Pearce’s Film Reviews

239 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.

Blood for Dracula (1974): The cast & crew finished Flesh for Frankenstein, went for lunch and haircuts, then started this in the afternoon. If you like one you'll like both, I slightly prefer the other.
Depraved (2019): One of the better modernisations of Frankenstein – there's plenty to choose from and this is Fessenden's second.
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973): New York trash art + Italian trash horror = hilarious trash masterpiece.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969): Weird that the most sensitive Bond movie is also the most faithful to the book.
Shin Godzilla (2016): Devastating satire of failed attempts to deal with disaster, spiced up with a grotesque body–horror take on Godzilla. Watch bureaucrats argue over which meeting room to use while Tokyo is destroyed.; Blu-Ray $34.95
Giant Behemoth, The (Behemoth the Sea Monster) (1959): As opposed to a small behemoth?
Perfect Blue (1997): Don't watch it after dropping acid.
Godzilla (Gojira) (1954): Despite endless much more whimiscal sequels, this still works as an ellegory for nuclear destruction. The fact that the filmmakers witnessed the devastation first hand no doubt helped. The FX are actually better than in many of the subsequent films.
Halloween H20 (1998): Not a great movie, but it compares well to the 2018 reboot which for some reason got raves despite just being a retread of this one.
Halloween (2018): What on Earth happened to David Gordon Green? He used to be such an interesting filmmaker but now he seems content to tread water with dumb comedies and horror retreads. This is just the 7th Halloween movie repeated.

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