Movie Night! 'Bruce Campbell' Edition

There will be book posts soon, honestly ;o) I'm still on leave so yesterday was all about an appointment at the heart clinic followed by hanging out with my daughters and... Not a lot of reading. I just didn't have the energy for it so after I'd dropped my youngest daughter off (the eldest had left earlier, long story, not that interesting...) I settled down with a couple of movies and a Pepsi that I didn't realise was cherry flavour until I took a giant swig. That will teach me to buy drinks when I'm not wearing my glasses ;o) Anyway, those movies...


'Maniac Cop' (1988)

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

I remember seeing the 'Maniac Cop' poster, in a video store, back in 1989, and mentally filing the title away as one to watch when I was at least old enough to get my own video rental card. Well, it took a little longer than that but my patience finally paid off when I saw 'Maniac Cop' on Prime Video and resolved to give it a go. And... I'm not a hundred percent sure why I bothered in the end. 

I liked the concept as well as the initial twists that the writers threw at the plot. All too soon though, 'Maniac Cop' gave all that up to just concentrate on throwing random people at Officer Cordell, who wasn't particularly imaginative about how he dispensed 'final justice'. Bruce Campbell was in it though and that's never a bad thing ;o)
I'm glad I finally gave 'Maniac Cop' a go but I have a funny feeling that this will be the only time I ever watch it...


'The Evil Dead' (1981)

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods and... you know the rest ;o)

I normally just stick with 'Evil Dead 2' (nothing against 'The Evil Dead', it's just a personal preference thing) but Prime has been recommending I watch 'The Evil Dead', for several days now and after being disappointed by 'Maniac Cop', it just felt like the right time to pay it another visit.

I've seen 'The Evil Dead' enough times now for there to be no surprises and that was just what I was after so, no complaints from me ;o) 'The Evil Dead' still holds up, after all these years, and makes it look easy. And Bruce Campbell is awesome ;o) I refuse to believe that there are people out there who haven't seen 'The Evil Dead' yet, but if you haven't, definitely give it a watch.

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  1. Bookstooge3 August 2024 at 02:05

    * raises hand
    Yeah, I'm one of those people :-) I saw the one where he has a chainsaw for a hand and is in some medieval world fighting a skeleton army in a castle or something. I have no idea which number that one is though.
    Dude has got star power just pouring forth from that chin though. I'm still impressed, decades later!

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    1. Graeme3 August 2024 at 02:28

      There is no judgment here and even if there was, you've seen 'Evil Dead 3' so you get a pass ;o)

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    2. Bookstooge3 August 2024 at 02:42

      Awwww yeah, I pass!

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