Bad Taste (1987)
Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Then they find out its human formed aliens that are really big headed monsters that used all the people in the small village into their snack burgers….
The Rebel Rousers (1970)
The Rebel Rousers a few times feels like it could be aiming for something more on its lunch-money used for a budget. It’s got a very simple crux to the story- Bruce Dern and Cameron Mitchell as old school friends…
Capone (1975)
Cheaply-made and over-simplified account of the life and times of the most notorious gangland figure of The Roaring Twenties; clearly intended as exploitation – with liberal doses of nudity and foul language to embellish the typical blood-soaked exploits – the…
The Shooting (1966)
“Did I tell you to do something?” – Billy “I don’t give a curly-hair, yellow-bear, double dog damn if you did” – Coley Four people ride across the desert tracking a killer but it is not clear who they really…
Orca
They killed his wife…they killed his child…they took everything away from him and replaced it with a thirst for justice…a thirst for revenge…sounds like a set up for the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish…but it’s not…it’s actually for Orca…
Primitive (2011)
After punching the director on the set of his latest horror picture, special effects makeup artist, Martin Blaine, is compelled to seek anger management therapy. A visit with a hypnotist seems to help, but soon after his session, Martin receives…
The Wild Ride (1960)
Sure, the first reason to see The Wild Ride (or, unfortunately as it sounds, the ‘re-cut’ Velocity which for some insane reasons extends the story) is for Jack Nicholson. It’s arguably his very first ‘bad-boy’ role in a career with…
Auteur – A George Cameron Romero Film
http://auteurthemovie.com On the brink of reaching the pinnacle of his film career for his latest theatrical masterpiece; Director Charlie Buckwald suddenly disappears. Taking all of the footage and leaving virtually no trace of his existence. Soon to follow are…
Hold On! (1966)
Somebody, somewhere, in 1966, got the idea to make a movie featuring the English rock-n-roll band Herman’s Hermits. That somebody should be interrogated at length. This movie was obviously a crass attempt to cash in on the evolving music phenomena…
Nightbreed (1990)
A community of mutant outcasts of varying types and abilities attempts to escape the attention of a psychotic serial killer and redneck vigilantes with the help of a brooding young man who discovers them. Based on the novel “Cabal” by…
Back Door to Hell (1964)
Hollywood has frequently (and variably) dealt with the WWII Pacific conflict: this is another such film, for which ‘indie’ director Hellman managed to secure the backing of a major studio, Twentieth-Century Fox (though the end result being just 69 minutes…
They Still Call Me Bruce (1987)
Bruce Won arrives in America in search of an American G.I. who saved his life in the Korean War. He meets an orphan boy and together they land themselves in a string of outrageous situations. This high-strung farce culminates when…
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
On his 1000th birthday, a mean Leprechaun gets to choose a bride by making her sneeze three times, then she’s his…only the bride he chooses is the daughter of his slave (who fouls up the wedding) so Leprechaun must wait…
The Frighteners (1996)
After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as…
The Lord’s of Flatbush (1974)
Sylvester Stallone (Stanley), Paul Mace (Wimpy), Perry King (Chico) and Henry Winkler (Butchy) all play their roles with honesty and heart. It’s interesting to see how the film pretty much centers around King’s Chico first and foremost, with Stallone’s Stanley…
Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
Necronomicon is a horror anthology, loosely based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft regular and B-movie icon Jeffrey Combs gets to perform as Lovecraft himself in the wraparound story for this movie, which involves Lovecraft reading stories from the…
Celebrating Phoenixville, Home of The Blob
Of all the reemerging boroughs in the Philadelphia area, Phoenixville may be the coolest, and not just because the Colonial Theatre remains “healthfully air conditioned.” Where else do thousands gather every December, snow or not, to celebrate the rise from…
The Evil Dead (1981)
As a vacation, five friends travel to a small cabin in a deserted jungle. When their first target has been to reach peace, they should fight restlessly as they find themselves surrounded by an evil force that turns its victims…
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Heidi, the star of the “Meet The Feebles Variety Hour” discovers her lover Bletch, The Walrus, is cheating on her, and with all the world waiting for the show the assorted co-stars must contend with their own problems. These include…
The Raid 2
When The Raid emerged from nowhere two years ago, one of the most mesmerising things about the wall-to-wall (and sometimes through-the-wall) mayhem of this scuzzy, down-and-dirty Indonesian martial arts flick was the ability of Jakarta-based Welsh director Gareth Evans to…