alone (2001)	n/a
D	"A soulless exercise in depravity made to cash in on the sleaze market." Posted Jun 27, 2002	I Spit On Your Corpse, I Piss On Your Grave (2002)	n/a
C+	"This indie film's fusion of psychological drama and silly humor doesn't quite work, but at least it's an interesting failure." Posted Jun 26, 2002	531 (2001)	n/a

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