Firebird 2015 AD (1981)
I really hate sci-fi movies that are supposed to go where no one has gone before–to coin a phrase–but this one’s still waiting for clearance to take off from the launching pad. And it never does take off. Oh, I…
Army Of The Damned
Taking place in Salem County, we meet Bridge (Sully Erna), a law enforcer who gave up the big-city beat to return home and preserve his father’s legacy. Even though Salem County typically isn’t a hotbed for crime, a Cops-like reality…
The Map Of B’s
In League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, legendary comics magus Alan Moore imagined a Victorian England in which all of the most fantastic people, places and events in fantastic British fiction had actually happened, from the death of Sherlock Holmes to the…
Enemy from Space (1957)
This was one of the first of its kind; a subtlety scary vision of a secret alien takeover. X-FILES may owe a debt to this low-budget, but nevertheless effective film of the powers-that-be who are conspiring with the invaders, and…
Debra Hill Doc
In honor of what would have been the 64th birthday of the “Godmother of indie film”, producer Debra Hill (HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NY, THE FOG), a documentary has been announced that will celebrate her remarkable career. Filmmaking team DPYX (Marcy…
Project: Shadowchaser
Project: Shadowchaser, directed by John Eyres, is the first in a series of low budget sci-fi action flicks featuring Frank Zagarino as a killer android of some sort. There were four, although I believe the fourth one, Orion’s Key (aka…
Z.P.G (1972)
Centuries into the future, the world is overpopulated and polluted and on the verge of collapse. The government’s of the world are desperate and so make the painful decision to ban the birth of babies for 30 years. Brainwashing and…
Island of the Damned (1976)
A couple of English tourists rent a boat to visit the fictitious island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the town deserted of adults, there’s only children who don’t speak but stare at…
The Burning Dead
The difference of the zombies of this upcoming film is that their blood is a lava and moreover, they came from a volcano. As you can see on the trailer, when the volcano erupted, the zombies appeared as they were…
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
In the countryside, after the death of the awarded calf of the farmer Walter Colby, the veterinary Dr. Robert ‘Rack’ Hansen sends blood samples to be analyzed by the University. A couple of days later, the scientist Dr. Diane Ashley…
“ThanksKilling”
The low-budget, horror cult-classic “ThanksKilling” might have one of the most memorable starts in B-movie history. At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, a topless female pilgrim is killed by a tomahawk-wielding monster turkey who gives an awesomely bad, not-safe-for-print quip.Directed…
Gingerclown
In one of my all-time favorite films, Ghost World, there is an exchange between the two lead characters at the lame party celebrating their recent high school graduation that I think is an apt description of the two ways I…
No Good Dead, No Good
Rain pours, thunder claps, and the score shrieks and shudders through almost every minute of No Good Deed. We’re in a suburban cul-de-sac, where dissatisfied mom Terri (Taraji P Henson) has just bid her husband adieu for the weekend. The…
Screen Syndicate – A Tribute to Roberta Collins
Screen Syndicate, a side project of Southern Illinois-based Americana band Stace England and the Salt Kings, explores the fascinating history of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures and the exploitation films made by the company in the 1970s. The life of…
The Blob’ living up to the original
Sometimes movies, for one reason or another just fly very far underneath your radar for years and when you finally catch up to them it feels like a revelation and just don’t know why no one told you about this…
What scares Bruce Campbell?
Ask Bruce Campbell about the “B-word” and the actor won’t take offense. Although making B-movies is often seen as a step down for so-called A-list celebrities, the “Evil Dead” star practically built a long career and a loyal fanbase around…
Starz is Ready for Ash and Evil Dead Sequel for 2015
The follow-up series to the “Evil Dead” franchise will be called “Ash vs. Evil Dead.” Once again, fans will be thrilled to see the veteran Evil Dead director Sam Raimi reunited with the veteran and iconic Bruce Campbell star and…
Your granddad’s ‘Batman’ finally makes it to Blu-ray, DVD
Of all the superheroes adapted for the big screen, none has received so many drastically different iterations as Batman. Since the 1940s, every generation has had its own cinematic interpretation of the character and each has been quite different. In…
The Stuff
The Stuff was originally released in 1985 and given a limited theatrical release which lead to its almost immediate cult following which only grew larger once it was released on VHS and finally DVD in 2000. The film opens with…
Five Quick Questions with Gabriel Campisi
Creative, reliable, reputable, ambitious, and easy to work with are just a few qualities describing Gabriel Campisi. He began filmmaking at eight and was winning awards at festivals and contests as early as fifteen. Gabriel recently wrote the book “The…