All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
All The Colors of the Dark is a combination of a giallo, an occult horror and a Roman Polanski style claustrophobic apartment-based thriller. It’s possibly director Sergio Martino’s most ambitious film from a period when he produced a series of…
The Strange Door (1951)
A very neat Hammeresque thriller with some good plot twist and moody atmosphere. A young rascal is escaping the mob after accidentally killing a man and finds himself at the door of a sinister castle. The door opens and closes…
World Without End (1956)
There are many existing comments in regards to this particular film and most of them are quite similar and accurate, therefore there is not too much new substantial information left to be offered. I would just like to express and…
Savage Sisters (1974)
‘Savage Sisters’ comes from the same period as the Jack Hill led Filipino “chicks in chains” flicks of the early 70s ( see ‘The Big Doll House’ and ‘The Big Bird Cage’ for the best of the genre). Hill wasn’t…
Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
Romero’s other Philippino trash monster pictures are so lively and enjoyable that we can’t help wonder what happened to this one. The (obviously second thought) framing story with Reed Hadley explaining the plot suggests Stateside interference. There are still a…
Red Planet Mars (1952)
Peter Graves plays a scientist in San Diego, California who receives messages from Mars on his radio transmitter (sneakily intercepted by the Russians); initially, the decoded Martian messages about prolonged life and their unnecessary need for industrial mechanics throw America’s…
Blue Monkey (1987)
This low budget sci-fi tries to incorporate so many elements from “Alien”, “The Thing”, “Arachnophobia”, “Mimic” and “Them”, it should be called “Blue Ripoff”! I know, I know… this film pre-dates “Arachnophobia” and “Mimic”, but the “mutated insect-out-of-control, rampaging-through-a-decrepit hospital”…
The Corrupt Ones (1967)
This movie doesn’t start out too promisingly, with a claustrophobic, ho-hum fight between two guys in a boxcar (oh boy, a fight in a boxcar!). Then, during the credits, a shot of the passing train actually includes a moment where…
Tank Force (1958)
This is a film made here in the UK by Warwick Films,the partnership of Irwin Allen and Cubby Broccoli.They generally specialised in making up market action films in colour with an American star.In this instance it is Victor Mature who…
The Last Blitzkrieg (1959)
THE LAST BLITZKRIEG works as it offers something a little different from the usual American WW2 film in terms of plot. The main characters in the movie are actually Nazi soldiers who are disguised as American troops and sent on…
Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
I cannot claim to be an expert on Mexican Horror cinema so far, but I certainly intend to dig out more films of the kind of this gem. “Misterios De La Ultratumba” aka. “The Black Pit of Dr. M”/”Mysteries From…
Making Waves In Theatrical Exhibition
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000168 EndHTML:0000007604 StartFragment:0000000469 EndFragment:0000007587 Change…true change usually occurs in some form of evolution or a lot of little revolutions. I think in many ways the theatrical exhibition circuits are incapable of true change due to their size and financing…
Under Ten Flags (1960)
A thoroughly enjoyable movie with real ships and lots of original wartime footage, which make it a refreshing change from some of the slick but unconvincing modern offerings. More than a few of the usual, expected stereotypes are depicted, but…
T-Men (1947)
T-Men is directed by Anthony Mann and adapted by John C. Higgins from a suggested story written by Virginia Kellogg. It stars Dennis O’Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw and Art Smith. Music is by…
Bad Dreams (1988)
After barely escaping crazy cult guru’s (able Richard Lynch) fiery suicide pact, Cynthia (the very gorgeous and likable Jennifer Rubin) finds herself awaking 13 years later, in year 1988. Trying to get on with her life, she starts to realize…
One Dark Night (1982)
Unlike the other movie with the occasional alternate title “Mauseoleum”; this one has a few great things going for it IMO. The effects were much better… the amateurish dialog writen to justify teenagers hanging out in the place was kept…
Haunts (1976)
Haunts is perplexing and flawed, but still offbeat enough to maintain interest. Swedish May Britt gives a very good performance as a repressed, tormented, fanatically religious farm girl in a town plagued by a brutal sex murderer. Despite the potentially…
The Boneyard (1991)
Detective Jersey Callum (Ed Nelson) and his dimwit partner Gordon (Jim Eustermann) coax troubled 300 lb. psychic Alley Oates (Deborah Rose) out of retirement when a series of unexplained homicides start adding up. Clues lead the trio to a mortuary…
Hot Rod Girl (1956)
A humane cop works at converting troublesome teens from street racing onto supervised dragstrips. But then a new guy, a street outlaw, comes to town and stirs the pot. The movie’s title is something of a misnomer. Actually, our hot…
Savage Weekend (1979)
Five people take a trip to a backwoods community where one of them is restoring a large boat, the ownership of which is a matter of considerable anger on behalf of local yokel Otis (Sanderson) whose father, and the original…