Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1984)
Charles B. Pierce is a small time filmmaker who made a couple of films of note. One was The Town That Dreaded Sundown and the other was The Legend of Boggy Creek. He also made a sequel to Boggy Creek…
Tower of Evil (1972)
The film tells the story of a bunch of hippies (remember, this was made in the early 70s) who spend a night on a lonely island. All of them are killed except for one girl. Logical thinking leads the police…
Hundra (1983)
Hundra Needs A Baby – that sums up this film minus the fighting of course. Hundra comes home one day to find her family and own kind killed from a raid on their village. The clan of the wolf is…
Mutant Hunt (1987)
What in the name of God did I just witness? For anyone who is wondering if they should watch this movie (all 2 of you), leave it on the shelf unless you are planning on becoming a makeup artist. Let…
Jaws 3-D (1983)
The Great White goes back into the cinema in this flawed sequel.This bone-chilling movie based on the Peter Benchley’s novel and written by Richard Matheson and Carl Gottlieb (screenwriter of the trilogy) , it packs some exciting scenes, thrills, chills…
A Tribute to Tess Henson, Play It Again Sammy
Last weekend a wonderful soul and committed movie fan, Tess Henson passed away. I wanted to pay tribute to her passion and her legacy by re-printing she wrote about Horror Host Sammy Terry…hopefully Tess you will be watching many a…
Day of the Dead (1985)
‘Day Of The Dead’ is one of the greatest sleepers in the history of horror movies. A flop when originally released almost twenty years ago, its reputation has slowly increased over the years, and now is generally regarded as a…
Battletruck (1982)
This is an energetic, low budget little NZ actioner. It’s ONLY similarity to MAD MAX is the post apocalyptic oil-less future! Cockliss does pretty well within the constraints heaped upon him. I rather like NZ films – they tend to…
The Omega Man (1971)
A vampiric cult called The Family the result of biological warfare, lay siege to the refuge of the last man left alive in a dead post-apocalyptic city. This is the second cinematic outing for the Richard Matheson novel I Am…
Battle for the Lost Planet (1986)
Harry Trent (Matt Mitler) steals a spaceship. While he is in outer space, he witnesses the conquering of the earth by a giant fleet of aliens who have a certain resemblance with warthogs and also grunt a lot. Because his…
Tarzan’s Deadly Silence (1970)
Tarzan’s Deadly Silence is a 1970 adventure film composed of an edited two-part television episode of Tarzan released as a feature. It stars Ron Ely as Tarzan. Former Tarzan actor Jock Mahoney and Woody Strode (a veteran of two previous…
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
Poor horror film about a mad scientist (Robert Shayne) trying to bring man back to the stone age. He turns his pet kitten into a saber-toothed tiger, he then injects himself with his magical serum and turns into the title…
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
John Boy from the Waltons goes out and recruits mercenaries to help fight off an evil space warlord. Among those he gets to help are the A-Team’s Hannibal, the bad guy from Superman III, and Stirba the werewolf bitch. It’s…
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
DARYL is an enjoyable and thought-provoking kids’ film. The central premise is fantastic and high-concept – a rare thing for children’s films. Daryl, a military experiment that combines the body and senses of a child with a microchip for a…
A Letter To A Moviegoer
Dear Moviegoer, You have probably heard that movie theaters are having a tough go of it right now. It’s pretty bad for them right now and frankly I am writing to you in the hope you can help them out….
Star Babe (1977)
The Star Angels are sent to the planet Phallus to prevent a takeover of Earth. In the year 2088, three intergalactic hotties Star Babe (Tomi La Roux), Twinkle Toes (Cindy Lynn), and Milky Way (Cinthia Lee Scott), are on an…
The Wild Women of Wongo (1958)
This 1950s bad movie classic takes us to Wongo, a tropical place (shot in Florida) where the women of Wongo have trouble with their men. When a very, very handsome stranger tells them about a place called Goona only a…
Hammer (1972)
Hammer is former NHL star Fred Williamson’s first blaxploitation film. Hard to believe that Blaxploitation gave more former black athletes work than Dancing with the Stars! Williamson plays Hammer a decent guy, a dock worker in LA who gets into…
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
There are few movies that have the massive amount of non stop ninja action as Ninja III: the Domination. This is a story of love, redemption and revenge, however, this is mainly a story about flipping out and killing people…
Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)
This is an easy film to mock. The leads can’t act. (Nor can the supporting players.) The plot — something about scientific proof that Calypso was about to replace Rock n’ Roll as the reigning pop music –could have been…