Chopping Mall Returns
Coming this Fall, Chopping Mall returns to the the big screen Chopping Mall is an American horror/science fiction film, produced by Julie Corman and originally released on March 21, 1986[1] under the title Killbots. Lionsgate released the film twice on…
Bounty Killer
Bounty Killer feels like the adaptation of a video game that doesn’t exist. Inspired by the likes of Mad Max (movie) and Fallout (game), it tells of a desert dystopia in which soldiers of fortune are paid handsomely to knock…
The Grandmaster
Fans of the artfully romantic, atmospheric cinematic baths that are Wong Kar-wai’s best films — especially the dreamy, fragmented, and über-sensuous In the Mood for Love — may have a head-scratching disconnect moment upon hearing that his latest, The Grandmaster,…
“MIDNIGHT MADNESS”
On Friday, Sept. 6, join DocUtah for a very special late-night event. The fun begins at 9:30 p.m. in Eccles Fine Arts Center on the Dixie State University campus. Festivities will start off with “The Guerilla Commercial Showcase.” A handful…
Cockneys vs. Zombies
It’s a good time to be a fan of British horror-comedies. First, director Edgar Wright’s “The World’s End” has been doing fairly brisk business at the box office. Now comes this raucous zombie comedy, set in London’s blue-collar East End….
The Gang Behind HELL BABY
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant have been together for so long, it was just a matter of time before they had a baby. And this one’s straight from hell. In the indie horror comedy Hell Baby (on video on…
Patrick McGoohan
“I am not a number — I am a free man!” implores the haunted figure named Number Six, in the cult TV series The Prisoner. This iconic phrase is now a classic of high-end popular culture, a 1960s mantra like…
Riddick
In the early Noughties Vin Diesel was the hottest emerging action star with The Fast And The Furious and a sleeper sci-fi hit called Pitch Black, the story of which he returns to here. However, while producing as well as…
Sin O Matic
We’re talkin’ trash in this week’s column. Well, in truth, the movies showcased aren’t trash to everyone. Many people think they’re good films, maybe even great films. And many hold the filmmakers — Russ Meyer and Roger Corman — in…
Gila Opens Tonight
The movie opens with a young couple parked in a bleak, rural locale pondering their future, A giant gila monster attacks the car, sending the young couple running for their lives. Chase Winstead , a young mechanic and hot rod…
From Bad To Worse
They’re the movies audiences love for all the wrong reasons – the cinematic flops that are now finding appreciative audiences at cult screenings. Once these films were slaughtered by critics; now they’re attracting viewers who laugh, heckle and applaud at…
Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
An alarmingly catchy toothpaste commercial is the only thing you’ll care to remember from “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?,” a tedious, over-the-top gorefest that finds prolific Japanese auteur Sion Sono veering into sub-Tarantino B-movie-pastiche territory. Relentlessly jokey, strenuously deranged…
Ginger Snaps
The first thing you need to know before you watch Ginger Snaps is that’s a real horror movie. That means genuinely unsettling, disturbing, makes-your-skin-crawl kind of stuff. And you’re plunged right into this from the start. The opening scene involves…
I Was A Teenage Werewolf
While it’s mostly considered just a campy B-movie these days, I Was A Teenage Werewolf was a big deal in the late 1950s, especially on the drive-in circuit. It made $2 million on a budget that ranged from either $82,000…
Getaway Wimps Out
And thus does a summer that started with a silly car chase picture end with a sillier one. “Getaway” has some of the elements of a good gear grinder — a B-movie where a car takes a pivotal role in…
Why I love … the first five minutes of Dead or Alive
Takashi Miike’s Yakuza thriller opens with a barrage of sleaze featuring cocaine, stripping and guns. It’s brilliant I’m slightly ashamed to admit how much I enjoy the opening scene of Dead or Alive, Takashi Miike’s violent Yakuza thriller. It’s essentially…
Gila Hits The Big Screen
Gila Opens Up This Weeks In Theatres Starts Thursday-Landmark, Peoria Illinois Jamestown 14, Florissant Missouri (St.Louis) Cinematheque South Glen Falls New York -Weekends only Sabal Palms Theatre, Port Lucie Florida Nova 6 Moline Illinois Whenever the topic of the remake…
Body Double
Boutique label Twilight Time recently added Brian De Palma’s 1984 cult fave Body Double to its lineup of limited edition Blu-ray releases. With only 3,000 copies available, it didn’t take long for the title to completely sell out. What all…
This Is The End
A 20-foot demon with glowing eyes, abyss-like fissures in the streets and funnels of blue light sucking the virtuous up to Heaven are signs of the Apocalypse – all while a motley crew of comics including Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel…
Starship Invasion
Made in the late 1970s, Starship Invasions was a fairly blatant attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in sci-fi spearheaded by Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This obviously low-budget attempt may have unconvincing sets…