Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
This movie was yet another follow-up to the hit Roger Corman quickie The Student Nurses and went along similar lines, but had a completely different cast and no story carry-over. Instead of young professionals trying to succeed amid the temptations…
Making America Fall In Love With Movies…Again
It is the summer of 1979. I am sitting in a line in front of the Grand Theater. The Grand was a twin theater. The lower theater held 650 seats, and the upper 400 seats. It was built at the…
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
Context is everything for this type of film. This is a 1970’s era Devil Worship film, which is a genre quite apart from other horror movies. The American public was in something of a ‘Satanic-Panic’ in the ’70’s, what with…
Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
This third Re-Animator movie delivered what any fan of the series would expect. The formerly dead jitterbug about after receiving a dose of reagent from Herbert West. West again has a love stricken assistant. West’s assistant is again in a…
Spiders 3D (2013)
As a person who always had a love for monster movies, and spiders in particular, then it was a thrill to stumble across this movie. Initially I had feared that it would have been much worse than it actually turned…
Las luchadoras vs el robot asesino (1969)
I saw an undubbed/non-subtitled version of this René Cardona wrestling flick, so naturally my judgment is kind of clouded. It’s very similiar to the director’s former Night Of The Bloody Apes, although there is very little gore and nudity. The…
Tam Lin (1970)
Based on an old Scottish folktale about a young man (Tamlin) enamored of a fairy queen, the film’s tagline “She drained them of their manhood…and then of their lives!” naturally created certain expectations. Even after all these years, I still…
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
This movie is a great Shaw Bros. pic, except I liked the remake Fists of the White Lotus a bit better. Still they’re both great, especially Master White Brows aka Pai Mai and Lau Kar Leung’s intense choreography. This movie…
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
8 Reasons to Watch “8 Diagram Pole Fighter” Whether it would be your first time or 36th viewing, here are 8 reasons why you should watch, in my opinion, the greatest kung-fu movie of all time. 1) Liu-Chi-Liang/Lau Kar Leung…
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Five fingers of death: Although previous Shaw Martial Arts epics had shown the influence of the American cowboy genre, none had paid such open tribute to it as this one, especially in the saloon fight scene. And though Shaw Bros….
Terror Circus (1974)
The woefully underrated Andrew Prine struts through this lousy but shamefully likable mess with a casual and unaffected “yeah, but at least I’m working” charisma. In BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD aka NIGHTMARE CIRCUS, he portrays a mother-fixated psychotic who…
Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
Such a paradox can be found in the film BLAZING STEWARDESSES. Even though this picture has low ratings, there is still much to be gained if one enjoys shotty B movies such as this. From the director’s note at the…
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
Ray Harryhausen was busy on another project when this film was made, so other animators had to be hired. While the dinosaurs in this follow-up to ‘One Million Years BC’ are excellent, the film sadly leaves a lot to be…
Black Devil Doll (2007)
It’s all in good fun… Right? No, I don’t believe it is. What would be the fun in that, anyway? I don’t care who you think you are. I don’t care if you think Combat Shock was hilarious. This new…
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Sleepaway Camp II is a great horror sequel, not only does it manage to equal the demented original, but in many areas, it actually improves upon the 1983 masterpiece. Angela is back, this time at Camp Rolling Hills and posing…
A Tales Of Two Theaters
The intent in writing this weekly article is to prompt theater goers and theater owners to realize that we are in a deep season of change. My intent is not to scare or to depress…but to suggest that we all…
Cold Ground (2017)
Here we have a movie that so desperately wants to be something akin to Blair Witch you can almost taste it. What you get instead is an interminably dull movie that mostly consists of shots of scenery and the backs…
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991)
During the pre-war era of Berlin in 1941, the Nazi regime is working at creating a drug which will reanimate the dead. Their intent is to use the serum on fallen soldiers in order to render their army invincible. After…
SCRAWL and LANDING LAKE
A couple worthy horror films coming soon are Scrawl and Landing Lake. Scrawl won several awards when it ran the festival circuit and was nominated for many more. Released by Wild Eye Releasing, Scrawl is available on TVOD and is…
Shaft in Africa (1973)
This violent Shaft (Richard Roundtree) entry begins when he’s obligated by threats to pull off a dangerous mission . He must go undercover to Ethiopia . In Addis Abeba , Shaft assumes the identity a native , as he’s accompanied…