Drive Hard
Australian B-movie director legend gets his hands on an A-ish list cast of Hollywood stars – in the form of John Cusack and Thomas Jane – for this Oz-set crime-caper, and while it offers little new to the much-seen car-action-comedy-crime…
Scotland’s influence on 50s US B-movies
The British Film Institute’s new Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season will see more than 1,000 screenings at more than 200 venues across the UK from now until December. Two of the features on the programme – The Man…
The Time Machine (1960)
In isolation, this film is an interesting and rather enjoyable tale. It is only when you appreciate the underlying theme in the original 1895 novel penned by H.G. Wells that you discovers how the story had been “laundered” to be…
The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
A pair of no-count crackers are savagely killed by Bigfoot after they abduct the enormous fellow’s young ‘un. A slimy businessman (an outrageously hammy turn by Richard Kennedy; the evil Nazi general in “Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS”) who…
Upcoming Animation Beautiful Danger
Kimberly Jesika has been hustling and bustling in Hollywood for nearly twenty years. She has so many credentials gathered throughout the years. Most recently Kimberly has announced the production of a very personal and dear film to her, the animated…
The Fury (1978)
Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) a government agent is betrayed by a fellow friend/agent Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), who kidnapped his son for his psychokinetic powers. Where we learn that a secret US agency is holding him and that he’s being…
Mandrake (2010)
Mandrake is set in the hostile jungles of deep South America where a team paid for by rich businessman Harry Vargas (Benito Martinez) has orders to locate & take a centuries old dagger from an ancient burial ground. Soldier for…
Moon 44
There is no reason on earth to watch this testosterone driven pile of pseudo homo-erotic horse cookies masquerading as an SF movie. The story could have been written on the back of a postage stamp (but is credited to have…
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
I’ll start off by letting you know,I’m not going to re-hash the story in my review. Everyone’s pretty much covered it,so I’ll just hit what were the highlights for me. First of all,I grew up with “The Odd Couple” reruns…
The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
Makes a great double feature of bad films paired with Space Mutiny(1988)or Starship Invasions(1977). I remember there being some hype for this film in Starlog and other genre mags of the time, and that Barry Morse was headlining it(along with…
Halloween III
Halloween III, aka the only Halloween in the franchise not to feature beloved psycho killer Michael Myers, was maligned upon its release in 1982 most notably due to the sharp turn that was made with this film when compared to…
Cousin Eddie’s RV Vandalized
A dilapidated recreational vehicle that played a memorable role in a beloved Christmas movie has been vandalized at an Ohio museum. The owner of the Castle Noel museum in Medina (meh-DY’-nuh), just south of Cleveland, reports that Cousin Eddie’s rusty…
Trancers
In the early 1990s, my Friday and Saturday nights were spent at home watching movie after movie of whatever I could find in my local video store. I would first scour the shelves for the newest horror, sci-fi, or action…
2 Freaky Weeks In Michigan
Demon Lover Diary is sort of like American Movie and Blair Witch Project rolled into one, amazing cinematic experience. In 1975, filmmaker Joel DeMott went with her boyfriend Jeff Kreines to Michigan, to help a young Donald G. Jackson (of…
Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
When I was an art critic I decided that it wasn’t part of my job to warn people about the Thomas Kinkades of this world. The people who found Kinkade artistic were not going to be dissuaded by reading my…
Country Cuzzins (1970)
This Harry Novak produced example of 1970’s sexploitation concerns comedy more than coitus. Like most soft-core porn, “Country Cuzzins” exposes the gals more than the guys. Occasionally, you’ll see male genitals, but there are neither erections nor penetration scenes in…
Champ-O-Sauras
The trailer and official poster have just been released for the micro-budget mocku-mentary film “CHAMP-O-SAURAS” about the infamous Lake Champlain monster “Champ”! It was directed by the very talented duo of Joel Plue and Lori Kelly. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3534258 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Champosauras/731282570229583 In the…
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
A weird and obscure little film from exploitation director Cimber, The Witch Who Came From The Sea gained a degree of notoriety some years ago when it appeared on the UK’s controversial ‘video nasties’ list. With its prominent themes of…
Time After Time (1979)
“Time After Time” was one of those movies of which I didn’t even knew it existed. It certainly is a movie that deserves more recognition for this movie truly was one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in…
The Fog
A fair number of film scholars and enthusiasts would agree that the career of John Carpenter began with tremendous success, culminated with his much-loved 1978 scare picture “Halloween,” and has been merely sputtering ever since. I am not one of…