Articles by Mike Long
Voodoo Academy
Full Moon vet David DeCoteau has decided to do something a little different with ’Voodoo Academy’. DeCoteau has turned the tables on the classic horror stereotypes and brings us what he calls, ’the first horror film for girls.’ ’Voodoo [...]
Brain Dead
’Brain Dead’ is one of the first releases in a new line from New Concorde – formerly known as New Horizon – called ’The Actor’s Series’. This film definitely fits into this series, as it features performances by Bill Pullman and Bill [...]
The Dead Zone
Paramount Home Video has done a fantastic job with the transfer for the new DVD of ’The Dead Zone’. Considering that this is a seventeen year old film, that was shot on relatively low budget, this new digital transfer looks quite good. The film is [...]
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The quality of sequels is always questionable, but none are more hit or miss than Disney’s animated sequels. They’ve had successes such as "Lion King II" and "Pocahontas II", but of which are enjoyable and watchable. But, they’ve [...]
High Fidelity
The odd thing about doing (non-direct to video) home video reviews is that I’m analyzing a movie that has already been seen and critiqued by others. Because of this, it can be difficult to not be influenced by these other views. All that I’ve heard [...]
The Changeling
As with many Generation X’ers, I love horror film from the late 70s-early 80s, and one of my favorites is the underrated ’The Changeling’. In the film, George C. Scott plays composer John Russell, who has just lost his wife and daughter in an auto [...]
Mission To Mars
Over the past year, Buena Vista has been improving the quality of their DVD product and ’Mission to Mars’ is a perfect example of that evolution. The DVD features an anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film, which is absolutely beautiful. The image [...]
Slumber Party Massacre
Long before there was ’Scream’, there was ’The Slumber Party Massacre’, a film which both followed the conventions of the slasher film, yet spoofed them as well. Also, this film has the distinction of being made by women, having been directed by [...]