The Curse of the Screaming Dead (1982)
In “The Curse of the Screaming Dead” three irritating friends and their equally annoying girlfriends venture into the woods on a hunting expedition. They eventually find the ruins of a church and an abandoned cemetery filled with the graves of…
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Daniel Haller’s “Die, Monster, Die!” is a solid gothic horror film, about ten times better than what you would expect from American International Pictures. It has a confusing story, but two exceptional performances save this from being grade z schlock….
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
Ronnie Burns, the star of this movie, is the adopted son of George Burns and Gracie Allen. He guest starred on their TV show many times but I guess he wanted to branch out on his own. Unfortunately this movie,…
Honeymoon Horror (1982)
A husband goes out for cigarettes while on his honeymoon but when he returns home he finds the bride with another man. The bride busts her husband over the head with a bottle, a fire breaks out and he is…
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Despite a catch-penny tile, “Try and Get Me” (aka Sound of Fury) remains a truly frightening movie whose disturbing imagery lingers long after the voice-over reassurances subside. The director, Cy Endfield, was one of the lower profile victims of the…
The Kid from Texas (1950)
The real attraction here is war hero Audie Murphy in one of his first starring roles. Naturally, the Western format best fit his military background and acting inexperience, so its no surprise that his movie career was built on a…
Masters of Your Own Destiny
Leadership, true leadership, is a very rare thing. Extolled in art and in literature it is so rare that it is something to be celebrated and to be cherished. If you look for leadership within our society it will soon…
The Tingler (1959)
“The Tingler” is the name that Vincent Price’s likable scientist character gives to the creature that apparently is responsible for the sense of spine-tingling fear we all experience at some point in our lives. If we scream, The Tingler is…
Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
The picture concerns upon Chinese communists (leader is Martin Benson as general goes berserk and who places atomic bombs) trying to destroy United States via some continued series of underground tunnels , made all the way from China under the…
World Without End (1956)
Space pioneers are returning to Earth from a trip to Mars when their spaceship is propelled into the future. They land and discover a vastly different Earth than the one they left. All of the elements that went into the…
Crack in the World (1965)
Yes, let’s put this to bed right away. The scientific premise is flawed. We now know that the crust of the Earth is not a solid shell, but riddled through with many cracks. Not only are these not harmful, they…
Abby (1974)
Scary, hilarious, and vastly better than its reputation suggests, Abby has a number of moments where you don’t know whether to laugh or scream. I, personally, ended up laughing most of the time. One of these scenes has Abby (Carol…
Melinda (1972)
That super-ego brilliant Mutha Frankie J. Parker played by Calvin Lockhart is a ghetto disc jockey who smooth talks and womanizes until he meets a sultry gal named Melinda played by Vonetta McGee. Things go smoothly until Melinda winds up…
The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
I think that Monkey Hustle is a very misunderstood film, mostly because of a misleading ad campaign that tried (and still tries, via the VHS and DVD packaging) to sell it as a plot-driven scam flick, a black version of…
Rage (1966)
Mr. Ford never got the recognition he deserved for the consistent quality of his acting. ‘Rage’ also seems to have been forgotten in the shuffle, but is actually a very enjoyable film. The story is simple: a lush doctor is…
Moon Zero Two (1969)
“Moon Zero Two” was the most expensive film ever produced by Hammer Studios and is one of the oddest they ever created: a psychedelic western set on the moon in 2021 complete with claim-jumping, gunfights, zero gravity bar fights, candy…
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
Z-movie of almost no-budget level, with the late Lana Clarkson as the beautiful heir to a kingdom that is forced to fight against an evil usurper and his spoiled child. Echoes of Robin Hood in female form for most of…
The Concorde… Airport ’79 (1979)
CONCORDE: AIRPORT ’79, THE (1979) **½ Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, George Kennedy. This fourth and final entry in the Airport series is arguably the weakest of the bunch, but it doesn’t deserve the critical thrashing it’s…
Warriors of the Apocalypse (1985)
After a nuclear war has decimated the planet, the few surviving inhabitants are forced to fend for themselves. As a result of these harsh circumstances a small group of men led by a man named “Trapper” (Michael James) wander the…
Carry On… Up the Khyber (1968)
The Carry On series had many ups and downs, but this offering is the best of the entire series and a fantastic comedy in its own right. The jokes come fast and often and the overall quality of the film…