Class of 1984 (1982)
new music teacher Andry Norris arrives at Lincoln High, where most students have no respect for their fellow teachers and even to extent, each other. After being given advice from a fellow teacher to turn a blind eye to a…
Up from the Depths (1979)
A seaside community is besieged by a giant shark like creature that threatens the local serenity. Greedy resort proprietor (Wolfe) sees a marketing opportunity and invites all and sundry to hunt down the perpetrator for a booty in cash and…
The Mole People (1956)
There is just enough ‘oomph’ to “Mole People” to mark it as a minor classic (50’s Universal B flick division). The idea of an lost ancient civilization sealed away from the modern world by time and catastrophe and buried far…
Jungle Blue (1978)
What do you get when mix “junglesploitation” (ala the Italian cannibal cycle, etc.) and lots of hardcore sex? Well, veteran adult filmmaker Carlos Tobalina’s “Tarzan” rip-off Jungle Blue of course! The plot revolves around a small group of Americans heading…
The Zen Of Programming: A Case Study
Okay, I freely admit it I am a huge fan of the work currently being done by the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana. In a small market I feel strongly they are leading the pack in programming to the…
Wild Guitar (1962)
At times the marriage between the Arch Halls and Ray Dennis Steckler seems to have been a bit rocky. This movie may rank as Ray’s most `coherent,’ (or least experimental) because of the heavy hand of Arch Sr. as producer,…
Dragon Wasps (2012)
The story in “Dragon Wasps” is fairly generic and straight forward for a movie of this caliber. A mysterious genetic research company has been experimenting with mutations and of course something has gone horribly wrong. A scientist has gone missing…
Critters (1986)
Somewhere in space, a prison asteroid was going to have a vicious gang of furry basketball-shaped razor-toothed creatures called “Krites” until they suddenly escape to Earth so they can eat whatever comes in their way. The Brown family ( Billy…
Circuitry Man (1990)
In the future, the earth will become unfit to live due to the end of rainforests and mankind’s pollution, with an atmosphere lacking oxygen required for human life..so man went underground, “raping” each other’s minds. Vernon Wells is a criminal…
Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964)
During an orbital exploratory mission to Mars, Commander Christopher Draper (Paul Mantee) and Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West) are forced to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a large meteor. They inadvertently put themselves in a position for Mars’ gravitational pull…
Hard Tickets To Hawaii (1987)
Two law officers stumble onto a drug operation on an isolated Hawaiian island and are killed. Donna and Taryn are working for The Agency. They fly their small plane with honeymooners and a stowaway toxic snake infected with cancer infested…
Robot Monster (1953)
Robot Monster is the Citizen Kane of abysmal 1950s science fiction. It has everything modern viewers have come to expect from movies of this genre: a laughable plot line, completely improbable situations, ludicrous acting, unbelievably awful special effects, cheapjack production…
The Asylum’s ‘Night of the Wild’
Night of the Wild Directed By: Eric Red Written By: Delondra Williams Starring: Rob Morrow Kelly Rutherford Tristin Mays Jill Zarin Carmen Tonry When a large meteor crashes into a quiet town, pet dogs become mysteriously aggressive – attacking and…
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Insanely entertaining post-apocalypse garbage from those always dependable Italians is good for some excitement and *many* laughs. Robert Iannucci, looking like American actor Martin Kove, stars as sleazy lone wolf “Alien”, roaming the desert landscapes and making trouble. He makes…
Survival Run (1979)
Spree is one of those movies that has fallen through the cracks and landed in cinematic oblivion. The only people who seem to remember Spree are those who found it distasteful or exploitative. The reason for Spree’s surprising inability to…
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
he Land that Time Forgot starts during World War 1 on June 3rd 1916 when a German U-Boat sinks a British passenger ship, a small group of survivors from the ship headed up by Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure, who was…
Super Shark (2011)
With the advent of the Sharknado phenomenon, a movie that got popular for being a tongue in cheek turd (it was meant to be bad), I thought that I would try out a film with a similar premise of unbelievable…
Saturn 3 (1980)
In 1980, Saturn 3 was released. Since then it’s been mocked, laughed at, even ripped-off by so-called “Classic” (Some actually deserved it, though.). Although it’s rough on the edges, and suffers from some editing problems, effects, and a low budget,…
Liberating Theatres-The Rise of Alternative Content
I think the British are fascinating people, different and similar at the same time than their American cousins. One thing I do know if that the British love going to the movie theatres. Movie going seems to be deeply ingrained…
Flight to Mars (1951)
Four men and a lady blast off for the red planet Mars in this lean-budgeted but likable little yarn. The explorers find a thriving civilization of completely humanoid Matians. The leaders of the Martian government act friendly, but they secretly…