Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
This is the second installment of the Daimajin trilogy although the three stories are not connected. Daimajin is a talismanic 50 ft stone statue embodied with the spirit of local god. It normally sits idle with a peaceful face, but…
Hot Times at Montclair High (1989)
I really hate 80’s teen movies truth be told (it was bad enough actually BEING a teenager in the 80’s without watching a bunch of movies about it). This movie though is almost an unintentional parody of 80’s teen movies,…
Teenage Doll (1957)
A teenage girl accidentally murders a member of a girl gang, and tries to escape both the police and the gang. 1957 sure was a good year for whiz-kid auteur Corman. He made FIVE masterpieces of 50’s genre cinema; ATTACK…
The Yellow Canary
Pat Boone plays a popular male crooner (with the silly, generic name of Andy Paxton) who is callous to his estranged wife and indifferent to their baby boy, but who jumps into action once the infant is kidnapped for a…
Hannibal (1959)
This exciting Peplum in average budget blends historic events ,drama and spectacular battles . This is an epic and fiction film released by the producer Ottavio Poggi and professionally directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Edgar G. Ulmer . Hannibal…
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Cabin in the Sky marks the debut of director Vincente Minnelli, one of cinema’s greatest and most prolific directors of musicals. Already an experienced stage director, pianist and perhaps most importantly of all a painter, Minnelli came to Hollywood as…
Body Waves (1992)
Rick has to make $3000 in two weeks to prove to his father that he’s not a loser and that he does not have to join the family business of selling hemorrhoid cremes. His first great idea is to sell…
Swing!
SWING! is an important film because it’s one of the remaining Black-produced and acted films from the 1930s. Many of these films have simply deteriorated so badly that they are unwatchable, but this one is in fairly good shape. It’s…
The Hunting Party (1971)
This movie had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. As wild westerns go, this ranks near the top. It’s very well paced, and the acting is superb. Plot twists and the unfolding of well-developed characters…
Spring Break (1983)
I’m hardly going to be the one to excoriate the makers of 1980s sex-fueled quasi-comedies for their work. Sure,these films were about as easily forgotten as the heaps of bad slasher flick sequels and wanna-bes that ALSO populated the cinemas…
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
Made in the early 80’s when the 70’s car chase genre was winding down, chockablock with copious footage lifted from such previous Roger Corman-backed drive-in flicks as “Grand Theft Auto,” “Moving Violation,” “Eat My Dust!,” and “Thunder and Lightening,” coasting…
Five Quick Questions with Sasha Burrow
Sasha Burrow came to Los Angeles in 1999 and brought the most important thing he had, his dazzling creative mind. For most his life Sasha has been creating some amazing artwork and creatures. His talent not long after being in…
Greased Lightning (1977)
Richard Pryor shows his versatility, in this story of a black moonshine runner who forces his way into the white-dominated professional racing circuit. I’m not sure how historically accurate it is, but the film drew me into the story, right…
The Killer (1989)
Before seeing a genuine Hong-Kong produced John Woo movie, I thought I knew what action was, and what the action-movie genre was capable of. I was wrong. The Killer was the single most impressive, awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping action movie I had…
Vampire Sisters (2004)
Vampire Sisters starts on a dark misty night, an unidentified man is running towards a large house & in pursuit are two women. The man ends up in the basement of the house & is cornered by the women, then…
Up from the Depths (1979)
A seaside community is besieged by a giant shark like creature that threatens the local serenity. Greedy resort proprietor (Wolfe) sees a marketing opportunity and invites all and sundry to hunt down the perpetrator for a booty in cash and…
Fiend (1980)
A demonic creature enters rotted corpse in a graveyard, assuming the identity as head of a violin company, needing the lifeforce of human victims to prolong it’s existence. Without the human lifeforce it needs, the corpse would quickly degenerate, returning…
Tower of London (1962)
On the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester conspires to get the throne for himself. The late King had two young sons, his heir, Edward V and the younger Prince Richard, but they are not of…
Deep Red (1975)
Young generations might find it hard to believe ,but most of Argento’s works were greeted by poor receptions when they were first released.Critics dismissed them as gaudy ,flashy,showy,you name it. And now we are in 2005 ,and thirty years after,with…
Gordon’s War (1973)
The 70s brought in new creative stories using the events of the times, greater lawlessness, veterans, frustrated police, ineffective police, greater use of drugs and societies that seemed to be falling apart. In Italy, this sparked poliziotteschi movies. In America…