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Foundational Cinema

Month: September 2020

Ninja Terminator (1986)

Ninja Terminator sees Ho’s regular star Richard Harrison once again donning his natty camouflage suit to fight a variety of similarly garbed bad guys, all the while performing totally unnecessary cartwheels and back-flips. This time, Harrison plays Harry, one of…

My World Dies Screaming (1958)

Although the practice of using subliminal advertising–that is, flashing messages on a movie or TV screen for a fraction of a second, too quickly to register with the human brain but capable of having a subconscious effect–was banned by television…

Aaaaaaaah! (2015)

When I heard that Robert Fripp had contributed music to this film I had to see it. Now I know why it is titled as it is. After 15 minutes, I felt like running away and screaming Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!, from this…

Attack of the Kung Fu Girls (1973)

Director Lo Wei was obviously attempting to duplicate his success of “Fist of Fury (The Chinese Connection)” but with a female heroine, as this film contains several situation elements and cast members similar to that earlier film, plus the same…

The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)

This 61 minute sequel begins with roughly about 10 minutes of stock footage from the previous film (THE MUMMY’S HAND), but it should be taken into account that these first two Universal installments were released a couple of years apart…

Exterminator 2 (1984)

“Exterminator 2” brings back the great Robert Ginty as flamethrower wielding vigilante John Eastland, but has nowhere near the impact as the first film. That’s not to say that it’s not enjoyable, but overall it’s silly stuff. Directed by Mark…

Spasmo (1974)

Umberto Lenzi is still playing the old school giallo hand here, which means less stabbing and more psychological games, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t found new ways of presenting it. He spends the first hour of the film plunging…

One Hell Of A Bumpy Ride

The word on “Tenet” has it making between $9.64 million and $20 million during its first weekend. This week it was released that “Mulan” made $270 million releasing this movie on Disney+ for $30. These numbers are significant and will…

Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989)

o, obviously Stuff Stephanie In The Incinerator isn’t “Decampitated good”, or “Blood Sucking Freaks good”, but rather “why is this a Troma movie good”. Don’t worry, it’s still a bad movie. Aside from the catchy title, Don’t Stuff Stephanie In…

The Throne of Fire (1983)

A night of storm and rain, two children, Sigfried and Pollach are born. One performs the good and other one of the evil. The years happen(pass) and Pollach, the gentleman of the barbarians, struggle to death against all, to manage…

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Ninja Dragon (1986)

A requirement for watching this film is being drunk! Richard Harrison is in his ace. Being an almighty ninja, and far better than all other characters. He is far too old for the stuff his character is doing. But rest…

Terror Force Commando (1986)

THREE MEN ON FIRE is your average cop vs. terrorists thriller with the requisite amount of globe-trotting, fistfights, car chases, and even some ridiculously bloody squibs at times. Overall the film is remarkably high on entertainment value despite being low…

Macho Man (1985)

This is “Macho Man”, a West German film from 1985, so it had its 30th anniversary last year. The writer and director is Alexander Titus Benda and this is certainly his most known work, which is no surprise though as…

Drum (1976)

‘Drum’ is the kinda sorta sequel to ‘Mandingo’, a movie that tried to walk a fine line between being a “serious” drama and a silly but fun exploitation movie. The director this time around is Steve Carver who made the…

Hysteria (1965)

Hysteria is directed by Freddie Francis and written by Jimmy Sangster. It stars Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne, Maurice Denham and Lelia Gordon. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by John Wilcox. From the long line of Hammer…

The Being (1983)

Not a good transfer, either that or the source material was really bad. It just looked soft the whole time. The cinematography is messy and has nothing interesting about it. It looks really flat and dated. The visual effects are…

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Skip McCoy is a three time loser pick pocket, unable to curb his instincts back on the street, he picks the purse of Candy on a subway train. What he doesn’t realise is that Candy is carrying top secret microfilm,…

Barracuda (1978)

The plot, at least initially, is what you’d expect. Killer barracuda suddenly begin attacking swimmers at a Florida beach, sparking an investigation by a local sheriff and a scientist. Things get interesting when the investigation uncovers a conspiracy. Barracuda delivers…

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Mutant Hunt (1987)

It’s cheap and cheesy genre time with the no-talent independent filmmaker, who stumbles his way through this supposed “Blade Runner” riff. In the “future”, mutant cyborgs are being injected with a special drug by evil, world domination minded scientist Z…

The Lift (1983)

In a high rise office building in the Netherlands, an elevator repairman named Felix Adelaar (Huub Stapel) is busy trying to solve a mystery. The elevators in this place are now functioning improperly, incapacitating passengers if not killing them outright….