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Michael Scrutchin

Michael Scrutchin's reviews do not count toward the Tomatometer®. This is not a Tomatometer-approved critic, and this critic's reviews are not published on a Tomatometer-approved publication.
Location:

Houston, Texas

Official Website:

http://flipsidearchive.com

Reviews

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21 (2008) 36% C- EDIT “I probably should have given it a lower grade, but I really, really like watching Laurence Fishburne hurt people.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Mar 28, 2008 Full Review Creep (1995) C+ EDIT “As pure exploitative slasher-movie trash, it serves its purpose.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jun 18, 2005 Full Review The Undertow (2003) C- EDIT “For half of its 79-minute running time, The Undertow meanders without tension, and then it nosedives into ineffectual, over-the-top savagery.” – Flipside Movie Emporium May 17, 2005 Full Review A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) 86% A- EDIT “Heart-stoppingly scary.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Dec 17, 2004 Full Review Bram Stoker's The Mummy (1997) D+ EDIT “[A] plodding, lifeless bore -- a limp supernatural slasher that plays out against the backdrop of a stuffy drawing-room melodrama.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Oct 31, 2004 Full Review Living Hell (2000) C+ EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Oct 25, 2004 Full Review Suburban Nightmare (2004) B- EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jun 29, 2004 Full Review Ozone (1993) B- EDIT “Succeeds largely due to James Black's quietly charismatic lead performance and Bookwalter's considerable skill behind the camera.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jan 27, 2004 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% A EDIT “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.'” – Flipside Movie Emporium Dec 20, 2003 Full Review Expiration (2003) 75% B+ EDIT “Smart, funny, and engaging, with a touching sense of humanity.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Oct 16, 2003 Full Review Cabin Fever (2002) 62% B+ EDIT “Cabin Fever's enthusiasm is wildly infectious.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Sep 17, 2003 Full Review Killer Me (2001) 50% B- EDIT “Killer Me doesn't really explore any uncharted territory, but it's a solid, unnerving debut for writer-director [Zachary] Hansen.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Sep 11, 2003 Full Review Freddy vs. Jason (2003) 42% B- EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Aug 24, 2003 Full Review Bloodletting (1997) A- EDIT “It's not a body count movie but rather a delightfully twisted, shamelessly ironic, and shockingly funny tragicomic love story.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Aug 6, 2003 Full Review Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986) C+ EDIT “For all its unbelievably bad acting, cheesy violence, and eye-popping inconsistencies, Truth or Dare is so bad it's actually pretty damned entertaining.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jul 14, 2003 Full Review Wrong Turn (2003) 40% B EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium May 30, 2003 Full Review The Three Marias (2002) 40% C+ EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium May 30, 2003 Full Review Horror (2003) A- EDIT “Stirs up a feverish, pervasive sense of dread that works so well it's scary.” – Flipside Movie Emporium May 21, 2003 Full Review House of 1000 Corpses (2003) 22% C+ EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Apr 14, 2003 Full Review The Rules of Attraction (2002) 45% C EDIT “The most fascinating thing about The Rules of Attraction is how much noise it makes for a film with nothing much to say.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Apr 10, 2003 Full Review The House That Screamed (1970) D- EDIT “To say that it's shockingly incompetent on every conceivable level would be an understatement, but at least it seems like it's trying.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Apr 1, 2003 Full Review Final Destination 2 (2003) 52% B EDIT “A nerve-jangling, gloriously dumb, wickedly funny sick joke of a movie.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Feb 11, 2003 Full Review The Mummy's Kiss (2002) B- EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Feb 4, 2003 Full Review Bob the Gambler (1955) 97% A- EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jan 26, 2003 Full Review Maniacal (2003) D EDIT “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.” – Flipside Movie Emporium Jan 20, 2003 Full Review
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