The Shape of Things to Come
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what’s left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity’s continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a…
Deadly Eyes
Cat-sized rats, laced-up on steroid enriched grain apparently destined for starving kids in Africa, overrun the city as former chop-socky filmmaker Clouse applies his unique, high contact brand of action/horror. Breaking with convention early, his sewer mob spirit away a…
Characula, the ‘Monster Mol’
Defying explanation and categorisation, Characula is a horror rock goddess with a difference. Currently living in Southern California, she is neither vampire, nor werewolf, mummy nor any other creature known from myth and folklore. Part sci-fi, part horror and all…
Celebrate MST3K’s 25th Anniversary
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, watch Joel Hodgson’s original, un-aired “proof of concept” pilot for the immortal series! While everyone is celebrating the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, let’s not neglect another important part of…
Liberate Cinema Now……
I believe in the common man. I believe in their dreams, their hopes and the inherent collective goodness of the common man. I reject the notion that the public has to be spoon fed in order to comprehend concepts, ideals…
Remaking Road House
MGM is remaking the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch MGM has tapped Rob Cohen to direct its upcoming remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie “Road House,” TheWrap has learned.Rowdy Herrington directed the original film, which…
The Gate
When The Gate was released in Canada, it turned out to be a big moneymaker. There’s good reason for that: the special effects are quite notable for a Canadian film, and the direction succeeds in creating an appropriately nightmarish tone….
Abraxas
If straight-to-video films represent a poor gamble for anyone looking for quality, you can imagine what the odds are against a straight-to-video science fiction film. Add a Canadian production pedigree into the mix, and you would probably have more success…
Issues With SYFY
It will not come as a surprise to anyone that the Syfy channel’s programming has never been highly regarded. This is of no great importance-no network with a lineup consisting of sci-fi show after sci-fi show was ever going to…
Frosty
Like most holiday tales begin, Frosty is seated at the bar of his favorite establishment, cocktail in “hand,” regaling the regulars with a story of intergalactic consequence. At least that’s how Bobby Ray Akers Jr and Dennis Willman’s “FROSTY: ‘Twas…
The Best Year In Cinema,1984
Something special started in America in late 1983 and carried through all of 1984. You couldn’t quite put your finger on it at the time, but you could feel it. I’m not sure why it happened, but it did. Perhaps…
Love Bite
Two things we know about werewolves: they’re just like ordinary people until they change with the phase of the moon; and if they wound you and you survive, you eventually change into one. “Love Bite” (released in 2012, but only…
Roger Corman Talks ‘Ski Troop Attack’
B-movie legend Roger Corman introducing “Ski Troop Attack.” He describes the details of shooting this indie war picture for his non-union production company The Filmgroup on location in snowbound Deadwood, South Dakota. Shot back-to-back with The Beast from Haunted Cave,…
Tremors
Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it’s an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it’s also a loving tribute to such 1950s low-budget desert-based sci-fi-horror films like Them!,…
The Gauntlet
Usually when someone throws down a gauntlet, there’s an epic tussle for power that runs people ragged. A fantastical showing of dynamic feats. A gauntlet is something we should fear, something that’s challenging, and most importantly, something really freakin’ entertaining….
Shark Storm or Sharknado
“When the Asylum first asked me to write a film called “Shark Storm” I said no,” said Thunder Levin when Hollywood Today asked him if there was any script ideas he’d turned down. Apparently, Sharknado was much more inspiring. How…
Primitive Hits The Market Courtesy Lionsgate
After punching the director on the set of his latest horror picture, special effects makeup artist, Martin Blaine, is compelled to seek anger management therapy. A visit with a hypnotist seems to help, but soon after his session, Martin receives…
Red Clover
You have to be careful with fantastical creatures, especially when you want to mess with their meaning. For example, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard can get away with crafting a killer unicorn for their brilliant horror deconstruction The Cabin in…
Jack Hill On Becoming A Blaxploitation Cult Hero
Few names are as closely linked to blaxploitation as Jack Hill. With low-budget 70s action films like “The Big Doll House” and “Foxy Brown,” Hill helped raise that oft-mocked genre to the level of mainstream, making actresses like Pam Grier…
Prom Night
A drive-in smash, Prom Night would go on to become Canada’s highest grossing horror film in the summer of 1980. I stress its release date, because Prom Night truly is a film in and of its time. Today the slasher…