Space Probe Taurus (1965)
Keep an open mind. Remember that American International Productions and Leonard Katzman made most of these on a shooting schedule of three weeks or less with production costs of under $50,000. (In 1965 it cost Irwin Allen $150K to produce…
The Fast and the Furious (1955)
Almost the entire movie takes place in the cockpit of a 1954 Jaguar XK120 roadster, a stunningly beautiful car in its day, and still highly admired by classic sports car enthusiasts, who will be the main audience for this movie….
Cirio Santiago
Cirio H. Santiago (January 18, 1936–September 26, 2008) was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes. Producer/director Cirio H. Santiago was the son of Dr. Ciriaco Santiago,…
Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Frankenstein Unbound is one of those movies that is almost impossible to categorize. Part horror, part science fiction, part fantasy, and part comedy. And what is even more interesting is the cast of all stars. Roger Corman is able to…
Deathsport (1978)
Holy Mozzarella! I can not believe this was *not* made by Italians. It’s about as bonkers as Castellari’s THE NEW BARBARIANS. And it’s definitely far more warped. David Carradine plays some kind of futuristic hippie-warrior (they call them Range Guides,…
Space Raiders (1983)
Ten-year-old boy Peter (a solid and likable performance by David Mendenhall) stows away on a spaceship that’s hijacked by a motley band of intergalactic pirates led by hard-nosed ex-soldier Col. C.W. “Hawk” Hawkins (neatly essayed with gruff’n’growly aplomb by Vince…
Jared Cohn’s BOUND Friday January 9th.
Friday, January 9th 20015, mark your calendars for the midnight screening of Bound a film by Jared Cohn and The Asylum that will be playing at select Landmark Theatres throughout the country. The daughter of a wealthy real estate broker…
Je Suis Charlie
Some ramblings by Bill Dever One of the things that make B Movies what they are is the freedom and the element of danger that is attached to them. Independent and provoking thought is key to any artful expression. What…
Lust for a Vampire (1971)
In 1830 a renowned occult novelist called Richard Le’ Strange (Johnson)is taken on to teach English at an exclusive finishing school for young girls in Styria. He falls in love with one of his pupils, the beautiful Mircalla (Stensgaard), but…
Ski Party (1965)
To begin with, I understand that I am not sitting down to watch great cinema, such as ‘Citizen Kane’. On the other hand, I am quite struck by the silliness of all of the beach movies, and you can throw…
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
George Kelly is a small-time crook looking to make some big newspaper headlines to impress his imposing moll Flo. After one successful bank robbery after another, one turns into a botch job with Kelly’s phobia of death leaving on his…
Vampire Circus (1972)
Vampire Circus is one of those hard to find, elusive Hammer Vampire flicks. I had been looking for it for the longest time having heard nothing but good things about this uncommon vampire movie. I finally got my hands on…
The Wicked Dreams Of Paula Schultz (1968)
Yep, I agree with the previous reviewer that this film is similar to Hogan’s Heroes (sort of) except it is set in 1967 when it was filmed and in Commie East Deutschland instead of WW2 Nazi Deutschland. I received a…
One More Time (1970)
I’ve always had a soft spot for 1968’s ‘Salt & Pepper’, in which Sammy Davis Junior and Peter Lawford played ‘Charles Salt’ and ‘Christopher Pepper’, trendy London nightclub owners caught up in an espionage plot. Two years later, the dynamic…
Arachnophbia (1990)
“Give them pleasure,” said the great Alfred Hitchcock. “The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Dissecting and debating the cultural norms and traditions surrounding the horror film is a great way to spend a Friday…
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
The “Harrad Experiment”, which is based on the 1960’s free love novel by Robert H. Rimmer, starts out with Sheila, Laurie Walters, arriving at Harrad Collage. Later as all the students are paired off in the main collage auditorium by…
New Years Evil
While many holidays have been explored in the horror genre in abundance like Halloween and Christmas, there aren’t many that have tackled the New Year’s Eve theme. Thankfully films like “New Year’s Evil” fill that gap with a wonderfully trashy…
Why Are B Movies So Damned Important?
Some ramblings by Bill Dever Imagine Rock and Roll. Now imagine Rock and Roll without Louie Louie, Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Beau Brummels, The Monks, Tommy James and The Shondells, The Troggs, The Velvet Undergound, The Ramones The…
Punks In Space
Back in the early ’80s, Liverpudlian director Alex Cox had just finished his debut feature, Repo Man, a twisted punk-rock crime comedy starring Emilio Estevez. But the film had yet to become a breakaway cult hit, so the then-30-year-old optioned…
The Horror Of Dracula (1958)
It’s difficult to overestimate the significance of Dracula. Far more so than its predecessor, The Curse of Frankenstein, it set the tone for Hammer’s movie output over the next two decades – the two decades (1956-1976) when British films, or…