A Boy and His Dog B Movie Brilliance
1975’s “A Boy And His Dog” defies categorization, much like the outspoken author who penned its Nebula-winning source novella. Harlan Ellison has resisted the genre label for his entire 900+ short story career (“call me a ‘science fiction’ writer, and…
Run for the Sun
A pair of scribes find themselves on the run from a hunting party in this sweaty jungle thriller adapted from Richard Connell’s famous story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Connell was a born writer. His dad owned a paper,…
Sharknado 2 Starts Filming
The first one was a huge hit and nearly caused a Twitter meltdown. And now the sequel to Sharknado has started production and it’s taking a bite out of the Big Apple. Ian Ziering and Vivica A. Fox…
Knights of Badassdom
IDIOTS MIGHT GRIN when they see a fiery-eyed, supernatural Peter Dinklage give a knowing smile while avenging his bloody death at the teeth and talons of a hell-spawned succubus near the end of Knights of Badassdom. (Whoops! Spoiler alert!) He’s…
Five Quick Questions with Erin O’Brien
Erin’s resume is quickly growing and her performances keep topping the last. Her exceptional acting is seen in “Jailbait” and her beauty is obvious in “Bikini Spring Break.” It’ll be exciting to see Erin in her many upcoming films that…
1992 Rock and Roll Fantasy/Sorority House Party
The hottest rock star in the world is held hostage by the sorority babes on campus. Little do they know that his manager has put a hit out on the rock star and the sorority needs to protect him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0luT-fpxZ4o…
Amazing New/Old B Movie Releases
Foreign Correspondent: four stars out of five — Alfred Hitchcock made so many great movies, some of the genius gets lost in the gushing praise for Psycho and North By Northwest — and all the other movies with big American…
Great B Movie Titles
Last week, fuelled by the prospect of watching a real film called Zombeavers, we set you an impossible task. Could you, an average layperson, come up with a B-movie title even better than that? You didn’t let us down. In…
Robocop Remake Abandons Much Of Original
Robocop isn’t a terrible movie. While that may not sound like a winning endorsement, the remake actually does a few things right. The original Paul Verhoeven classic is very much a product of the ’80s and uses ultra-violence as well…
Another Bad Vampire Movie: Vampire Academy
I’m not even going to try to resist: “Vampire Academy” sucks. Horrid performances by the cast, an outlandish script, abysmal directing and fourth-rate special effects–“Vampire Academy” is an absolute train wreck. Now believe it or not, I walked into this…
The Returned : A Review
As horror fans, we’re used to zombie outbreaks running wildly out of control, causing mass chaos and mounting odds. These types of movies love to showcase rotting flesh, gooey kills, and as many walkers as possible – unless you’re The…
First Female Action Hero Pam Grier
Pam Grier was never one to turn the other cheek; however, she might turn yours. Then again, one could expect no less from arguably cinema’s first female action hero, who is best known for 1972’s “The Big Bird Cage” (produced…
Firebird 2015 AD
A severe gas shortage in the near future forces the government to ban the use of automobiles altogether and make the act of driving one a punishable capitol offense. However, a feisty pocket of rebellious gear-jamming metalhead race car enthusiasts…
The Wondrous Zina Lahr
Zina Lahr was found dead outside of Ouray, Colorado, in November. The mayor was the last person to see Zina Nicole Lahr alive. Sometime in the early afternoon of Wednesday, November 20, Bob Risch, a 73-year-old native of Ouray, Colorado,…
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…
Foreign Correspondent
Alfred Hitchcock was always pushing the envelope, and 1940’s “Foreign Correspondent” is no different. With America still in the midst of trading with both sides of the European war, Hitchcock made a spy thriller that quite clearly cast the Germans…
The Timeless Bettie Page
We live in an age when pop culture is our history and history is our flea market. Kitsch never dies; it lacks the gravity to die; it just circles back, with a new price tag and a hopeful air. It…
Fantastic Voyage
This 1966 epic is still fun even though much has dated. It’s almost like one of those cliff- hanging serials of the 30’s where our heroes face one death-dealing menace after another, except here the crew gets injected into the…
Is There A Better Title Than Zombeaver?
Zombeavers follows in the tradition of Snakes on a Plane, Big Ass Spider! and Sharktopus in a having a laudably silly title. But could you come up with a better one? If so, we want to hear it Snakes on…
20 Remakes in the Works, Blech
Did you notice that three of this week’s major releases — “RoboCop,” “Endless Love,” and “About Last Night” — are remakes of ’80s movies? The Hollywood remake machine shows no signs of slowing down, with the ’80s emerging as the…