Johnny Spoiler Reacts to THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (1995) | Eric Roberts vs. Lance Henriksen | Summer Slash 8
Johnny Spoiler Reacts to THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (1995) | Eric Roberts vs. Lance Henriksen | Summer Slash 8
The Nature of the Beast (1995) Horror Movie Reaction! Johnny Spoiler is back for SUMMER SLASH 8, diving into one of those strange 1990s direct-to-video thrillers that gives us Eric Roberts, Lance Henriksen, a mysterious hitchhiker, a serial killer called the Hatchet Man, and a whole lot of desert paranoia.
When drifter Dusty (Eric Roberts) gets a ride from salesman Jack (Lance Henriksen), things quickly get uncomfortable. Dusty seems to know something about Jack's past, and as reports of the Hatchet Man murders spread across the desert, the question becomes simple:
Johnny Spoiler breaks down The Nature of the Beast, including the movie's clever casting of two actors who are both famous for playing dangerous, sinister characters. Is Eric Roberts actually the psychopath he's pretending to be? Is Lance Henriksen hiding something? Or is the movie trying a little too hard to make us suspicious of everybody?
This Johnny Spoiler horror movie reaction gets into the Dusty the Drifter character, Jack the salesman, the blackmail setup, the casino money plot device, the creepy psychological manipulation, the buried-alive sequence, the neck injection, Brian James' blink-and-you'll-miss-him cameo, and that seriously underwhelming final fight.
And yes… Johnny has some thoughts about that ending.
BINGE NOW, BINGE LATER, OR BINGE NEVER?
For The Nature of the Beast?
But that's not all!
🔪 SUMMER SLASH 8
Johnny Spoiler's Summer Slash continues with another forgotten, strange, bloody, bizarre, or overlooked genre movie from the VHS era.
If you're into 90s horror movies, forgotten thrillers, direct-to-video movies, cult films, Eric Roberts, Lance Henriksen, slasher movies, psychological thrillers, and Johnny Spoiler's completely unfiltered movie reactions, you've stumbled into the right place.
🎬 HOME VIDEO HEADLINES
Johnny also runs down some of the latest genre and movie news, including:
🐺 HOWL — Kumail Nanjiani makes his directorial debut with a werewolf horror comedy for Amazon/Orion Pictures.
🍀 LEPRECHAUN — Lionsgate is developing another entry in the horror franchise, and Johnny has some thoughts about what the series needs to get right.
🔫 LETHAL WEAPON 5 — Mel Gibson discusses the upcoming sequel and promises something different from the previous movies while keeping the energy of the franchise alive.
And, of course, Johnny has plenty to say about what Hollywood keeps getting wrong about classic horror franchises.
🎯 QR HUNTER
Looking for something to actually get your friends and family off the couch and doing something together?
Johnny checks out QR Hunter, a build-your-own scavenger hunt game that turns your phone into the game board.
Hide the official QR Hunter tiles, create your own clues, add hints and pictures, and send everyone racing around to solve the hunt.
The best part? You can move the QR codes and create a completely new hunt whenever you want.
Check out QR Hunter and start building your own scavenger hunt!
🎥 STAFF PICK: RUSH (1991)
Johnny's Staff Pick takes a turn away from horror with Rush (1991), the gritty crime drama starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh as undercover narcotics detectives who become dangerously entangled in the drug world they're investigating.
Also starring Sam Elliott and Gregg Allman, Rush is a dark, grimy 1990s crime movie based on real events.
👻 ABOUT JOHNNY SPOILER
Johnny Spoiler is here to spoil some movies he loves, destroy some movies he doesn't, and hopefully inform and entertain you along the way.
From horror movies and forgotten VHS classics to anime, cult cinema, B-movies, new releases, and whatever strange piece of entertainment Johnny happens to stumble across next — this is the place for unapologetic movie reactions and reviews.
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Don't bring Johnny down with your endless summer comments either.
For some of us, summer never ends. It's a state of mind, baby.
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