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Cage Match: Deadfall (1993)

4 days ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone |Kelly Mintzer

“Deadfall” is 90% ‘bore-noir’ and 10% Cage committing performance war crimes—and somehow, that last 10% makes it must-see madness. Deadfall is legitimately one of the hardest movies I’ve had to write about for this column. (It is, I guess, technically at least, a movie?) But why? Here’s the thing: Deadfall is too weird to be terrible. “Terrible” is a word I reserve for definable films. What IS Deadfall? A fever dream? A vanity project?
Cage Match: Grindhouse (2007)

1 week ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone |Kelly Mintzer

Cage’s ten seconds as Fu Manchu in Zombie’s fake “Grindhouse” trailer offer a tantalizing glimpse at the exploitation epic that never was. It’s Cameo Cage this week, and we’re talking about the films Cage makes the briefest of appearances in.
Cage Match: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

3 weeks ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone |Kelly Mintzer

“Fast Times at Ridgemont High” birthed a teen movie renaissance, where a very young Nicolas (pre-) Cage got his start in a barely-there role. It’s Cameo Cage this week, as we check off films that our man is technically in… but just barely. It started with a “gift” from the Random Number Generator, Cage’s directorial debut, Sonny, in which he makes a small but memorable cameo.
Movie Night: Dogma (25th Anniversary)

3 weeks ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

Kevin Smith’s “Dogma” is a bold, sharp, and witty religious satire with a devout cult following that’s still divine 25 years later. With its upcoming theatrical re-release and 4K restoration, this is an ideal moment to revisit the strengths, subversive intelligence, and pitch-perfect combination of heart and humor that have made Dogma such an enduring standout in Kevin Smith’s career.
Reel Review: A Desert (2024)

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

In the mesmerizing “A Desert”, the search for lost beauty becomes a dark descent through the literal and metaphorical wilderness. Two decades after its premiere, I am finally discovering for myself what made the mesmerizing show Lost such a cultural phenomenon in the early 2000s. I’ve become obsessed with the clever and profound way the show plays with the idea of being lost, both literally and metaphorically. A Desert is a stunning, devastating exploration of that duality.
Movie Night: “Final Destination: Bloodlines”

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

“Final Destination: Bloodlines” is a sequel that understands the assignment: honor the past, fix the messes, and deliver a killer good time. By now, we all know the rules: cheat death, and it’ll come back swinging—with a nail gun, a rogue escalator, a penetrating pool drain, or any number of exceedingly nasty and impossible-to-predict final blows. But Final Destination: Bloodlines, the long-awaited sixth installment and franchise rebirth, doesn’t just play by the rules.
Cage Match: Sonny (2003)

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone |Kelly Mintzer

Nicolas Cage’s directorial debut “Sonny” is a grim, Southern noir about a tortured gigolo, soaked in sleaze and wildly uneven ambition. We’ve watched a lot of bad movies for the Cage Match. This must be understood, or nothing that follows will have the appropriate impact. I know bad movies. I’ve seen bad movies. And I know that Nicolas Cage Bad Movies are usually a different kind of bad. So I went into Sonny, Cage’s directorial debut, prepared for garbage. But friends.
Spookshow: Deadstream (2022)

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

In the riotous “Deadstream”, a disgraced influencer livestreams his descent into demonic chaos and battles more than just cancellation. In an age when influencers are more feared than poltergeists and livestreaming your trauma is practically a rite of passage, Deadstream emerges from the social media cesspit like a feral gremlin with a GoPro and something to prove.
The Hidden Horror of True Crime

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

The best true crime horror films do more than explore human monstrosity; they reflect the horror of collective guilt and societal complicity. The most terrifying aspect of true crime isn’t just the perpetrator’s actions, regardless of how barbaric, inhumane, and gut-wrenching those actions are. There’s also an insidious hidden horror—the realization of how often those around the perpetrators choose to look the other way.
Final Girl on 6th Ave: Eraserhead (1977)

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

Directed, written, and painstakingly crafted over five years by a young David Lynch, Eraserhead wasn’t just a debut feature. It was a birth. A grotesque, tender, painful, and utterly singular birth into the shadowy corners of American independent filmmaking.