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Saturday, 20 June 2026

Stop! That! Train! (2026)


What if a bunch of drag queens made Airplane!? Answer: It would've sucked balls. A runaway train is headed directly towards the eye of a "Stormaganza" and the conductor is taken out of commission, so it's up to the Glamazonian stewardesses and the President of the United States (RuPaul) to get them back on track. I'm a sucker for anything that follows in the broad footsteps of ZAZ, even when it's diluted by modern day sensibilities and wokeness, but this is such lazy, ill-conceived, low-hanging fruit. To turn a spoof of disaster flicks into something this disastrous takes a special kind of talent all its own. The result is something that feels far too safe and "inclusive" rather than poking fun at everyone equally. This feels like the absolute antithesis to Scary Movie.

½ a hot flashback out of 5

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Cocaine Bear (2023)

What's scarier than a bear on the loose? One that stumbles upon a cache of cocaine, with the usual predictable results. This one was a whole lot of fun, full of mid-'80s vibes and some pretty brutal kills. It's very dumb at times, but passable for this kind of raucous horror-comedy. I just didn't want it to end.
Inspired a whole host of "animals on drugs" direct-to-streaming B-garbage (including Meth Gators and Crackcoons), but this one was the first and best.

3 kilos out of 5