Destination Inner Space (1966)
Watching this film always reminds me of the much superior “The Thing (from Another World)”, the wonderful 1951 Howard Hawks movie about an alien terrorizing an Arctic base. Here, the setting is an underwater research lab, staffed by naive scientists…
The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
Like with Sadko/The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and Ilya Muromets/The Sword and the Dragon, Sampo (or The Day the Earth Froze for its American version) is an Aleksandr Ptushko film spoilt by bad dubbing that wasn’t even necessary in the…
The Day It Came to Earth (1977)
This is pretty definitive of the campy science fiction movies that are just meant to be fun. In accordance with the campy aura, the film’s main focus are a group of teenagers who hang out together, and whose camaraderie is…
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
The local used for the film fits exactly. First of all, I loved the production quality, atmosphere and locale. The acting was first class and shows Jodie’s soon to blossom strong talents. Martin Sheen probably won’t be happy to see…
Eyeball (1975)
A police inspector attempts to discover the identity of a vicious murderer (‘modus-operandi’: stab the victim, and then gouge out the left eyeball) who has been picking off the members of a Spanish sightseeing tour. With only seven days to…
Bad Taste (1987)
Before Peter Jackson went on to huge success with A-list Hollywood films he was quite the horror film director (just watch Dead Alive!) and this ultra low-budget flick was his cinematic debut. A half-baked group of ‘agents’ must save the…
Dead End (2003)
Dead End is an excellent example of what you can do on a low budget with a small cast and just a few locations. Mystery and horror are perfect genres to excel under these conditions, and the filmmakers here take…
Redneck Miller (1976)
DJ Miller is a Schlitz-swilling, hard-living early morning country music disc jockey in the Southern U.S. His motorcycle, a one-of-a-kind “chopper,” is stolen by someone and used to steal a shipment of drugs from Supermac, a blaxploitation refugee usually aided…
Dark Ride (2006)
“Dark Ride” is a weirdly entertaining little slasher film heavily reminiscent of Tobe Hooper’s “The Funhouse”. The story follows a group of college friends who decide to go on a trip during spring break. While driving through New Jersey late…
The Executioner (1970)
Sam Wanamaker did a very good job of directing this excellent Cold War spy drama, back in the days when no one imagined the Cold War would ever end. The story is essentially British, so the excuse for using the…
Drum (1976)
People seem to miss the point of certain movies on many occasions, forgetting that there isn’t just one kind of film or method to express ideas in the form of storytelling. Drum is a film that many have labeled as…
Atlas Against the Czar (1964)
A most cruel czar is ruling over in Russia around the time of Ivan the Terrible. He’s like all rulers greedy for riches and he sends an expedition into the Urals where it’s reputed there’s an ancient civilization that ruled…
Hollywood Shrinks
I *am* big. It’s the *pictures* that got small. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard Last Friday a remake of Mike Nichol’s Catch 22 premiered on Hulu. This OTT presentation stars George Clooney. It also star Hugh Laurie and Christopher Abbott. There…
Evil Eye (1963)
It’s no wonder so many novels by Vladimir Nabokov were made into movies. After all, we are talking about the man who once said: “If you don’t admire all the colours when you are outside, there is no point in…
Virgin Witch (1972)
The difference between a British sleaze film of the 1970s and an American sleaze film of the 1970s is that the British film is well acted and features interesting locations. “Virgin Witch,” quite possibly the quintessential sleaze film of the…
Yes this world has been overtaken by the apocalypse of zombie apocalypse movies and series. Most are entertaining and that includes the new zombie comedy horror series Bunkheads which is currently available on Amazon Prime. A group of four lovable…
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
As almost always was the case with Hammer, this is a rather studiobound, but still lavish-looking movie (shot by the always reliable Arthur Grant who had almost a midas-touch when it came to cinematography), despite it’s low budget. You also…
The Cosmic Man (1959)
Although the idea for the story is completely ripped off from The Day The Earth Stood Still and the production values are practically opaque in this film, The Cosmic Man has a nice story to tell with a good cast…
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Hammer Horror’s sequel to their initial success, ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’ features more of that campy style and extreme inventiveness that made the first one such a delight. The original outing almost followed the original story (with a few changes),…
Savage Dawn (1985)
Ben Stryker an ex-green beret stops off at a little town called Agua Dolee to visit an old friend Tick Rand. Soon after riding into town on his Suzuki and settling in. A motorcycle gang known as ‘The Savages’ who’s…