Black Water (2007)
As a kid I loved the song “Never smile at a crocodile”, and if I found myself in this state of affairs, which is actually inspired by true events. Smiling would be the last thing on my mind. From the…
Screaming Dead (2003)
If you like bad, low budget, unintentionally funny films, seek no more. This is the movie for you. It has nudity, some horror, and really bad acting. The special effects are embarrassing. For example, a nude woman receives a series…
Alligator (1980)
The best Corman monster flick Roger never made. This great B-movie unspools like a Sergio Leone revenge tale. Big mean Daddy flushes daughter’s baby gator, Ramon, down the toilet. Sixteen years later, Ramon has grown up to be a 36-foot…
Blood Massacre (1991)
The late Don Dohler brings us yet another one of his no budget gems in BLOOD MASSACRE. Don Dohler regular GEORGE STOVER stars as a crazed Vietnam vet named Charlie Rizo, a man with no friends & a bad attitude…
Drainiac! (2000)
An abused teen-aged girl is brought to a spooky old house by her father and told to clean it up. A group of the girl’s friends show up, but things go bad when they learn that the plumbing has slimy,…
Bite Me! (2004)
I watch a lot of these B films with the hopes of finding some gem, but of course most of them are simply bad. “Bite Me!” was that gem. You know what you’re getting with nearly any B movie, but…
James Best , Rest In Peace
HICKORY, N.C., April 6, 2015—James Best, the actor best known for his portrayal of bumbling yet endearing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV’s “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died at 9:28 p.m. ET Monday after a brief illness and complications of…
The Bikini Carwash Company (1992)
Released in 1992, it doesn’t seem like they make this type of softporn sex romp anymore. Sure there is a plot buried in there somewhere. I believe it has to do with saving a car wash. But since when does…
Basic Training (1985)
This is “I spit on your Grave” meets “Stripes,” as long as you give Bill Murray some great big mammoth hooters and remove all ability to act from him and all his costars. And add some naked shenanigans. And disembowel…
Witchery (1988)
This film starts as it means to go on: a bunch of pilgrim types, armed with pitchforks, chase a pregnant woman through a modern house (with light-switches) until she jumps out of window. We are truly in the realm of…
Ruckus (1980)
Kyle is a traumatized ex-special forces soldier recently back from Vietnam. Jenny has been waiting for years if her missing husband might return from the war. When they meet they experience a common ground and try to come back to…
Truck Stop Women (1974)
This is a pretty decent 70’s drive-in flick featuring the undisputed queen of 70’s drive-in cinema, Claudia Jennings. Claudia and her hard-as-nails mother run a truck-stop brothel in New Mexico which they use as a base to get information on…
The Best Hope For The Renewal Of A Movie Culture
Often on the weekend I reflect on the state of the movie business and ponder various path’s that will help this great industry right itself. Many of us this weekend celebrated a Resurrection, an event that no matter what faith…
School Spirit (1985)
“School Spirit” is an anonymous and by now largely forgotten mid-80’s comedy that obviously just got made in order to cash in on the contemporary popular trend of sleazy and vulgar high school/college comedies. Bob Clark’s “Porky’s” kick-started the trend…
Zapped Again! (1990)
The only reason I watched _Zapped Again_ was because I had again watched the original _Zapped!_ after 19 years (see my review for _Zapped!_). From some of the reviews in video books and on the IMDb, I was prepared for…
Fatal Bond (1991)
Leonie Stevens, a bored hairdresser, is caught up with a drifter who claims he’s in the car business, and has a strong interest in avoiding the law. But as they travel through New South Wales, a corpse is left behind…
Nightforce (1987)
Christy Hansen (Udy) is a beautiful equestrian rider who seemingly has the perfect life: she’s about to marry Bob Worthington (King), a member of the prestigious and wealthy Worthington family. (Don’t they even sound rich?) – the only problem is,…
Roller Boogie (1979)
This one is a complete hoot. I caught this low-budget, formulaic 1979 film this past weekend on the big screen at the fully packed Castro Theater in San Francisco as part of a roller-disco midnight madness program. The crowd went…
Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
Alright, Star Wars was the movie for every other 7-year old at the time, as it was for me. But seeing this film after more than twenty years instantly invaded my senses. I smelled the popcorn, felt the heat of…
Blackenstein (1973)
“Blackenstein” is an unbelievably amateurish romp that cannot even be considered true blaxploitation. It’s got no action, and even worse, no attitude. Instead, this simply was designed to capitalize on the trend of inserting “black” into the names of…