Amuck (1972)
‘m a big fan of the Italian thriller, commonly known as ‘Giallo’, but I’ve found that truly great ones aren’t that common, which makes it all the more sweet when you do find that illusive masterpiece – and that is…
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
1990: The Bronx Warriors. Just look at the title, first of all. The movie is from 1982, and it’s about *eight years in the future* where Bronx is a total wasteland, there’s a “Manhattan Corporation” that runs things by not-so-shady…
Galaxina (1980)
In the 31st century the wacky crew of the police cruiser the Infinity — zany Captain Cornelius Butt (a delightfully daffy Avery Schreiber), macho, cigar-chewing Sergeant Thor (solid Stepen Macht), gung-ho cowboy pilot Buzz (affable James David Hinton), sexy servant…
Evil Spawn (1987)
The original EVIL SPAWN was completed and released in the halcyon days of video, when just about anything that was made could find its way onto product hungry rental shelves and turn a profit for all involved. It is an…
Killer Workout (1987)
Widely hated by moviegoers and horror fanatics alike, the years have given this cheesy slasher film a certain charm. While it’s obviously hampered by the low budget (it’s one of those films where the producer/director/actor are all the same person),…
Let’s Buy A Movie Circuit And Other Wacky Ideas…..
I have some very good long-term friends in the exhibition business. These are people who guide a lot of my thinking and shape my opinion regarding the state and direction of this business. I find that the exhibitors who have…
Jungle Raiders (1985)
I’ve got to say that the first 20 minutes of this film are admittedly excellent and show director Margheriti on top form. In a nut shell, Christopher Connelly plays the strangely named Captain Yankie who is running an amusing scam…
Vengeance Squad (1986)
Competing groups of Filipino “rebels” and foreign mercenaries are hired by Kewpie heiress “Mrs Robertson” (played with supreme indifference by Scandinavian expat Kristine Erlandson) to track down her husband’s killer. Told via flashback, the holidaying couple are kidnapped by so-called…
Underworld Informers (1963)
THE INFORMERS is a top-tier British crime drama that takes a straightforward plot about a group of bank robbers and invests it with depth, deep characterisation, and at times an epic kind of feel. These heist stories were ten-a-penny during…
Wild for Kicks (1960)
Beat Girl goes where few American JD’s films dare to go. It comments on the nature of revolt, the need for revolt and the reasons for revolt. In one scene, when “the gang” are hanging out in a cave-like nightclub,…
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Carol Reed’s “An Outcast Of The Islands” is generally conceded to be the finest film ever made of Joseph Conrad’s tales. To be fair “Nostromo”, “Under Western Eyes”, and “Chance” never have been filmed. Hitchcock’s “Sabotage” (based on “The Secret…
The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
Herschell Gordon Lewis’ movies are an acquired taste, and ‘The Gore Gore Girls’ is a perfect example of this. Many people find the combination of silly humour with extreme gore shots involving the torture and murder of women difficult to…
Manborg (2011)
This film has a quality which allows you to transcend the usual role of audience, and makes you feel like you are with friends, albeit very weird (possibly deranged) friends who have a green screen. Based on those brilliant b-movies…
The Evictors (1979)
In 1942, Ben and Ruth Watkins have just moved into an old Louisiana farmhouse. It’s a beautiful place, but they soon learn of it’s morbid past. Apparently, the previous few tenants all died in ways that raise suspicion. This doesn’t…
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Of all the great ape films, this one made by the same folks that brought us King Kong and Son of Kong has to be the most charming. The story is simple enough about a young girl that raises a…
I Got the Hook Up (1998)
Black and Blue are two street hustlers who run a ghetto superstore. When they take delivery of a load of mobile phones they think they have it made and start selling them like hot cakes. However when their phones interfere…
Bikini Beach (1964)
One tends to regard all the Frankie and Annette beach movies as interchangeable, but current viewers should find a lot more substance in “Bikini Beach” (1964) than in the others. And not just because the film holds up reasonably well…
The Dead Lands (2014)
The Dead Lands offers myriad of tribal warrior codes, brutal combat and near mythical depiction of ancient culture. Though it may set in archaic time, the visual is crisp and portraying the natural landscape with elegance. Clash of flesh and…
The Last Chase (1981)
In a fuel-starved future, the totalitarian government has just impounded all private vehicles. Twenty years ago, the world was ravaged by a mysterious disease. Race car driver Franklyn Hart (Lee Majors) lost his family during the epidemic. Hart is now…
Hammer (1972)
Hammer is former NHL star Fred Williamson’s first blaxploitation film. Hard to believe that Blaxploitation gave more former black athletes work than Dancing with the Stars! Williamson plays Hammer a decent guy, a dock worker in LA who gets into…