Firepower (1979)
Michael Winner’s films aren’t complete without a lot of blood, and this one has enough to fill a bucket or two. James Coburn is the retired hitman who comes back in to kidnap a certain Karl Stegner, a mysterious and…
Critters 3 (1991)
The DVD-cover suggests that – following two episodes set in the remote Kansas countryside area – the Krites will now be spreading fear and terror in the big city, but the truth is they never get any further than running…
The Aftermath (1982)
This movie is pretty entertaining really. It borrows from The Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man or The Last Man on Earth, and The Stand among others (although every movie borrows from something). Yet the movie still has a…
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
Engaging, riveting tale of captured US army turncoat who has to prove his innocence to avoid the hangman. Paul Ryker dodges friendly fire in a seemingly doomed attempt to convince a military court that he was actually a US spy…
Wavelength (1983)
I love to debate with those who claimed this was a rip-off of E.T… While E.T. was good, it was obviously more cute with cute kids and a cute alien. Wavelength is much more adult. I didn’t see this as…
Transformations (1988)
A jobbing character actor like Patrick Macnee probably couldn’t have afforded to be too picky when it came to work in the 80s, but he really should have said no to his pointless role in this piece of garbage, a…
Without Warning (1980)
“Without Warning” is a cheap American b-movie horror from 1980 about the terror striking the beautiful American countryside… some people are brutally killed and mutilated by an unknown stranger, and it’s the turn of a bunch of teenagers and war…
Let’s Kill Uncle (1966)
Though it starts off somewhat slowly, things instantly pick up when Nigel Green enters the scene. He is a hoot as the coniving uncle, and his various activities (like practicing judo in the house) and dialogue are hilarious (the breakfast…
Manhattan Baby (1982)
Manhattan Baby is Fulci’s dive into beautiful imagery. There’s some scenes in this one that are genuinely breathtaking. A medallion from an archaeological dig leaves a man blind. And a family falls into jeopardy after their son disappears into thin…
Rome 2033 – The Fighter Centurions (1984)
During his career , Fulci contributed to many different genres. It is a bid sad that he is remembered only for his gore movies, though they are classics. But Fulci making a sci-fi movie still sounded like a disaster, especially…
The Unholy Wife (1957)
For some reason this film has a “B-movie” quality about it and I think it has something to do with the lead actress, Diana Dors. Although some have referred to her as, “the English Marilyn Monroe”, she just doesn’t seem…
Manhandled (1949)
A stuffy novelist (Alan Napier) suffers recurring nightmares that he bludgeons his rich jewel-horse of a wife (Irene Hervey) to death with a `quart’ bottle of cologne. That’s bad enough, but what’s worse is that he confides his dreams…
Rising From the Ashes
Many theaters owners have reached out to me as of late wanting just to talk. I am honored that they want to commiserate with me. I have been writing about the state of and the forces impacting the business of…
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
This is very good 1950’s science fiction. At the center is Curt Siodmak, a pretty good writer who involves us in a tale where the use of a particle accelerator causes magnetism to go crazy. It results in implosions that…
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
“Two on a Guillotine” is an effective little BW chiller when aiming for the scares, but when that’s not the case it becomes ponderous (the budding romance between the leads) and it in end too long-winded when it finally reach…
Night of the Seagulls (1975)
The fourth installment of Amando De Ossorio’s ‘Blind Dead’ series, “La Noche De Las Gaviotas” aka. “Night Of The Seagulls” is a very creepy Spanish Horror Exploitation flick, and, after the great original, the second best part of the series….
Night Tide (1961)
This film excels both as a good narrative (though it borrows heavily from “Cat People”), but also on a deeper, symbolic level. While Dennis Hopper had small roles before this, “Night Tide” casts him as a lead, and he fares…
Screams of a Winter Night (1979)
A cheap and unknown, but scary horror movie about some teens who travel to a cabin, deep in the forest. On their way to the cabin they get some warnings from a local drunk who scare them with ghosts and…
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Joseph Cotten returns to New York to visit his brother’s second wife and widow (Jean Peters); his timing proves inopportune, as his young niece goes into convulsions and dies in hospital. Cause of death remains a puzzler until a…
Gunhed (1989)
Gunhed is by no means an Oscar contender, but if you are a fan of Japanese Fantasy Films, or even a sci-fi fan, I see no reason why you wouldn’t enjoy it. Though the plot may be a bit convoluted…