Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
Tag: Tony Todd
Black Fears (Horror Noire, 2019)
When you think of horror, it can often seem like people of color don’t exist. The Universal classics were devoid of black people. And even when they were present, they were violent savages (1933’s King Kong). But Horror Noire looks deeper into the presence…
Unfinished Business (TheProphecy 5: Forsaken, 2005)
Kari Wurher returns as American Allison, who is apparently a grad student, (Wurher is nearly fifty, so…progress?) is the protector of the Lexicon. The Mysterious Stark has hired Dylan to kill Allison because heaven does not want the new information in the Lexicon to…
Party Time! (Hell Fest, 2018)
Hell Fest is the story of some college friends who go to one of those Horror Theme Parks and find themselves stalked by a serial killer. This has been done before, but this film plays it straight. This is not a tongue in cheek…
Manimal Part 3 (Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, 1996)
So, this movie picks up with Dar continuing on his casually nomadic life. The evil Lord Agon is trying to gain the power of the demon Braxus. He is living off the life force of his community and needs the Eye of Braxus to…
In the End Pt 5 (Final Destination 5, 2011)
So, The Final Destination was not the end. Final Destination 5 tells us the story of Sam who is on his way to to a work retreat. He has a vision of the bridge collapsing and almost everyone on their bus dying. So he…
In the End Pt Two (Final Destination, 2003)
The first film was successful enough for the studio to produce a sequel. They hired second unit director David Ellis (who would go on to direct a later installment in the franchise and Snakes on a Plane). Kimberly and her friends are going on…
In the End Pt One (Final Destination, 2000)
Welcome the the Final Destination Franchise, where a bunch of white people and one black guy try and escape the clutches of death. This is both a joke and a fact. There is one (sometimes two-one is almost always a police officer/FBI guy) black…
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