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…
Konga (1961)
Michael Gough seems to have cornered the market on portrayals of nasty, homicidal English snobs in the late Fifties. Between his role of the physically and mentally twisted Bancroft in Horrors of the Black Museum, and his fanatical, lecherous scientist…
Willard (1971)
There is no shortage of films about young people who get angry and take revenge via some unethical means – Carrie, Evilspeak, Kiss of the Tarantula…the list goes on. But what makes Willard stand out from the rest of the…
Blood and Lace (1971)
After her whore of a mother is murdered by a hammer-wielding nutjob, teen Ellie Masters is sent to live at the rural Deere Orphanage. She immediately begins plotting her getaway, as she wishes to track down the father she never…