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Tommyknockers (2022)
Not a bad western but an average horror
Tons of micro-budget westerns flood the DTV space yearly, most best left unseen, but sometimes worthwhile fare emerges. The itch for more horror-westerns led me to Night of the Tommyknockers. Not good but not a disaster; it's under 90 minutes and doesn't shy away from monster gore once the bandits-vs-lawmen first half leaves its outlaws in a gold-rush ghost town besieged by gnarled Descent rejects.
If you can accept the meager production values this kind of film must scrounge up today, then this is an overly-talky obviously-cheap yet still enjoyable creature feature. Just mind the acting; although even that in regard, the actual character dynamics were fun in spite of the bad-to-average performances but I got to grade on a curve considering how rare horror-westerns are, let alone ones as relatively focused and action-filled as this.
Heart of a Lion (2020)
Wonderful in so many ways
Such a huge inspiration! The rise and fall of a true warrior. Heart of a Lion, directed by Andy Blithe and starring Aaron Sharp captures a wrestler's passions and sorrows into life and the chaos around it. It cleverly and bravely dwells into the subject matter of mental illness and men's downfall into that career pattern. It's a great movie that doesn't fail to disappoint and such a great story. I wish Aaron all the best. He's a great guy and I hope he has a promising future ahead of him. He's also a terrific actor and does a wide range of performances, not just in the wrestling community. Worth a watch!
Clown Motel 2 (2022)
Unimaginative clown horror
With a name like Clown Motel 2, most are probably wondering what in the world it could possibly be about. The story centers around four ladies on the way home from a bachelorette party, and three ghost-hunting dudes searching for ghost-haunted places, all of whom become stranded at a seemingly-deserted motel on the side of a major road in Nevada where they must fight to stay alive against an army of angry clowns.
A synopsis like that should reel in any Horror fan looking for a good time, and indeed the hook will bury itself through both cheeks as each scene unravels before the eyes. Holding the fishing-reel is Writer/Director Joseph Kelly (Community Service The Movie 2012, Bloody Island 2016) whose imagination and love for movies is the hook-line-and-sinker-reason Clown Motel 2 is absolutely a turn off.