Psych-Out (1968)
If you try and take ‘Psych-Out’ seriously you’re making a big mistake. This is Haight-Ashbury presented by Dick Clark after all! But as 60s camp it’s great fun, and dare I say it worth watching more than “real” head movies…
Ace High (1968)
Eli Wallach plays Cacopoulos, a generous bandit who gives away all he steals to those less off than he is. That is, until he steals $300,000 from bounty hunters Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy (Terence Hill and Bud Spencer) who…
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
After the huge success of director Russ Meyer’s VIXEN!, 20th Century-Fox knew that he was a talent to reckon with and hired him for a two-picture deal in 1970. His first film (his only good studio film) was written by…
Boring Movie Boring Audience
Many people mourn the loss of the diverse and interesting modern cinema. Today’s movies are often bland, boring and seem to been a rehash of what has been. I had thought that maybe the problem is Hollywood, but I am…
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
In a Canadian town, men are found dead with both their brains and spinal cords missing. The US army and the local GP Dr Bradley (PETER MADDEN) are baffled as to the cause. The hostile locals believe that the local…
Slave Of The Cannibal God (1978)
Another of the cannibal rage that was popular in the late 70s, early 80s, this one involves a wealthy woman Susan Stevenson (Ursula Andress) who’s husband is reported missing on a large jungle island off the coast of New Guinea….
Phantom from Space (1953)
Early 1950’s man from space movie where in this case, it’s the spaceman thats in trouble not the earthmen and women. A UFO is tracked from Point Barrow Alaska entering the earth’s atmosphere traveling at some 5,000 MPH as it…
Island of Terror (1966)
When on a remote island community a corpse is discovered completely devoid of bone, the local police constable (Sam Kydd) calls in Dr. Landers (Eddie Bryne) who is at a loss to explain. He goes to the mainland to see…
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
When one watches a 50’s space movie, it’s very easy to make fun of how outdated they are. Of course, now that we know how to travel to space it is easy to say it, but in those movies, they…
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
I had the pleasure of viewing yet another odd addition to the zombie horror genre: Hard Rock Zombies. Our movie starts out with some blond chick hitch-hiking on the highway who then gets picked up by 2 guys in a…
Troma acquires Theatre of the Deranged II
Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma has acquired Theatre of the Deranged II, a series of films made by several young and notable horror filmmakers. It’s only fitting that Troma picked it up because these filmmakers are excellent at pushing the limits in…
“CAMPFIRE FRIDAYS” SERIES w/James Cullen Bressack
ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD ANNOUNCES NEW “CAMPFIRE FRIDAYS” SERIES w/ JAMES CULLEN BRESSACK, STARTING October 9th. Arena Cinema, one of Los Angeles’ premiere art house haunts, is proud to announce the launch of “Campfire Fridays,” a brand new monthly event hosted…
From Hell It Came (1957)
In the 1950’s, we had giant bugs, animals and dinosaurs, so it was a matter of time before somebody came up with the idea of a killer tree. Here is the result. On a South Seas island, a man is…
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
Ed Kemmer (EARTH VS THE SPIDER), Morris Ankrum (INVADERS FROM MARS among many others) and Sally Fraser (WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST) are searching a mountain area with the foreboding name of Devil’s Crag in the hopes of finding proof…
Voodoo Island (1957)
“Voodoo Island” was Boris Karloff’s first American film in four years. Nearing his 70th birthday, good parts must have been hard to come by, given that the old Gothic style horror for which he became famous, was now not in…
I Bury the Living (1958)
Occasionally a film achieves remarkable success in spite of its limitations. Such a movie is “I Bury the Living” which greatly exceeds the B-Grade movie standards of its time. This crafty chiller is well scripted, acted and tightly directed by…
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
American-International Pictures found their niche in the film industry by catering to the drive-in markets, where films slanted at teens (and actually starring teenagers playing teens — a radical concept at the time)and exploitation markets proved popular. SAUCERMEN, aimed at…
Mothra (1961)
MOSURA (1961, released in the USA as MOTHRA) is like no other monster movie. It’s colorful. Most of it’s settings are bathed in storybook like colors, has a pleasent, happy ending where the monster lives! A greedy showman/explorer Clark Nelson…
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Director Bert I. Gordon went from making movies about 60 foot giants like “The Amazing Colossal Man” to 6 inch human puppets in “The Attack of the Puppet People” within the space for a year in order to show his…
Wild for Kicks (1960)
Architect Paul Linden has been travelling away in Europe for over three months and returns with new, much younger French wife Nicole in tow. Nicole’s first challenge is Paul’s sixteen year old daughter Jennifer, who is going through a typically…