A Campbell Masterpiece!

My Name Is Bruce (2007)

Director- Bruce Campbell

Starring- Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorson, Taylor Sharpe

Bruce Campbell stars as himself in what seems like a spoof of his own career. A Chinese demon is unleashed in Oregon, and an obsessive Bruce Campbell fan, Jeff (Sharpe), tracks and kidnaps the "down and out" actor to help destroy it. Campbell, thinking this is just a ruse put on by his snaky agent (Ted Raimi of all people), plays along. When he realizes it's very real, he bolts and runs back to his trailer.

Jeff contacts Campbell once more to inform him that he's taking on the demon himself, so Bruce finally jumps into action and helps put the demon away...for now.

This movie was funny on every level. There were tons of inside jokes, jokes even fans might not understand at first, various Campbell movies made fun of, one even completely made up! Bruce and Ted Raimi played off eachother perfectly--hell Bruce played off everyone perfectly! He even had actors from the Evil Dead movies come in for roles in this one.

The lines delivered were excellent, the acting was escellent, all in all this movie was a great idea brilliantly executed.

Rating: 5/5 Bonedaddies.

Witches & Ballet? Warning: A Couple Spoilers...

Suspiria (1977)
Director- Dario Argento
Starring- Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci


American ballet dancer Suzy Bannion (Harper) travels to Germany to attend a presitgious dance academy only to find mystery and danger surrounding the building. Murders continue to occur after her arrival, and Suzy, terrified, must find out what is behind it all. What she uncovers is a deep historical involvement between the academy and witchcraft, and she must figure out a way to destroy it before she becomes the next victim.


Like the description? It's slightly more interesting to read than to watch the movie itself. The pace of the movie tries to move along evenly, but too many scenes drag on endlessly before switching to an interesting part. The murder scenes were pretty interesting, and creatively done at times, like the barbwire room.


The ending played out okay, but the idea that the original witch was still alive but invisible (through a spell I think) was a bit too silly for me. And for some reason I expected a lesbian love scene, though there were no indicators. I know I have no right to be disappointed, but I do.


Rating: 3/5 Bonedaddies.