Barry Wurst

Barry Wurst II writes for Hollywood in Toto, screengeeks.com and Maui Pulse. He is the founder of the Hawaii Film Critics Society and hosts a weekly podcast with his wife called “So I Married a Film Critic” available on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Barry WurstOctober 31, 2020
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Tobe Hooper’s ‘Funhouse’ – A Trip You’ll Never Forget

This year should have been the 98th annual county fair that takes place in my state. While some have never…
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Barry WurstOctober 30, 2020
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Landmark ‘Dead of Night’ Still Haunting 75 Years Later

You can tell if a movie is genuinely a classic by how many works were influenced by it. After all,…
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Barry WurstOctober 29, 2020
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How ‘Dead & Buried’ Got Overshadowed by Its Own Marketing Campaign

The poster and trailer for Gary Sherman’s “Dead & Buried” is more iconic than the film itself, and that’s a…
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Barry WurstOctober 29, 2020
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Why ‘The Dark Half’ Captures Stephen King at His Confessional Best

Stephen King’s “The Dark Half” novel addressed the multifaceted nature of being a horror writer – specifically, the question of…
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Barry WurstOctober 28, 2020
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Why Genre Mashup ‘The Cell’ Still Thrills Us 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, the once independent New Line Cinema (now owned by Warner Brothers) made expensive art movies for mainstream…
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Barry WurstOctober 24, 2020
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Ahoy! Why ‘Cutthroat Island’ Isn’t the ’90s Shipwreck We Were Told

As we look back on 1995 and the cinematic buried treasure it left us, it’s time to give overdue praise…
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Barry WurstOctober 17, 2020
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Unsolved Mystery: Why ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ Never Became a Classic

Barry Levinson’s “Young Sherlock Holmes,” a prequel story about the legendary detective’s student years, never graduated to true cult movie…
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Barry WurstOctober 11, 2020
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Halloween 6: When the Iconic Horror Franchise Went the Full MCU

Joe Chappelle’s “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers” had the kind of deeply troubled production that made the behind-the-scenes drama…
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Barry WurstSeptember 19, 2020
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‘Class of 1999’ – A Perfectly Disreputable B-Movie Experience

In a time when we’re skittish about whether schools should be open or teach online to combat COVID-19, here’s a…
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Barry WurstSeptember 13, 2020
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Why ‘The Comfort of Strangers’ Richly Deserved a Criterion Collection Face Lift

Paul Schrader’s “The Comfort of Strangers” is a one-of-a-kind thriller given new life courtesy of The Criterion Collection. It stars…
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