Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
It does not seem possible that the first Dead Snow could be equaled in brilliance let alone surpassed. Yet, the film’s genuinely gifted director has done just that and Mr. Wirkola has created a film that reaches to the very…
Eye Of The Evil Dead (1982)
Lucio Fulci’s MANHATTAN BABY isn’t a great movie. As is often the case with Fulci’s pictures, the acting is wooden and the pace a little slow. But Fulci chooses this time around to de-emphasize the over-the-top gore for which he…
The Gift That Keeps On Giving:Market Diversity
I mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket, boy, and that thing blows up you’ve got a real problem. Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer of The Pirates Of The Caribbean series, and a few other films Right now…
Lord of Illusions (1995)
The story is about this religious cult whos leader Nix promises his followers eternal life. Swann, an ex member of the cult, gets cold feet and decides he wants out of the cult of freaky people and decides to eliminate…
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Actuality there are actually two B movies in one here: A pretty taught little SNEAKERS/WARGAMES ripoff about a nuclear war triggered by “accident” after Lybians hijack a shipment of cruise missiles and shoot one into Russia. It doesn’t detonate but…
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
“Alice, Sweet Alice” (aka “Communion”), is an excellent horror film. It was years before “Halloween” and “Friday the 13th”, and for some reason this movie stuck with me. I saw it years ago, and just re-rented it recently, and found…
The Awakening (1980)
A veteran archaeologist(Charlton Heston) in Valley of Kings, Egypt, discovers the coffin of a nasty queen ( Hatsetsupt ?) but open the tomb , the mummy’s spirit is transfered to his baby daughter (one time grown-up is played by Stephanie…
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Finland isn’t known for it’s film exports, so here truly is a ‘Rare Export’ but should we return it? It’s not exactly in the spirit of Christmas is it? This film is rather a prequel to two short films that…
The Hellcats (1968)
Budget Steve McQueen (AKA Ross Hagen, of “Sidehackers” fame) romps his way through this tour de force as an undercover agent infiltrating a motorcycle gang in the hopes of avenging his brother’s murder. And the very fact I could glean…
Nam’s Angels (1970)
William Smith is my all time favorite B-Movie actor- a truly talented individual whose list of lifelong accomplishments is extraordinary. He single handedly made movies like “The Losers” watchable and even enjoyable if you don’t take them too seriously. The…
The Dirt Gang (1972)
“God help the fuzz that flashes a badge on…THE DIRT GANG”, yelled the ad mat, which depicted a motorcycle gang member on a motocross bike roaring over the screaming head of a highway patrolman. Unfortunately, the “fuzz” who flashed a…
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Newman once distinguished himself, from Dean by citing the latter’s “lost little boy’s point of view,” but that is precisely Newman’s interpretation of Billy the Kid… An uneducated, confused, neurotic adolescent, his Billy has more in common with a fifties…
Five Fingers Of Death (1972)
This is truly a kung fu classic. This film appears to have influenced martial arts films for decades. The Spanish guitar background music, the competing schools, the impossibly high leaps onto the edges of rooftops, catching thrown spears, cheating in…
Black Christmas (1974)
Released and ignored in 1973, “Black Christmas” became a forgotten classic. The Canadian shocker was eventually re-released as “Silent Night, Evil Sight” in order to avoid confusion with the blaxploitation films of the time, but it bombed once again. In…
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1961)
If a name like ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’ doesn’t ring off “worst movie ever” warning bells in your head, I don’t know what will. This is pure schlock, start to finish. The plot? Well, the kids on Mars are…
Santa Claus Versus The Devil (1959)
Every once and again, a producer takes a simple, appealing little idea and runs amok with it. The middle-1970s were largely the official stumbling block for “childrens movies” designed to offer gentle, non-hip entertainment. Now, even Disney-produced films can have…
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
A young boy named Billy is warned by his creepy grandpa that Santa Claus punishes those who are naughty. That night he sees a killer dressed in a Santa suit murder his parents. Needless to say, he doesn’t grow up…
Back from the Dead (1957)
“Back from the Dead” (1957) has Marsha Hunt visiting her pregnant sister, Peggie Castle, who is married to Arthur Franz. He lost his first wife “Felicia” a year ago when she fell from a cliff. A cult of Satanists is…
Luana, the Girl Tarzan (1968)
An expedition travels across the African jungle in search for a plane which crashed many years ago. Leader of the expedition is George, played by Dutch actor Glenn Saxson (best known for “Django Shoots First”). He was once saved in…
Outlaw Women (1952)
Barely feasible story about outlaws robbing a bank shipment is stretched past the point of interest by film’s end. Some interest may be generated, though, by the film’s unusual setting — a frontier town owned and governed by women. Their…