The Doll Squad (1973)
Perhaps it would take a trained psychotherapist to figure out why I persist in renting out movies by director/producer Ted V. Mikels, after so many repeated disappointments. From bad (“Blood Orgy of the She Devils”) to worse (“The Corpse Grinders”),…
She Demons (1958)
There is nothing good about this movie at all, not plot, dialogue, acting, directing- nothing. Set on a volcanic island in the Caribbean (which just happens to have a Nazi group sent there in the closing days of WWII), we…
Brain Damage (1988)
From the director of BASKET CASE comes his second feature, and this one’s his best. And we also get a Collector’s Edition DVD from Synapse with a couple of extra goodies. There’s a parasite loose in an apartment building named…
Black Fly
Jason Bourque started making movies as a kid in the 80s with his camcorder, two VCRs to edit, and the cast was typically neighborhood kids. Since he has directed dozens of films and TV series consisting of all genres and…
The Black Cat (1934)
“The Black Cat” (Universal, 1934), directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, marks the first scream, or should I say, screen teaming of Boris (“Frankenstein”) Karloff, billed in the credits only as KARLOFF, and Bela (“Dracula”) Lugosi. Suggested on the immortal story…
The Beyond (1981)
L’Aldila/The Beyond(1981) is the film that brought interest in the cinema of Lucio Fulci. I became a big fan of his work after watching this movie. Have seen a good portion of his films since. The opening prologue is shot…
[REC] 3: Genesis (2012)
This follow-up packs a sinister and horrifying atmosphere by means of shaky camera and videotape as well as the former Spanish films titled REC 1, and 2 . Horror story plenty of suspense, restless terror and in documentary style that…
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
One of Rollin’s best, although lacking the stylish gaudiness of his earlier masterpieces. However, considered as the work of an impressively productive director with about as many misses as hits, this film holds a high ranking in his oeuvre. He…
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Two deep-sea salvage divers, Brad Carlton and Tony Bartlett, arrive in Jamaica for a job. They are contracted to recover gold from a cargo ship that has just gone down with all it’s hands. They search the co-ordinates they have…
Damien: Omen II (1978)
This sequel to THE OMEN is a “fun” film. It continues the story of the anti-Christ Damien into his teenage years and his years in military school. Now adopted into the family of his father’s brother, an unsuspecting Damien is…
Day of the Dead (1985)
The third film in George A. Romero’s immensely popular “Living Dead” trilogy is by far the bleakest and most complex film the director has ever worked on. “Day of the Dead” received a lot of negative press upon its release…
The Old Dark House (1932)
First one carload of normal people who can’t go on due to flash flooding stop in a Gothic horror house for food and shelter and then another. Strange doings are happening at the house occupied by the Femm family and…
Manhattan Baby (1982)
Hey – it’s 1980 and Mr. Fulci wishes to do something ‘not so horror’. So he created this tale about an Egyptian amulet which brings terrible tragedy to a New York family. I’ve seen about 15 of these Italian post-giallo…
The Deadly Angels (1977)
Deadly Angels is an entertaining movie, but it could have been better. The movie presents us with three very attractive female officers who go undercover to stop some criminals. The three women are experts at the martial arts, And each…
Shaking Off The Madness Of Hollywood
Right now the business of motion picture exhibition industry is facing a climate of massive change. From increasing box office demands from the studios, to loss of interest by Millennial audiences to the cascade of discredited movie stars …we are…
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
After the strange events of the first movie,Kirsty is sent to a Institution for the Mentally Sick, commanded by the mysterious Dr. Channard,a crazed psychologist who is willing to open the doors of hell by manipulating the Puzzle Box.In doing…
Alone in the Dark (1982)
The debut film of B movie director Jack Sholder, and one of the first films from New Line Cinema, is this highly entertaining and strikingly intelligent little thriller. When the power fails in a New Jersey community, four murderously insane…
Without Warning (1980)
An alien has landed and it’s killing innocent humans! Why, you ask? If you’re looking for a feasible explanation like harvesting humans for food or cleaning off this planet for future alien use, forget it. Here the bad guy is…
One Dark Night (1982)
ONE DARK NIGHT is a highly overlooked and little known film from the early 80’s that deserves an audience that I fear it will never get, and that’s a damn shame. I have seen this film compared to others that…
I, Madman (1989)
An young woman by the name of Virginia (Jenny Wright) is a fan of horror novels. She works in a used book store. When she reads a novel titled “I,Madman”, which is a non-fiction novel. The villain of the novel…