Penitentiary II (1982)
The second film in Jamaa Fanaka’s trilogy has Too Sweet (Leon Isaac Kennedy) out of prison and living with his sister. He tries getting a new relationship going with a young lady but she’s brutally murdered by the gangster Half…
Teen Lust (1978)
This movie has appeared under a dizzying array of alternative titles (“Police Academy Girls”, “Teen Lust”, “The Girl Next Door”) all in an effort to tie it to bigger-budget and more popular sex comedies like “Porkie’s or “Police Academy”. In…
Journey Into The Beyond (1975)
A minor bad taste classic Journey into the Beyond was one of the first shock documentaries directed by Rolf Olsen, a journeyman director whose work includes everything from violent action movies, sexploitation epics and even children’s films. An apparent investigation…
Truck Turner (1974)
As blackploitation movies go, this is one of the really better ones. Hayes has great screen presence and is in fine form here as a bounty hunter, who you don’t want to push too many of his buttons. I love…
Contamination (1980)
Lewis Coates (Luigi Cozzi to his friends) brings us linguine style “Alien” with Englishman abroad Ian McCulloch star billed but only appearing in the final half of the movie as a banished, drunken former astronaut brought on board a dangerous…
Black Samurai (1977)
“Black Samurai” is one bad movie in the literal sense of the word. Fortunately, its enjoyable to watch because of its sheer ineptness and stupidity. The film features awful and uninspired acting, directing, and writing. When it comes to blaxploitation…
Bizarre (1970)
As the title might just suggest, this is without a doubt one of the weirdest movies I have yet to sit through for review purposes. An obscure, utterly offbeat and indescribable comedy sex film unlike anything else filmed before or…
Redneck Miller (1976)
Beyond obscure, REDNECK MILLER is a fitfully diverting southern-fried potboiler from Charlotte, North Carolina, that has never been released on home video. While not exactly a hidden gem, it nevertheless offers many of the dubious pleasures found in slapdash regional…
Crescendo (1970)
Crescendo is directed by Alan Gibson and written by Alfred Shaughnessy and Jimmy Sangster. It stars Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland. Music is by Malcolm Williamson and cinematography by Paul Beeson. Susan Roberts (Powers)…
The Abductors (1972)
Lets face it some bad movies age better than others. From the wonderfully horrible fashion and hair worn by the leads to décor including shag carpets (that they actually shag on) and chintzy coconuts holding push pins. (in the bank…
[REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
Except the opening few minutes, the rest of the story takes place on a moving ship. Kind of similar to ‘Sector 7’, though both the flicks are entirely different. The ship is used as a laboratory to develop a vaccine…
Slugs (1988)
It’s a monster film’s homage with lots of man-eaters slugs and loads of blood , including revolting , repulsive scenes. This chiller with middling budget packs thrills, chills , some good action , gore , horror and few funny moments….
Getting Off The Movie Studio Highway
The 405 is a highway winding in and out across an assortment of communities of what we commonly call Los Angeles. Often because of the intense traffic issuing facing this town, it resembles an eclectic used car lot with its…
Voodoo Woman (1957)
An uninspired little B-movie, no different from a million others. The only thing which makes this one distinct is the use of a jungle setting, although this is obviously studio bound. The acting is all pretty much standard for a…
The 27th Day (1957)
“The 27th Day”. It’s premise immediately called to mind the plot for the the best film of it’s kind in the genre, “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. However, instead of offering the citizens of Earth an ultimatum as in…
El Topo (1970)
So far I had only seen Jodorowsky’s “Santa Sangre”, but that one happens to be my all-time favorite film! One thing’s for sure with this director whenever you check out one of his films for the first time: you should…
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
20 Million Miles to Earth is written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer’s Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures and directed by Nathan H. Juran. It…
Baron Blood (1972)
Mario Bava’s BARON BLOOD is a fine a tribute to the monster movies of Hollywood’s golden age. So evocative of that period is this film that it takes not even a moment’s thought to mentally recast Boris Karloff as the…
Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
Mario Bava may well be the most influential horror director of all time. His works have admittedly served as inspiration not only among horror directors, but well-regarded auteurs such as Federico Fellini, Tim Burton and David Lynch. He’s basically responsible…
Playgirls of Munich (1977)
Roger Caine and Zebedy Colt are two American telephone repair men in New York. Caine has a book about “Sexual Europe” and reads about the Bavarian ways in Munich. On a repair job in the airfield, they decide to take…