GOTH (2008)

Two high school students (a girl and a boy) become obsessed with a local serial killer. And…that’s about it. The End.

I love movies about serial killers, and I love movies about high schoolers, so a movie about high schoolers stalking a serial killer should have been right up my alley, but GOTH was too slow to keep me interested. Plus, there was zero payoff at the end. It just kinda fizzles out.

I’m sure there’s more to say, but I’ve watched this film like 3 times now and it always just ends up boring me to tears. Skip it.

THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA (1989)

[Update 10/02/2021: Need to redo this review completely. Fix the screenshots also.]

R. Lee Ermey is a Sgt. Maj. in charge of a squad of soldiers. While on patrol they go to a village they've visited many times before and even befriended the locals. When they walk in they find out everybody's dead. Most have had their heads cut off and rammed on stakes, the children are in a big pile and a bunch of the women have been raped. This angers Ermey so they go off looking for answers and end up killing a bunch of undercover VC. After that they head to their destination: Firebase Gloria. It's just a series of trenches on top of a small hill, but they have to protect it...from the 2,000 plus enemy soldiers that's barreling down on them!

I have no idea how accurate any of this movie is, but it seemed pretty accurate to me. Either way it's a good movie and my only complaint was the budget was too low. More money would have made the action scenes a little bit better.

If you can find a copy I say check it out! R Lee is worth the price of admission alone! He even tells a guy he's gonna to step on his dick.

THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957)

A meteor crashes in the desert and explodes into a million pieces. When the pieces are exposed to water [insert low effort Mogwai joke here] they start growing until they turn into giant towers and fall over exploding into a thousand pieces and all of those pieces do the same thing. Also, if you happen to touch one of the rocks that's gotten wet it'll suck all of the moisture out of your body and turn you into rock! Yikes!

For a B-level sci-fi thriller THE MONOLITH MONSTERS is entertaining enough. The acting is over the top and the music is too dramatic, but it's still a fun watch.  Also, the town looks a lot like the Hill Valley set from BACK TO THE FUTURE.  If you like 50's sci-fi then you definitely need to check out THE MONOLITH MONSTERS. My biggest complaint is not enough people turned into stone.  I would love to see a serious remake.  Maybe even a limited series with a slower build up.