The Woman Eater (1958)
There is something strangely appealing about this low-budget, nearly forgotten British horror film from 1957. It made the US rounds on the B side of horror double features in the late 50s and then pretty much dropped out of sight….
Savage Bees (1976)
One of the first “Killer Bee” movies to come out in the late 1970’s “The Savage Bees” starts out with this Brazilian banana boat, the Cornila Rios, limping into New Orleans Harbor with everyone on deck being either missing or…
The Power (1968)
This film was beautifully directed by camera whiz Byron Haskin, and it has a fine literate script, one of the best supporting casts ever assembled for a sci-fi movie and very good production values. The question is why the critics…
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
Blood Sucking Freaks is often considered an exploitation classic, and is one of the select few Troma films to receive a reputation anything like that. It’s not hard to see why this film is so well revered among fans of…
The Last Days of Man on Earth (1973)
This is one of those spectacular misfires; Fuest has taken Moorcock’s splendid book and cut everything down to the bone so much that what remains is only the irrelevant sci-fi plot that was basically a throwaway excuse to hang all…
The Lost Empire (1984)
Prolific and dependable B level filmmaker Jim Wynorski had started out working for Roger Corman, and began his respectable directing career with this exploitation epic that he wrote, produced, and directed. All the hallmarks of his work are present and…
Deathstalker 2 (1987)
Yeah, this is a sequel with nothing to do with the first one, and yeah, it’s no Conan, but it doesn’t try to be. Just remember who the writer/director is (the esteemed Jim Wynorski), take your mind off the hook,…
Monster Hunter (1981)
‘Absurd’ is Joe D’Amato’s follow-up to the notorious ‘Antropophagus’ and it often referred to as its sequel. However, apart from the same director and having the looming George Eastman once again wandering around killing people, there is very little similarity…
V/H/S/ 2 (2013)
Gory sequel to the 2012 film has a pair of investigators breaking into an apartment where they find an assortment of videotapes. The first story involves a man who receives a mechanical eye transplant that soon allows him to see…
Damnation Alley (1977)
I’ve long had an interest in exploring those halcyon days of science fiction film-making, before Star Wars and its ilk took over the genre almost completely, ending the wonderful decade before with its intelligent characters, thought-provoking story lines, and emphasis…
Omega Syndrome (1986)
When transporting a prisoner who says “Maaaannnnn” after every sentence goes awry, it opens the floodgates for a gang of baddies in a wood-paneled station wagon to go on the loose in the L.A. area. Meanwhile, washed-up drunken newspaper reporter,…
Evilspeak (1981)
An army cadet is bullied by four other students and some authority figures. One day he is sent to clean the old church basement as a punishment and, while there, he finds a secret room which contains an ancient Satanic…
Shogun Assassin (1980)
This is one of these long forgotten obscure films that was very popular amongst my peers back in the day . . My peers were of course schoolboys in their early teens and when you’re that age a film’s quality…
Cat O’Nine Tails : A Review By Abigail Braunsdorf
The Cat o’ Nine Tails Written and Directed by Dario Argento from a story by Argento, Luigi Collo and Dardano Sacchetti Starring James Franciscus (Carlo Giordani), Karl Malden (Franco “Cookie” Arno), and Catherine Spaak (Anna Terzi) In Dario Argento’s second…
Muddy Waters, Muddy Future: The Decline Of B Movies
In American Graffiti, probably the truest film about being young and American in the last moments of innocence, one of lead character John Milner laments the demise of rock and roll after the death of Buddy Holly. Carol: [John turns…
El Topo (1970)
It’s a violent, brutal, to some confusing, but fascinating and ultimately a brilliant allegorical film. It was the first of the midnight cult films. Unrelenting at times. There are several characters and situations the protagonist experiences. Each of these characters…
The Ninja Wars (1982)
Set in the Japan of the past, Ninja Wars tells the tale of Jotaro (Sanada) and Kagaribi (Watanabe) – two lovers whose lives are violently interrupted by the evil Lord Danjo (Nakao). Because of what he’s been told, he believes…
Asylum (1972)
Guided by a genuine musical score, a young doctor is driving towards an asylum for the `incurably insane’…This is the fourth horror omnibus by the specialist production company Amicus. `Asylum’ is determined and effective horror, done without too much humor…
The House on Skull Mountain (1974)
Relatives are sent a letter, an invite to come to the Southern mansion, on the outskirts of Atlanta, of a voodoo priestess, who has died, expecting them to ward off an evil they do not know. Each person, the foxy…
Crime Zone (1989)
An agreeably stark and rough post-apocalyptic little Sci-fi b-grade film by Roger Corman’s Concorde productions, which depicts a neon-glazed future where citizens are put into categories as they carry out daily routines, are run by strict rules (like state-sanctioned sexual…