Horror Island (1941)
Old dark house comedy thriller from Universal with a nice cast of eclectic characters. Dick Foran plays a financially-strapped boat captain who comes up with a phony treasure hunt scam. He takes a group of suckers out to Morgan’s Island…
The Invisible Ray (1936)
The Invisible Ray is an exciting story about an overworked scientist who works effortlessly in his Carpathian castle looking for secrets of the universe. Boris Karloff plays the scientist Janos Ruhk who travels with a band of other scientists to…
James Gunn: A Statement
I have met James Gunn, James Gunn in the past has been very gracious and graced me with his assistance. I am also proud to call independent film giant, Lloyd Kaufman a friend. I have been to his home, commiserated…
4.9/10 947 Red Planet Mars (1952)
Peter Graves plays a scientist in San Diego, California who receives messages from Mars on his radio transmitter (sneakily intercepted by the Russians); initially, the decoded Martian messages about prolonged life and their unnecessary need for industrial mechanics throw America’s…
At the Earth’s Core (1976)
Dr. Abner Perry (Peter Cushing) is a Victorian era scientist who is about to take his revolutionary vehicle, capable of boring through the Earth, on its maiden voyage. Accompanying him is former student turned businessman David Innes (Doug McClure). The…
Hey Hollywood ……You Stink
1965 was an transformative year for me. It is the year that my love affair with the movies began. Movies are amazing. They capture dreams, embrace emotions, and interpret an often strange world to us. The first movie I saw…
Self Defense (1983)
A gritty little early-80s exploitation film from Canada, Siege captures the look and feel of similar movies of the day (Assault on Precinct 13, The Warriors, Death Wish 3), but ultimately fails to capitalise on its interesting premise. The movie…
Summer with Monika (1953)
Sommaren med Monika, often translated as Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl, but directly it is Summer with Monika, I prefer the latter. Summer with Monika is Ingmar Bergman’s early masterful classic. It’s European modernism and as many of…
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1976)
Broken and beaten to the point of no return, a sadistic plantation owner pushes his slaves to the point of rebellion.Al Adamson (Brain of Blood, Satan’s Sadists, Blood of Dracula’s Castle) released his version of Uncle Toms Cabin to cinemas…
Eat ‘Em Alive (1933)
Eat ‘Em Alive is an exploitational “outdoor” film about natural predators and their helpless prey. The audience is almost immediately regaled by a lengthy scene in which one rattlesnake swallows another. Soon thereafter, a centipede makes a meal of a…
The Hungry Earth (2010)
I was looking forward to this episode but did have some trepidation for it . Doctor Who And The Silurians from 1970 ( Check out my review of it ) is in my opinion the greatest story from the classic…
Wild Weed (1949)
Government “warning” film in the same vein as Reefer Madness works on the same camp level and has a somewhat historic Hollywood twist. Anne Lester (Lila Leeds) is a hard working good girl until she takes a hit of marijuana…
Karamoja (1955)
An American dentist on an African tour films this interesting documentary that acts as a view into the life of the primitive cultures of people living there. As with most mondo films, there is some potentially graphic and violent footage,…
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
There’s no doubting this is a very bad film by anyone’s standards, but it isn’t without some entertainment value. Bruce Dern – clearly on his uppers back in ’71 – takes on the mad scientist role with such laid-back indifference…
Devils of Darkness (1965)
Devils of Darkness has a promising sounding title, it’s British and it has the typical 60’s gothic theme. Yet, it quickly got ignored over the years and it’s rarely ever mentioned. Probably because it wasn’t made by either of the…
Gun Girls (1957)
“Gun Girls” is a pretty sorry entry in the 50’s juvenile delinquent potboiler parade. The story is pretty typical: teens girls ignore their probation officer’s advice and pull burglaries and robberies, until they get in too far over their heads,…
Hitler (1962)
Portraying Hitler as being in a virtually perpetually hysterical state, as this film does, is contrary to any historical reality. There are two interesting omissions in it. First, there is no mention, as far as I could ascertain, of what…
The Hooked Generation (1968)
“The Hooked Generation” derives most of its entertainment value mainly from being a hilarious, off the wall relic of its era. It’s not exactly quality filmmaking; Hell, it’s far from it, but it’s a hoot just the same. It’s definitely…
The Battle Of The Five Armies:The Streaming Wars Begins
In the Mid West summer has descended with a blistering force. With Americans facing soaring temperatures as well as a tsunami of humidity, many of us look towards the air conditioned sanctuary and reliability of a movie theater in order…
LSD Flesh of Devil (1967)
The film opens with a nasty scene: a young boy uses his toy car to blow up two men and a blowgun to murder a third. This killer kid is none other than Rex Miller who professes to want to…