Don Siegel’s 1976 western The Shootist stars John Wayne in his final film appearance, though it’s perhaps just as notable for the muted nature of its regard for the pathology of violence. After all, Siegel is the same filmmaker who half a decade prior made Dirty Harry, in which Clint Eastwood’s renegade cop relishes squeezing the trigger of his 44-magnum revolver whenever the opportunity presents itself.
There’s a propulsive mania to Siegel’s direction of Dirty Harry, tapping as it does into the curious overlap between Harry’s police tactics and a psycho sniper’s bloodlust. Wayne’s J.B. Books in The Shootist has no such compelling correlate. He’s a former sheriff turned gunslinger, now an old man easing the pain of his terminal cancer with swigs of laudanum, and he’s aiming to die in peace. It’s 1901, and the fact that he can’t...
There’s a propulsive mania to Siegel’s direction of Dirty Harry, tapping as it does into the curious overlap between Harry’s police tactics and a psycho sniper’s bloodlust. Wayne’s J.B. Books in The Shootist has no such compelling correlate. He’s a former sheriff turned gunslinger, now an old man easing the pain of his terminal cancer with swigs of laudanum, and he’s aiming to die in peace. It’s 1901, and the fact that he can’t...
- 4/11/2024
- by Clayton Dillard
- Slant Magazine
A full Free Movie of the Day is posted on the JoBlo Horror Movies YouTube channel every other day during the week – but on Fridays things get even freakier and a little more fun. Get your weekend started the right way by indulging in Friday Fright Nights! Every Friday, we’ll be taking a look at another genre movie you can watch in its entirety, free of charge, either on the YouTube channel linked above or in the video embed here.
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for you to this week is the horror anthology Free to a Bad Home, which comes to us from the writing and directing duo of Kameron Hale and Scott Hale. Oddly enough, these two Hales are of absolutely no relation to each other. Just kidding. They’re actually brothers, and they run the Cincinnati, Ohio-based production company HaleHouse Productions their sister Kristen Hale,...
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for you to this week is the horror anthology Free to a Bad Home, which comes to us from the writing and directing duo of Kameron Hale and Scott Hale. Oddly enough, these two Hales are of absolutely no relation to each other. Just kidding. They’re actually brothers, and they run the Cincinnati, Ohio-based production company HaleHouse Productions their sister Kristen Hale,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Miranda Nieman, Hayley Sunshine, Jake C. Young, Tyler McGraw, Olivia Dennis, Roni Locke, Olivia Barrell, Katelyn Nevin | Written and Directed by Kameron Hale, Scott Hale
Setting the tone from the opening, director brothers Kameron and Scott Hale’s Free to a Bad Home depicts a series of deaths which includes a hanging, and an armed man standing over somebody in bed. Throughout these disturbing sights are the words “Free to a good home”, shown on different objects before appearing written on a box discovered by a jogging couple. The pair continue on after rummaging through the box, although one wonders if their fate is already sealed.
What unfolds is an anthology, telling three stories about people whose struggles in life are worsened by cursed objects. The first story follows Amy (Mirana Nieman), a widow who visits her old house. Arriving the next day is her sister, Jill (Hayley Sunshine...
Setting the tone from the opening, director brothers Kameron and Scott Hale’s Free to a Bad Home depicts a series of deaths which includes a hanging, and an armed man standing over somebody in bed. Throughout these disturbing sights are the words “Free to a good home”, shown on different objects before appearing written on a box discovered by a jogging couple. The pair continue on after rummaging through the box, although one wonders if their fate is already sealed.
What unfolds is an anthology, telling three stories about people whose struggles in life are worsened by cursed objects. The first story follows Amy (Mirana Nieman), a widow who visits her old house. Arriving the next day is her sister, Jill (Hayley Sunshine...
- 2/14/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
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