Rollergator (1996)
A very nice and funny independent production, a road movie on Rollerblades: Sandra Shuker plays a young woman who finds a talking baby alligator (I’m not a baby, I’m almost twelve)who is running away from a fair market owner (Joe…
Swamp Shark (2011)
SWAMP SHARK stars the original BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, Kristy Swanson as Rachel Broussard, the owner of the Gator Shack restaurant located right next to the swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin. She runs the restaurant with her younger sister Krystal…
Sand Sharks (2011)
Anybody who watches something so obviously meant to be ridiculous and then complains because it is ridiculous is probably the same kind of moron who lies in the sun and then complains that it is hot. As such, I suggest…
Sharktopus
This is not a horror or an action sci-fi movie. It is a comedy, but not your normal kind of comedy that you are used to seeing. There are no crazy characters or silly jokes. The real joke is in…
Mexican Werewolf in Texas (2005)
Contemplating graduating from High School, Anna Furlough, (Erika Fay) Miguel Gonzalez, (Gabriel Gutierrez) Rosie, (Martine Hughes) and Jill Gillespie, (Sara Erikson) try to find something meaningful with their lives stuck in a small Texas town. When the town is suddenly…
Bad Moon (1996)
At the start of the movie “Bad Moon” Janet,Mariel Hemingway, is harassed by this two-bit shyster Flopsy, Hrothgar Mathews, who’s trying to make a quick buck by inciting Janet’s and her young son Brett,Mason Gamble, handsome smart and courageous German…
The Lost World (1960)
Unlike `The Lost Continent’ (1951), this 20th Century Fox Cinemascope production had an ample budget — but the money wasn’t spent very well. A good cast (Michael Rennie, Claude Rains, Jill St. John, David Hedison, and Fernando Lamas) are all…
Wolfen (1981)
I won’t spend time arguing about the merits of whether “Wolfen” is going to be an “effective” or “gee-whiz” entertainment for you and the kids next Saturday night. What I will argue is how the craftsmanship that went into this…
Why Is Comic-Con So Important?
Unless you have lived under a rock for the past decade or have no friends with nerdish tastes, you have heard about the annual San Diego Comic-Con, a four-day convention which descends on the pop culture psyche every July. Is…
Tobe Hooper
Before becoming a filmmaker, Tobe Hooper, a native of Austin, Texas, spent the 1960s as a college professor and documentary cameraman. In 1974, he organized a small cast that was made up of college teachers and students, and then he…
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
This is a classic haunted house plot line executed with quite some style. Four people are sent to a spooky mansion to determine whether the afterlife exists – if they spend a week there they’ll each be rewarded with £100,000….
The Asphyx (1973)
“The Asphyx” a/k/a “The Horror of Death” is one of the most original yet unheralded English horror films. Set in 1870’s England, aristocrat Sir Hugo (Robert Stephens) accidentally photographs an entity (mythological name Asphyx) entering a person’s body at their…
The Evictors (1979)
In 1942, Ben and Ruth Watkins have just moved into an old Louisiana farmhouse. It’s a beautiful place, but they soon learn of it’s morbid past. Apparently, the previous few tenants all died in ways that raise suspicion. This doesn’t…
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
The Legend of Boggy Creek is the story of a creature alleged to live in the area near Fouke, Arkansas. The creature supposedly stands 7 feet tall, is covered with hair, smells bad, and kills chickens, dogs, cats, and other…
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Based on a true story, the phantom killer stalks Texarkana and kills couples who hang out at lovers lanes. Armed with some nasty weapons and a pillow case for a mask, he terrorizes this town to the point of near…
Alien from L.A. (1988)
Really, this routine, harmless, goofy comic fantasy may be instantly forgettable, but it’s hard to completely resist – if for no other reason than to see its star in a bikini top. Supermodel Kathy Ireland stars as Wanda, a nerdy…
The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)
Dale (Co-Director Justin Meeks) doesn’t want to open his ranch to hunters, but has to because he needs the money. Too bad for him (and them) that a bloodthirsty creature is not keen on trespassers. Produced by “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”…
The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot (2010)
I enjoyed “The Bloody Rage of BigFoot” a lot. This movie’s reach does not exceed its grasp – it knows what it is and does it surprisingly well. Writer/director James Baack obviously knows and respects the genre. Well done. The…
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
“Creature from Black Lake” gets my vote as the single most amiable and entertaining Bigfoot fright film to ever amble onto the big screen. John David Carson and the ever-daffy Dennis (“Truck Stop Women,” “House of 1,000 Corpses”) Fimple display…
Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage (2001)
Baltimore’s own Don Dohler has been crankin’ em out since the late seventies beginning with THE ALIEN FACTOR. In 2001, Dohler finally answered his legion of fans (all 10 of ’em)and filmed ALIEN FACTOR 2:ALIEN RAMPAGE. And while I must…