Possession (1981)
Surely other Zulawski movies like “La femme publique” and “L’important c’est d’aimer” have dark, disturbing moments, too, but “Possession” must be the most terrifying of them all. It all begins perfectly normal, like something that could happen every day, anywhere…
Pink Flamingoes (1972)
Babs Johnson (Divine) lives in a trailer with her son Crackers, her daughter Cotton and her mother Edie (Edie Massey). She’s in competition with a couple named Connie and Raymond Marbles (Mink Stole, David Lochary) to be named the filthiest…
Shocker (1989)
This is better than expected. Wes Craven tries to create another boogeyman in the character of Horace Pinker. Pinker is a serial killer who studies voodoo and kills entire families in their sleep. A young college football player named Jon…
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Not a bad variation of THE MYSTERIANS crossed with BRAVE NEW WORLD with little WESTWORLD tossed in. I have to say the sets were pretty darn impressive in design for such a low low budget. How many indies have we…
Mausoleum (1983)
The Nomad family is cursed. Every first daughter of a new generation is damned to be possessed by a demon that really wants to raise hell. Orphan Susan is sent to live with her overbearing Aunt after the deaths of…
I guerrieri dell’anno 2072 (1984)
A very entertaining science fiction flick with motorcycles, Fred Williamson and theological discussion about the source of evil… who can ask for more? the film even portrays Nietzsche’s saying that god is dead, in a very entertaining way. Who can…
Road Games (1981)
Stacy Keach plays a truck driver, he and his best friend, a dingo, are taking meat to Perth, along the way he wonders about other drivers and their life, a way to keep himself distracted. A suspicious green van catches…
Space Master X-7 (1958)
Better than it had a right to be! The premise was good, the screenplay was good, even the acting and direction were good. When I was in grammar school, the film was re-released about 1960 and several of my schoolmates…
Phobia (1980)
The late, great John Huston apparently went on a bender and woke up in Canada where they plopped him in the director’s chair to helm a tax-shelter “psychological” horror flick remarkably similar to “Schizoid”, a slightly better Klaus Kinski vehicle…
Got Game: Streaming, Gaming and Movie Theaters
As Netflix wrote in its Q4 quarterly letter, “Our focus is not on Disney+, Amazon or others, but on how we can improve our experience for our members.” So, where does its strongest challenge actually comes from? “We compete with…
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…
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
First of all: PLEASE don’t let the misleading, rather silly sounding title discourage you! I walked with a Zombie is another brilliant result of the collaborations between producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur. Released one year after the simply…
Stormy Sun (1973)
In the 1970s, Shaw Bros. kung fu films were notable for their lavish production values and action staged amidst standing period backdrops on studio backlots or large, elaborate sets built on studio soundstages. Rival studio Golden Harvest, lacking such facilities,…
Spasmo (1974)
Umberto Lenzi is still playing the old school giallo hand here, which means less stabbing and more psychological games, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t found new ways of presenting it. He spends the first hour of the film plunging…
Honeymoon Horror (1982)
At a newly re-opened honeymoon lodge “Lovers Island” someone is stalking and killing the female newlyweds. Decent if completely unmemorable slasher. The idea is fine, a killer lurking in the shadows killing the women on a remote island, but there…
Bloodsong (1973)
Albino, although made in 1976, works as an action film set in the present day. This movie is basically about conflict between those who enforce the law and those who break it to terrorize others. This conflict is the key,…
Blood Song (1982)
Bloodsong (a.k.a. Dream Slayer) is a rare and almost totally forgotten horror trash flick made during the 1980s’ boom of slasher films. Don’t get me wrong, though. I say trash in a good way; defining the genre rather than the…
Mutant Hunt (1987)
Some evil woman is in this battle with some evil guy. Why? I don’t know. This battle involves mutants/cyborgs. Why? I don’t know. A foursome of heroes meet up with each other in hopes to disband the evil mutant army….
Slaughter (1972)
After his parents are killed by the mob, a former Green Beret (Jim Brown) joins forces with “The Man” to get his revenge. An enjoyable Blaxploitation film that’s not without its share of flaws. Obviously, NFL great Jim Brown’s acting…
Samson vs. the Vampires (1961)
This is a late night trash-o-rama joy. Its about a vampire that steals woman and Goliath who goes to get them back. This is one of those so goofy its great movies that hooks you and makes you watch all…