Ghoulish Grin Media

20/09/2025

https://www.ghoulishgrinfilms.com/2025/09/in-celebration-of-original-summer.html

On June 20th 1975, audiences were treated to the cinematic adaptation of Peter Benchley's 1974's page turner "Jaws." As is the legend, a yo...

06/08/2025

The '80s Halloween vibes in this newspaper ad for Carl's Pharmacy are incomparable. I look at this and can practically hear dead leaves crunching under my old Converse sneakers.

06/08/2025

https://www.ghoulishgrinfilms.com/2025/08/absurdity-is-back-on-menu-boys-naked.html

I grew up loving the original Leslie Nielsen "Naked Gun" trilogy. They still are the pinnacle of stupid humor. Back in the '80's and '90's ...

18/07/2025

Took a couple of viewings to sink in, but I loved it.

I've posted this many times, but as this is the return of an icon I have to post it again. I was but a small child, practically a baby, whe...

09/07/2025

Happy Prime Days!

The 1925 Lon Chaney thriller with a modern 'ghoulish' update, complete with an eerie new soundtrack that adds a creepy new feel.

29/06/2025

TV Guide’s 1998 Halloween issue, featuring The Simpsons. It was such a thrill to map out a monster movie marathon by marking up a TV Guide with one of Dad's Hi-Liters.

29/06/2025

https://www.ghoulishgrinfilms.com/2025/06/it-stands-on-its-own-ballerina-movie.html

I thought the original "John Wick" film was an instant classic. It was a very simple premise. A man takes revenge on a group of very danger...

29/06/2025

https://www.ghoulishgrinfilms.com/2025/06/predictable-story-thrilling-execution.html

Joseph Kosinski has quickly become a blockbuster director on the rise. Whether it's with the underrated "Tron: Legacy" or with the box offi...

02/06/2025

https://www.ghoulishgrinfilms.com/2025/06/an-entertaining-crossover-karate-kid.html

When I saw the soft reboot of "The Karate Kid" back in 2010, I figured like 1994's "The Next Karate Kid" it would be a film that would be p...

27/05/2025

Happy birthday Mr. Vincent Price!

When I was very young in the '80's, my dad bought me my first Walkman. And my first physical piece of music...a cassette tape of the blockb...

27/05/2025

Thanks for the memories.

Many that are fans of the Mission Impossible franchise consider "M:i-2" (or "Mission Impossible 2") as the worst film of the bunch. I, howe...

10/04/2025

I was actually shocked at how much I enjoyed this movie. 🍿

Having youngsters in my life, I was well aware of Minecraft. But it wasn't a property that I was very familiar with. I'm a few generations ...