Flesh Feast (1970)
In the 1940s, Veronica Lake made a meteoric rise to film stardom, thanks to her sultry beauty and, her highly exploited “peekaboo” hairstyle. She starred opposite big names like Alan Ladd and Fredric March, scoring screen successes in films like…
Basket Case 2 (1990)
This first sequel to the original “Basket Case” sees the return of Duane (Kevin VanHentenryck, who is in all of the Basket Case movies), and this flick introduces Annie Ross as Granny Ruth, who gives a memorable performance, and returns…
Bombers B-52 (1957)
I am NOT being negative when I say that “Bombers B-52” is a propaganda piece. Not all propaganda is necessarily evil and the film clearly is a giant recruiting film for the US Air Force. It features their new B-52…
Female Fiends (1958)
This film stars Lex Barker, who in 1949 became Tarzan in succession to Johnny Weissmuller and made a succession of Tarzan films. He was very tall, handsome, and impressive, and was in constant demand as a leading man in B…
Santo Versus the Vampire Women (1962)
You haven’t seen fun camp and delightful cheese until you’ve seen an El Santo movie, and his match with a bunch of beautiful vampire ladies is probably his best. Since Lucha Libre (Wrestling) is very popular south of the border,…
Lucky Day (2019)
This was a fun movie and the acting was great. Yes, there was some weird unnecessary attachment to pulp fiction (25 years later!) but I’m pretty sure that was intentional. I can tell Roger Avery was almost doing an homage…
Voices From The Past: Lessons Fron The Movie Pioneers
Hollywood has changed and has changed drastically. One could actually say that it has ceased to exist. All they are now is an arm of an eight-limbed creature owned by a media conglomerate. Most of them have had schooling in…
The Throne of Fire (1983)
Peter McCoy (Pietro Torrisi) who also starred in the similarly themed Sword Of The Barbarians and The Invincible Barbarian appears here in this tale of swords, sorcery and ominous prognostication. In it he plays Siegfried, a mightily muscled hero who…
The Haunting (1963)
There is no blood, there is no slashing, today this would be rated “G.” But, this is the scariest movie, ever. Every time I watch this masterpiece (and I have watched it over 50 times), I see or hear something…
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann’s collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. The plots of the various…
Thunder in Carolina (1960)
After completing the run of his television western series The Texan and before departing to Europe looking for work Rory Calhoun did this independent picture in North Carolina concerning stock car racing. I’m wondering if when he read the script…
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Fascist kingpins scheme in an office decorated with a futuristic knockoff of “Guernica.” Gladiators clash in souped-up sedans, then get hookers dispensed by cyborgs styled like female clowns. A Dr. Evil-like chrome-dome bad guy gets his eyeballs pulled out by…
18 Weapons of Kung Fu (1977)
This film’s title would lead one to believe that the movie is full of great weapons-based fight scenes in true martial arts movie style. Not quite. Sure, there are some (excellent) weapon-fighting sequences early in the movie, but they are…
American Airness
Air guitar competitions began shortly after the first guitar was made back in the early 16th century. After working long days in the fields, peasants would gather in arenas and compete to be crowned air guitar gladiator (not really, but…
Saint (2010)
I must say that it was with some excitement that I sat down to watch “Saint”, because the cover looked so cool, and what I had read about the movie seemed promising as well. The whole twisted concept about Saint…
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
This killer Santa movie got quite the infamous reputation upon its release due to excessive violence. The film differs from a lot of slasher films in that it spends half of its running time showing the back story of the…
Mrs. Claus (2018)
I was fortunate enough to catch a screening of this at a film festival (under the title Stirring) and I was really surprised by how much fun it was. Obviously shot with a low-budget, Mrs. Claus doesn’t let that get…
Krampus (2015)
Christmas usually a time of cheerfulness and presents thanks to the jolly Santa is flipped upside down when Krampus comes to town. The events follow an obnoxious family, who are crude in their comedy, and have poor decision making. Funny…
Rare Exports (2010)
This was an excellent little Christmas horror film but good enough for older kids above 13 to watch. Its not gory as this is one of those less is more type of films but it is quite creepy. Bizarelly, there…
Black Christmas (1974)
“Black Christmas” is truly a forgotten gem. Even though the producers intended the film for cinema, “Black Christmas” has the look and feel of its precursors, the made-for-television gothic suspense thrillers between 1969 and early 1974. This four year period…