Alien from L.A. (1988)
Really, this routine, harmless, goofy comic fantasy may be instantly forgettable, but it’s hard to completely resist – if for no other reason than to see its star in a bikini top. Supermodel Kathy Ireland stars as Wanda, a nerdy…
The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)
Dale (Co-Director Justin Meeks) doesn’t want to open his ranch to hunters, but has to because he needs the money. Too bad for him (and them) that a bloodthirsty creature is not keen on trespassers. Produced by “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”…
The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot (2010)
I enjoyed “The Bloody Rage of BigFoot” a lot. This movie’s reach does not exceed its grasp – it knows what it is and does it surprisingly well. Writer/director James Baack obviously knows and respects the genre. Well done. The…
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
“Creature from Black Lake” gets my vote as the single most amiable and entertaining Bigfoot fright film to ever amble onto the big screen. John David Carson and the ever-daffy Dennis (“Truck Stop Women,” “House of 1,000 Corpses”) Fimple display…
Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage (2001)
Baltimore’s own Don Dohler has been crankin’ em out since the late seventies beginning with THE ALIEN FACTOR. In 2001, Dohler finally answered his legion of fans (all 10 of ’em)and filmed ALIEN FACTOR 2:ALIEN RAMPAGE. And while I must…
The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
A claymation plesiosaur rises from the depths of Crater Lake to wreak havoc on a group of local rednecks, not to mention your fast forward button. To call “The Crater Lake Monster” amateurish is to overstate the obvious. If you…
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
If I were to say the name “Albert Pyun”, chances are pretty good you’d draw a blank. “Cyborg”? Uhh, isn’t that a Van Damme film or something? Yeah. “Radioactive Dreams”? Cult movie from the 80s maybe? Sci-fi? Yup. Same guy…
Mean Guns (1997)
“Mean Guns” is a great movie as far as action goes. Christopher Lambert and Ice-T are really the only two big names in the movie. The rest of the cast is either virtually unknown or relatively unexperienced in the action…
Blast (1997)
At the time of the Atlanta Olympics the FBI stopped a potential terrorist attack, this film is what might have happened if they hadn’t. Terrorist plant bombs all over the Olympic buildings and take the USA women’s swimming team hostage….
Omega Doom (1996)
Most people would tell you that this flick stinks because it’s got poor special effects or the plot seems to be vague. Frankly, you can’t judge it next to A-list movies. It’s not an A-list movie. What it is though,…
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt) is an ex-kickboxer turned photographer who protects two attractive sisters from the Yakuza led by David Carradine. Seems that one of the sisters bought a jade dragon from dealer Richard Roundtree and after numerous awkward moments,…
Savage Beach (1989)
Savage Beach is hardly a great departure for director Andy Sidaris, yet another cheezy adventure featuring his stock-in-trade heavily armed, big breasted babes, heroic hunks and despicable bad guys; but although it’s still a long way from a work of…
Space Girls in Beverly Hills (2009)
Bad in every respect, Space Girls in Beverly Hills is the absolute nadir of ego-driven, no talent film making. All concerned are clearly having a great time but it should be illegal to inflict such suffering on a paying audience!…
Stuck on You! (1982)
This low budget “B” romance comedy is crude but it has moments of brilliance. The real find here is Mark Mikulski, a big brawny guy with a handsome boyish face playing a very dumb cluck who works in agribusiness…that is…
Tales from the Crapper (2004)
Once upon a time, Troma head honcho Lloyd Kaufman gave former Playboy Playmate of the Year India Allen a quarter of a million dollars to make two features shot on “crappy digital video” and starring leggy cult queen Julie Strain….
Lloyd Kaufman
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman never really wanted to make movies, but wanted to work in Broadway musicals. During his years in Yale, though, he got introduced to “B” pictures and the works of Roger Corman. Lloyd later got the opportunity to…
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
For those that don’t know, there are intentionally “bad” movies, and then there are intentionally bad movies; “The Toxic Avenger” is the latter. Troma Entertainment is the undisputed king of bad b-pictures, but the 1985 cult hit “The Toxic Avenger”…
Malibu Hot Summer (1981)
Blah!! I love Troma. Terror Firmer is my favorite movie of all time. I love low budget movies. But this is too horrible for words. I won’t call it the worst movie of all time for 2 reasons: 1. I…
Vincent Price
Despite his lasting association with horror films, Price started out as a character actor. He made his film debut in 1938 with Service de Luxe and established himself in the film Laura (1944), opposite Gene Tierney, directed by Otto Preminger….
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
There are two schools of thought regarding ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein’. The first holds that the movie represents the nadir of the Universal Monsters cycle, with three once-great monsters reduced to playing second-fiddle to a couple of Laurel and…