ReturnOfTheLivingFatGuy Reviews

The Dead Next Door (1989)

Great horror comedy

[8/10 · 6 March 2006]

The dialogue is rough and the acting is very stiff but I feel like it's almost part of an intentional comic-book level of cheese-horror the director wanted to convey. The Dead Next Door has a lot of gore and is a great movie to watch with friends - you'll have a lot of fun with it. For the budget they had or for any budget they did a lot of clever things and had a lot of great scenes. I would say that some of the characters were not developed very well so it's hard to feel any sort of loss from the movie when people died (There was now "Roger-like" character as in Dawn of the Dead).

Despite it's short-comings, this movie is easily now one of my top 10 favorites. Don't try to take it too seriously, remember it is a horror comedy, and enjoy.

Trial and Error (1997)

Better than most reviews let on

[13 November 2004]

We spend so much time as movie enthusiasts that we often only look for films people would consider revolutionary (e.g. Donnie Darko, Fight Club, etc.) but every once in awhile a noraml run of the mill comedy is nice. Trial and Error, however, had some of the most ridiculously funny scenes I have ever seen Micheal Richards in - his audtion near the beginning, his cross examination of 'Buck.' These scenes a lone are enough reason to see the movie. All said and done, Micheal Richards kills it in this movie... Some people have said that he still is trying to play off his role of Kramer but what we must understand is that regardless the role Micheal Richards constantly brings his own personality to the characters he plays and I wouldn't have it any other way. See it. Twice.