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Month: November 2015

The Runaway – Review

He once was a religious boy from a family with good values, and now he’s the sheriff’s most wanted man. The Runaway tells the life story of Jon Chryst and what made him transform from honorable to outlaw. As the…

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)

ILSA SHE WOLF OF THE SS belongs in the exploitation trunk of legendary films that include the likes of NEKROMANTIK, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, SALO, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and countless others. Fortunately for ILSA I think the movie lives up…

Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)

Ever likable B-movie star Miles O’Keeffe dons fur rimmed boots in this the first of three films in which he plays the character of Ator (although in the third movie it is actually debatable if it is the same character)…

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

This lovely Hammer Horror blending of the traditional vampire tale with martial arts stars Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing. The plot follows Van Helsing, who is drawn into a plot involving a legendary seven golden vampires, the prince of…

Shock Waves (1977)

A group of survivors off a boat disaster became stranded on an island- but that’s not their main problem. As now a hermit informs them that the island isn’t safe as there are invincible Nazis zombies that lay dormant off…

The Lost Empire Blu-Ray Coming Soon

Prolific and dependable B level filmmaker Jim Wynorski had started out working for Roger Corman, and began his respectable directing career with this exploitation epic that he wrote, produced, and directed. All the hallmarks of his work are present and…

War Pigs (2015)

Written and made in the same vein as famous WWII movies like Kelly’s Heroes and The Dirty Dozen, War Pigs, is a movie for fun WWII action movie lovers! War Pigs is a WWII based action adventure film much like…

Future Justice (2014)

With zombies being so big in pop-culture these days it’s not much of a surprise that most people think of the creatures when it comes to media focusing on the apocalypse and its aftermath. Coupled with the fact that horror…

Creepers (1985)

Dario Argento’s “Phenomena”/”Creepers” of 1985 is an absolute masterpiece of horror coming along with an ingenious soundtrack by Goblin. Argento has enriched the Horror/Giallo genre by quite a bunch of brilliant films, including such stunning pictures as “The Bird With…

Nightmare Beach (1989)

Umberto Lenzi (the Italian exploitation director who gave the world the incredibly gruesome CANNIBAL FEROX) spawned this entry into our beloved stalk and slash cycle under the amusing ‘all American’ alias of Harry Kirkpatrick. Unleashed in 1988, I don’t think…

The Beyond (1981)

L’Aldila/The Beyond(1981) is the film that brought interest in the cinema of Lucio Fulci. I became a big fan of his work after watching this movie. Have seen a good portion of his films since. The opening prologue is shot…

SPECTRE-A Review

Watched “Spectre” in the company of three frenetic 14 year old boys at the local cinema . Overall I quite enjoyed the film, but hey it’s Bond but it did have issues. It also did some things much better than…

Zombie Hell House (1981)

Quella Villa Accanto al Cimitero/House by the Cemetery(1981) is the first straight forward film for Fulci since Zombie Flesh Eaters(1979). Gets away from the dreamish themematics of his previous two films. Begins with the idea that this could be the…

St. Helens , Killer Volcano (1981)

This is a superior made for TV movie about one of the worst natural disasters in the history of North America. The film centers on the crusty old mountain man Harry Truman played by the fine actor Art Carney who…

Wishing for a Dream – Review

Succeeding in Hollywood is painstaking and grueling and Wishing for a Dream does an excellent job portraying a young couple trying to make it in the film industry.  The movie is about up and coming actress Mika Andrews (Sara Malakul…

Ghostkeeper (1981)

“Ghostkeeper” revolves around a group of friends— two women, Jenny and Chrissy, and a man, Marty— who are spending their New Year’s Eve in the snowy Canadian Rockies. After stopping into a secluded store, they decide to head off for…

Frankenstein Island (1981)

“Frankenstein Island”. Whatever image this title may conjure up in your mind, just forget it, because the actual goings-on in this astonishingly bizarre sci-fi horror oddity are guaranteed to thoroughly rape your expectations. In fact, there’s very little that *isn’t*…

Galaxy of Terror (1981)

A spacecraft travels to a distant planet to rescue the crew of another space ship that has crashed. The craft has damages in the landing and needs to be repaired. Baelon (Zalman King) commands the rescue team formed by his…

Deadly Blessing (1981)

Deadly Blessing is one of Wes Craven’s lesser-known films, largely forgotten by all but the most avid horror buffs, but those who have thus far only sampled the director’s more celebrated titles should definitely make the effort to check this…

Satellite in the Sky (1956)

The Brits in the 50s seemed to have a distinctly different idea of proper pacing for their movies compared to American output from the same period.(I think that’s still true today). Most of the time, this makes British science fiction…