The Frighteners (1996)
After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as…
The Lord’s of Flatbush (1974)
Sylvester Stallone (Stanley), Paul Mace (Wimpy), Perry King (Chico) and Henry Winkler (Butchy) all play their roles with honesty and heart. It’s interesting to see how the film pretty much centers around King’s Chico first and foremost, with Stallone’s Stanley…
Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
Necronomicon is a horror anthology, loosely based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft regular and B-movie icon Jeffrey Combs gets to perform as Lovecraft himself in the wraparound story for this movie, which involves Lovecraft reading stories from the…
Celebrating Phoenixville, Home of The Blob
Of all the reemerging boroughs in the Philadelphia area, Phoenixville may be the coolest, and not just because the Colonial Theatre remains “healthfully air conditioned.” Where else do thousands gather every December, snow or not, to celebrate the rise from…
The Evil Dead (1981)
As a vacation, five friends travel to a small cabin in a deserted jungle. When their first target has been to reach peace, they should fight restlessly as they find themselves surrounded by an evil force that turns its victims…
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Heidi, the star of the “Meet The Feebles Variety Hour” discovers her lover Bletch, The Walrus, is cheating on her, and with all the world waiting for the show the assorted co-stars must contend with their own problems. These include…
The Raid 2
When The Raid emerged from nowhere two years ago, one of the most mesmerising things about the wall-to-wall (and sometimes through-the-wall) mayhem of this scuzzy, down-and-dirty Indonesian martial arts flick was the ability of Jakarta-based Welsh director Gareth Evans to…
Moonbase (1997)
The most dangerous criminals in the universe escape from the Off-World Penitentiary and stow away to the quiet Moonbase Waste Disposal Plant. Hidden beneath the lunar surface lies an arsenal of nuclear warheads- the inmates’ passport home to earth. Moonbase…
The Divine Tragedies
[youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8GaONlxzc”] Serial killers have extreme mental problems, but they are still human and can develop and transform their behaviors. That’s where Jose Prendes’ The Divine Tragedies comes in, doing an excellent job of getting into the minds of a killers. Two brothers,…
Wishmaster (1997)
A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to earth. Wishmaster’ puts a new spin on most people’s perception of genies. Most people think of a genie that fulfills your…
The Demolitionist (1995)
In the not-too-distant future, the mayor of Metro City introduces a law banning all guns in the city. Her mortal enemy, Mad Dog Burns, escapes from Death Row & stages an unsuccessful attempt to kill her. He then exposes an…
The Asylum’s, Hansel Vs. Gretel
[youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VavqPpRVJ5g”] Trapped under a dark spell, Gretel assembles a coven of witches that terrorizes the town until Hansel finds the courage to fight his sister and the sinister forces that control her. The Asylum’s veteran writer Jose Prendes,…
The Returned
Imagine the scene: A talented young filmmaker takes the podium at a news conference and explains that, despite the tidal wave of acclaim, his new movie has been misinterpreted from the get-go. “What you fail to see,” he says, “is…
Piranha
Piranha is a film more self-aware than most of the post-Scream crap to come out of Hollywood. The film knows it follows a formula. In an early scene, we meet the protagonist Maggie playing a Jaws arcade game — acknowledging…
Voodoo (1995)
Andy comes to campus in order to be close to his girlfriend Rebecca. Since he needs a place to stay he joins one of the college fraternities. However, a strange looking man warns him that the fraternity is just a…
On More Time (1970)
I’ve always had a soft spot for 1968’s ‘Salt & Pepper’, in which Sammy Davis Junior and Peter Lawford played ‘Charles Salt’ and ‘Christopher Pepper’, trendy London nightclub owners caught up in an espionage plot. Two years later, the dynamic…
Mario Bava
Born in Italy on July 31, 1914, legendary horror director Mario Bava was the son of Eugenio Bava, a respected cinematographer who specialized in special effects photography in Italian silent pictures. After a failed attempt as an artist, Bava followed…
Dead Alive (1992)
Lionel, a Mama’s boy has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local woman who believes that they’re destined together. In a moment of intentional sabotage of…
Psycho à Go-Go (1967)
Don’t ask me how I did it, but even though this is technically a botched and splicey patchwork of a movie, I had a good time with it. It’s poorly made to be sure, but somehow it’s also mesmerizing in…
Boris Karloff
Born William Henry Pratt in London, England, on November 23, 1887, actor Boris Karloff was born into a family of British diplomats. He married stage actress Olive Wilton in 1909, and Karloff himself was bitten by the acting bug. The…