The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
The head of a white bigoted doctor (sadly Ray Milland) is attached to the body of a wrongly convicted black man (Rosey Grier) on Death Row. Unfortunately, Grier’s head is still attached. It escapes from a hospital and tries to…
Blood Hook (1986)
This is one of the better B-horror movies out there. Being a person who watches these kinds of movies every couple days, this one actually stands out from the rest of the ones I’ve seen and long since forgotten. I…
Island of Fishmen (1979)
I first read about Sergio Martino’s Island of the Fishmen in Chas Balun’s ’80s book Horror Holocaust, where it went by the alternative title of Screamers. Since Balun’s book was all about the splatter, I immediately added the film to…
Cardiac Arrest (1980)
Detective Garry Goodrow (Clancy Higgins) gets sick at the sight of blood, which isn’t a good thing considering his latest case. Set in San Francisco, the detective is trying to track down a serial killer who is ripping the hearts…
Road Games (1981)
It’s amazing how many pleasant treats you’ll find on TV Friday nights at one o’clock in the morning. Take “Roadgames” (or “Road Games”) for example: The Hitchcockian story of a trucker delivering meat across Australia who becomes entangled in a…
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
The opening of ‘Dead-End Drive In’ quickly sets out its world. There’s been a series of disasters that have led to society struggling to survive. A food crisis, a financial crisis, and then an unemployment crisis. And Australia is suffering…
Monster on the Campus (1958)
The good old days when Sci-Fi was simple. All you needed was a little radiation and most anything was possible. This movie was one of the last 50’s Sci-Fi movies from Universal coming out in 1959-same year I did. Audiences…
A Big Ball Of Confusion: The State Of Movie Going
This is a strange time for this business as a whole. Made even stranger by the vacuum of leadership that has made itself evident within this business. We are in a panic. Iger is back after enjoying the briefest retirement,…
The Death Wheelers (1973)
Tom Latham is the leader of a delinquent motorcycle gang known as The Living Dead his fascination with the paranormal fed by the death of his father and the clairvoyant gift of his mother. When he is finally allowed…
School for Unclaimed Girls (1969)
This is a rather odd movie, appearing after the JD/reform school movies of the late 50’s and early 60’s, but before the sleazy WIP films of the 1970’s. It’s also British, so all bets are off. The British are famous…
American Nightmare (1983)
While the 1981 slasher film AMERICAN NIGHTMARE is not a classic by any means, it stands out from most of its contemporaries. This is because it seems to be much more influenced by the Italian “giallo” films (mystery-thrillers featuring flashy…
Ginger (1971)
Delightfully awful “Thriller” about a leggy blonde going undercover to catch a gang of bad guys and gals that are fleecing rich people somewhere in New Jersey and getting them hooked on drugs as well. Yes, the acting is really…
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Strange things are happening at 112 Ocean Avenue. Just as the Montelli family have moved into their humble abode, arms start coming out of walls, blood starts gushing from the water faucets and what we can only assume is ghostly…
Through A Cloudy Crystal Ball: The Future Of The Movie Theater
Time moves forward. Movie going will still happen, but is it going to look very different. The smell of blood is in the air and both AMC and Cineworld are being sized up. Is it prudent to break them up,…
Building Community: The Salvation Of Movie Theaters
This is a deep game changer. Coronavirus is impacting every aspect of our lives. In the world of cinema, we are staring into an abyss. Industry prognosticators are putting forward surveys that claim people will come running back to the…
Amityville 3-D (1983)
Why would anyone want to live in the Amityville house? It’s got a bilious basement with a bottomless pit, a lethal living room, and feral flies that swarm in the attic. The sinks don’t work either. In fact, this house…
Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
The original Amityville horror (1979) spawned a hardcore following and had the mystery of being based on true events. Being an instant hit it created a franchise sadly going downhill after part two. A remake (2005) did bring the story…
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Let me explain something to everyone: This movie is bad, and the people who wrote and directed it KNEW that they were making a bad movie. Most of the characters and things that go on in it are totally, utterly…