Blood Theatre (1984)
A movie house was closed down after tragic fire and mass murder.Manager of Spot light Cinema Murdoch chooses three of his best employees to get the old place ready for opening night.The killings begin…Suspenseless and horribly clichéd slasher spoof with…
Thor the Conqueror (1983)
Now I know that general opinion holds this film in utter disdain and yes, I will concede that it is certainly no cinematic masterpiece, but…….there is a certain strange fascination that it exudes in it’s primitiveness. This is REALLY low…
Horror of Dracula (1958)
It’s difficult to overestimate the significance of Dracula. Far more so than its predecessor, The Curse of Frankenstein, it set the tone for Hammer’s movie output over the next two decades – the two decades (1956-1976) when British films, or…
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…
Hollywood and The Big Lie
Early on with my love affair with the movies, I began to understand that the movie you were watching while being projected on a large white or silvered screen really screened primarily in your mind. If the last stop of…
Shalako (1968)
This offbeat Euro-Western based on Louis L’Amour novel concerns about Shalako (Sean Connery) whose Indian name means ¨he who brings rain¨ . He’s an US scout cowboy who intervenes to save European aristocrats on a hunting journey in New Mexico…
The Hitter (1979)
“The Hitter” is one of those 70’s era films that is so drenched in raw atmosphere and style that while watching it you can almost smell the damp, stale and smoked-filled pool halls and bars, and the cheap perfume and…
Biohazard (1985)
An entertaining, incredibly idiotic, and basically all-thumbs mid-80’s earthbound “Alien” clone from the forever fumble-fingered Grade D dreckmonger Fred Olen Ray, who once again shows off his characteristic consummate ineptitude and flagrant disregard for anything remotely resembling professional film-making. Besides…
Corpse Eaters (1974)
Lawrence Zazelenchuk was an owner of drive-in on Route 69,just outside of Sudbury.With the budget of $36 000 he made “Corpse Eaters”-the first Canadian gore film about zombies emerging from a ghastly crypt filled with coffins and bones.He wanted to…
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
After the Fall of New York is one of the best of the seemingly endless Italian rip-offs of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York that deluged the early 80s. Mind you, I really like these films, so that is not…
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
The Cabin in the Woods is a spin on the horror genre from writer’s Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, without giving away the spoilerish parts of the plot, I’ll simply say that it involves 5 friends who fit the horror…
A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
A bizarre yet watchable cross between a typical oater and a slasher film, KNIFE FOR THE LADIES (or better known as “Jack The Ripper Goes West” on DVD) is actually a fairly entertaining jumble of genres, aided by the one…
Without Warning (1980)
There is an all star cast, or at least six huge names and a cast of unknowns. The name stars, Cam Mitchell, Jack Palance, Neville Brand, Ralph Meeker, Martin Landau, and Larry Storch, all play character roles. These were huge…
So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
Someone is the classic giallo uniform (hat, gloves, raincoat, stocking over the face) is murdering the adulterous wives of the upper classes and leaving pictures of their crimes at the scene. Try not to focus on the men in this…
Hanging Heart (1983)
“Hanging Heart” is an odd little slasher flick which to my knowledge was never released in US on VHS.Denny is an aspiring theatre actor.The girls he knows romantically are being murdered one by one by a hooded killer.Of course Denny…
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
When vandals damage the Santa Lucia High School, the principal Bob Grootemat (Joe Spano) joins the classes and presents a lecture to the students about the problems with vandals, drug dealers and other bad elements. Six friends – the students…
Pickaxe (2014)
The story keeps with a classic theme of a supernatural slasher. It is straightforward, methodic and light-hearted. Jeremy Sumrall celebrates those VHS horror tropes from 80’s horror with fun enthusiasm. Although the film does have flaws, it is still a…
Prey (1977)
Instantly watchable and delightfully cheap British sci-fi finds a male alien missionary on Earth being taken in as a house-guest by an unsuspecting separatist lesbian couple. The true fanged creature is concealed beneath a stolen body, but occasionally emerges during…
The Death Of The Movie Studio
I asked myself a question a couple of weeks ago and it has been haunting me ever since. The question was brought on by the careless renaming of 20th Century Fox to 20th Century by the good people at Disney….
The Brain (1988)
This is a nice little b-movie from the glorious 80’s that really made me laugh. The thing i enjoyed the most of course would be the awesomely slimy low budget special effects! Those, although cheap, were often really killer! The…