2-Headed Shark Attack Out
LOS ANGELES, CA – Carmen Electra (TV’s “Baywatch”, Scary Movie, Meet the Spartans) is back on the beach with Charlie O’Connell (TV’s “The Bachelor”, Huff) and Brooke Hogan (TV’s “Hogan Knows Best,” Devour) swim for their lives in 2-Headed Shark…
Aquanetta
Aquanetta, who died aged 83, was a Hollywood siren billed as “The Venezuelan Volcano”, although she had been born in Wyoming of native American descent. Universal Studios cast her most notably as Lea, the High Priestess, opposite Johnny Weissmuller in…
Mr. Prolific: Sam Katzman
He may not have been a purveyor of excellence when it came to producing, but Sam Katzman was prolific (238 films as producer) and he always seemed to have his finger on the pulse of the times, knowing exactly what…
A New B Icon: Terence Knox
Terence Knox, 80 and 90’s TV icon recently joined forces with genre legend Jim Wynorski to play a lead in the remake of The Giant Gila Monster, now entitled Gila!. Terry plays the local small town Sheriff who suddenly has…
Maybe The Devil Was Inside, But The Crowd Was Heading Out
The Devil Inside has received so much bad publicity already, it’s hard to pile on here and note that two people walked out of the Cinemark Louis Joliet (probably more than 10 percent of the audience on a Saturday morning)…
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Franklin, Indiana – Long time exploitation director Jim Wynorski announced today that his next production will be a star-studded remake of the B-Film classic “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.”It’s a show that screams out to be remade with today’s modern…
Midnight Movies in San Diego
While looking over that past few programs of midnight screenings at The Ken, the thought of revisiting Metropolis and The Maltese Falcon had crossed my mind. When push came to shove, staying out until 2 a.m. watching a couple of…
Lethal Ladies
The fourth week of January was big for fans of kick-ass women who literally kick ass. (Note: Dear readers, please take me to task if I ever again compose a sentence that sounds so much like it was written for…
DeathWish Remake
I’m not sure what to make of this. Only hours after Joe Carnahan reasserted himself with the release of The Grey (my positive review is here), the director was announced as the writer and director of a remake of Death…
Horror Movie Sickens Two At Sundance
Ever seen something so horrifying in a film that it made you sick? Last week, two people watching a late-night screening of horror flick “V/H/S” at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah had to be treated by EMTs — and…
Syfy Original Series ‘Monster Man’
Syfy will premiere its latest original docuseries Monster Man on Wednesday, March 14 at 11PM (ET/PT), immediately following the second season finale of Face Off at 10 PM (ET/PT). Monster Man will return to its regular timeslot, Wednesdays at 10…
Grabbers
Something has gone badly wrong on picturesque Erin Island. The boatload of missing fisherman should have given that away. Or, if not that, then the entire pod of pilot whales that washed up on shore dead and with great gash…
World’s First Zombie Apocalypse Field Guide
Live The Dream Films today announced the release of Zombie Apocalypse Field Guide (ZAFG), an app exclusively for the Apple iPhone. The Zombie Apocalypse Field Guide is an entertaining compendium of cross-referenced zombie facts and an extensive research source of…
Miss Anne Francis
A perfectly proportioned, leggy blonde with a beauty mark just to the right of her demure smile, Anne Francis was the go-to gal for the roles of ingénue, bobbysoxer, and sweet young thing at MGM, circa late 1940s and early…
Juan of The Dead
Outsider Pictures today announced the acquisition of the international hit Juan of The Dead, from Guadalajara-based international film sales and distribution company Latinofusion, for US theatrical distribution in the United States. The deal was announced via the Industry Office of…
An Ozzie Renaissance Man: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Trenchard-Smith has directed 28 films in various genres from martial arts to comedy to horror to action adventure. He was determined to make Megiddo, as commercially acceptable as it possibly could be. “He was given the daunting task of…
Logan’s Run
A forgotten piece of futuristic sci-fi that had the misfortune of coming out the year before the groundbreaking “Star Wars”, Logan’s Run is a well-made, exciting, creative movie that succeeds despite the fact that it has not aged well. Based…
Galaxina
The success of Star Wars (1977), led to the production of all kinds of space adventure films, and Galaxina (1980) was a part of this wave to cash in. A comedy/adventure, the film is very silly and campy, borrowing from…
The Soundtrack To Dawn Of The Dead
There are actually two soundtracks – the Goblin score specifically composed for the film and the DeWolfe library tracks that were tailored to fit certain scenes in the American versions. We will first cover the Goblin soundtracks. In conjunction with…
The DeMille Of Dixie: Earl Owensby
In 1973, Earl Owensby saw “Walking Tall” at the movies and was inspired. The film was shot in McMinnville, Tenn., and Owensby started thinking that movies could be shot in the Carolinas. Owensby was in his 30s and designed tools…