Mega Shark Vs Mecha Shark hits the red carpet
Fans of the horror genre should mark January 24 on their calendar, The Asylum studio will host a celebrity-studded cast and crew red carpet premiere of its latest over-the-top shark flick, MEGA SHARK VS. MECHA SHARK, starring Christopher Judge, Debbie…
Oscar Micheaux Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux, the first African-American to produce a feature-length film (The Homesteader (1919) in 1920) and a sound feature-length film (The Exile (1931) in 1931), is not a major figure in American film just for these milestones, but because his…
The Guest
Exploitation movies can be a hell of a lot of fun to watch. From the outputs of B-movie maestro Roger Corman (a man who’s career has now spanned over 60 years) through to the glorious schlock of Troma films with…
Young Ones Wows Sundance
A hot young cast, a dystopian future and a sci-fi angle may be the selling points of Jake Paltrow’s pioneering epic, but the new Hunger Games this isn’t. Instead, Paltrow’s feature, shot in the sweltering mountainous heat of South Africa…
Bad Girls From Mars
Bad Girls from Mars is a 1991 sci-fi comedy film starring Edy Williams and Oliver Darrow and written, produced and directed by Fred Olen Ray. Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie production “Bad Girls from Mars.”…
The Making Of Robocop
Next month will see the US theatrical release of Robocop’s remake, a film that had an estimated budget of $13 million dollars that went on to gross some $53 million in the US alone. If one movie from the 80s…
Fright Night (the good one) 1985
For young Charlie Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charlie with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is…
Elliot
When one thinks of truly great and legendary action cinema icons, names like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger instantaneously pop into one’s mind. However, for Elliot “White Lightning” Scott, the road to becoming synonymous with those names has…
Argento’s Dracula 3D
One does not walk lightly into a criticism of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento. The lovable auteur behind horror classics like Deep Red, Suspiria, and Tenebre, Mr. Argento is inarguably one of the most influential genre filmmakers imaginable. Yes, right up…
Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring Candace Hilligoss. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated $33,000, the film did not gain widespread attention when originally released, as a B-movie; today, however, it is a…
The not so Fantastic Four
B-movie grandad Roger Corman apparently gave his tacit support to bootlegging in a tweet he sent out today. The occasion was the appearance late last week of the trailer for Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four….
Filming begins on Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre
Movie director Jim Wynorski and his team started shooting a reality warping science fiction movie for television at locations in Jackson County this week. Filming began Wednesday at Florida Caverns State Park, one of three primary locations being used in…
The Razzies
Every year, the Razzies single out the worst performances in film as a counterpoint to the fanfare of more traditional awards ceremonies like the Oscars and Golden Globes. The tongue-in-cheek awards are nothing to be ashamed of — just like…
Don’t Touch The White Women
General Custer (Marcello Mastroianni) is delegated to get rid of Indians who hinder the colonization of America. Even though the story is set in North-America, the Battle of Little Bighorn will take place in modern Paris where Custer also faces…
Simply Lloyd
Lloyd Kaufman is a staunch defender of American independent cinema. He’s also the guy who, with business partner Michael Herz, co-directed The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke ‘Em High. As the co-founder of the now-40-year-old Troma Entertainment, Kaufman produces,…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Admiral Nelson takes a brand new atomic submarine through its paces. When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, the admiral must find a way to beat the heat or watch the world go up in smoke. I still remember…
Lawnmower Man
I had not seen this since its initial release in 1992. I decided to give it a re-watch for old times sake. Boy, some things don’t age well do they? Lawmower Man was a film based on a short story…
Reasonable Doubt
“Flightplan” scribe Peter A. Dowling (who should have thought seriously about the pseudonym route himself) is credited with concocting this tale of a rising young public prosecutor with his sights on the Chicago district attorney’s office who makes one of…
DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four
As most of you probably know, 2005’s Fantastic Four wasn’t the first time a feature film of the famous Marvel comic series had been made, it just happened to be the first one that got a theatrical release. Back in…
Capricorn One
Capricorn One is a 1978 thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade’s (British) ITC Entertainment. It stars Elliott Gould with James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O. J….