Sacrifice! (1972)
Umberto Lenzi’s “Paese Del Sesso Selvaggio” (aka “Deep River Savages”/”The Man From Deep River”) of 1972 is THE pioneering Italian Cannibal flick, and yet it is not necessarily a typical example for the sub-genre. While this may still be extremely…
Stuck on You! (1982)
This low budget “B” romance comedy is crude but it has moments of brilliance. The real find here is Mark Mikulski, a big brawny guy with a handsome boyish face playing a very dumb cluck who works in agribusiness…that is…
Deadly Stranger (1988)
John Vernon loved to work! In 1988 alone, he appeared in 7 films. This was not unusual for him. Therefore, it’s not that surprising to find him in this turkey. It didn’t hurt his career one bit. He’s always a…
A Tale of Two Coreys – Review
A Tale of Two Coreys and takes you behind closed doors with two of the eighties top Bop Magazine cover heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. It follows them from working together on their first movie through the highs and…
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Rumor has it Martin Scorsese showed this film, his second, to John Cassavetes, who labeled the movie “sh*t” and suggested Marty work on more personal projects in the future. This advice prompted Scorsese to direct Mean Streets, the first of…
The Power of Small
One Saturday while my mother was visiting her father in hospital, my Dad took myself and my siblings to see a performance of clowns which was to take place close to the hospitals. Being in the early 70’s it was…
Cinderella 2000 (1977)
Life in some future fascist or near fascist state which severely restricts personal freedoms is a recurrent theme both in modern literature and for film makers. Such works post us warnings about undesirable trends in our society to watch out…
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Like Plan Nine From Outer Space (which is only slightly worse), Wild Wild Planet is an absolute must-see if only for the unintentional laughs and the I-Can’t-Believe-This-Got-Released reaction. The “City of the Future” set is so obviously a model that…
Spaced Out (1979)
Spaced Out is a British sex comedy directed by Norman J. Warren, better known for his cult horror movies. As with most of Warren’s films, the cast is very small and the film is shot primarily on one set, in…
Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
Mota arrives on Earth from Mars, and takes into confidence manufacturer Bryant (a one time Nazi sympathizer) to launch a wave of destruction that will overwhelm Earth and put the planet under a Martian supreme dictator. Aerial patrolman Kent Fowler…
Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
“Spawn of the Slithis” takes place in Venice, California, where a slimy monster born of nuclear leakage and contaminated mud goes on a murderous rampage. The hero determined to solve the gruesome killings is a journalism teacher and wannabe journalist…
Xtro (1982)
After being abducted by aliens three years earlier Sam (Phillip Sayer) returns to earth and reunites himself with his wife Rachel (Bernice Stegers) and son Tony (Simon Nash). While Sam was away Rachel moved on with her life and started…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
The highlights of the film and worth far more than the price of admission are the scenes in which Robert Clarke first breaks the time barrier up in space (in physics, this sounds like what is currently referred to as…
Battle Beyond The Stars (1980)
John Sayles was asked by Roger Corman to adapt The Seven Samurai into a sci fi picture and the result is this delightfully inventive tongue-in-cheek romp. What is most enjoyable to me about the film is the fact that every…
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Cinema, once in a while, can provide frustrations of the highest order. You watch with interest, only to have your train of thought switched elsewhere by a film that steers you off course. You are perplexed, through missing something, but…
Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
This was one of those films that got a ton of play on the airwaves in the early 1970’s, usually on the “4am Movie” or one time, on the 7:30 PM “Channel 6 Big Movie” and still another on Creature…
When Worlds Collide (1951)
This is an often overlooked sci-fi movie from the 50s–being not nearly as famous as the excellent Day the Earth Stood Still or Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Despite this, it is still one of the best ones of its…
Sharktopus (2010)
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…
Forbidden Jungle (1950)
White, aren’t they all, big game hunter Tom Bruton,Don Harvey, is on a mission or job to track down and find the grandson of a multi millionaire back in the states-USA-who’s been missing in the African jungles since his parents…
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The basic plot: A Canadian nurse arrives at the isle of St. Sebastian to take care of a plantation owners mentally entranced and disturbed wife, but once she get’s there, she learns more than she should about the family secrets,…