The Zachtastic Movie Blog

It’s not often that the horror genre is equated with family entertainment. The grand majority of “quality” horror films tend to be rated R, whether or not that may mean they are cinematic bloodbaths or just so intense that younger audiences can’t handle them. Either way, more often than not, filmmakers tend to target these kinds of movies at teenagers and/or adults. But there have been some occasions in which spooky thrill rides have been made with the entire family in mind. And even when the situation may be that a film is produced with a heavier, less friendly tone, sometimes a film of this type ends up being sufficiently appropriate for family viewing. The parameters by which a film could be considered proper family entertainment are debatable, yet in my mind, horror/suspense movies which accomplish their goals of frightening people without resorting to vulgar content are honorable endeavors. Families would be wise to seek out films like these. Be that as it may, a new fil...

If I am being completely honest with myself, in a society that seems to be constantly eviscerating male images left and right, sometimes I need a good dosage of macho ridiculousness to counterbalance the anti-masculine rage. That’s one reason why I like the side-scrolling platform/shooter game Broforce so much. It’s acutely aware of the gleefully toxic masculinity on display, poking fun at so many beloved action movie icons. One of those icons happens to be the Predator . With an unlimited set of enormous spears, speed, and ferocious attacks, he’s quite fun to play as in that game. Prior to me playing Broforce , though, I otherwise barely knew anything at all about this iconic movie alien. Having not grown up with many R-rated movies at all, the original Predator films were thus never seen by yours truly. (Photo Source: IMDb) That changed a couple of weeks ago, however. I may have only just watched the original with Arnold Schwarzenegger in preparation for the new film,...