What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
The sons of two very different women are convicted of murder. Fearing for their safety in their small town in 1930s America, star-obsessed Adelle (Debbie Reynolds) decides to get a fresh new start in Hollywood, and convinces the quiet and…
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
What can I say. “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf” features a largely unknown cast (which might explain why the acting in this movie is so weak) in a rather cheesy movie that doesn’t really seem to know whether it wants…
Blonde Bait (1956)
The US State Department gets wind that master Soviet spy Rick Randell, Jim Davis, is having an affair with singer-dancer-stripper Angela Booth,Beverly Michaels, and plans to use her to have him tracked down before he does any more damage to…
Bury Me an Angel (1972)
You can complain all you want about low budget production values, but BURY ME AN ANGEL is a lot better than most biker pictures of the age, telling a “revenge-on-the-go” story that satisfies. Best of all, it defines both revenge…
Having It All: The Folly Of Day and Date
Three years ago , I visited a small cable operator in Southern Illinois. Sycamore, Illinois sits in the southern part of the state and is nestled along highway 64 in DeKalb County. It is well off the beaten track. The…
The Sword Of The Barbarian (1982)
A sequel to Franco Prosperi’s GUNAN, KING OF THE BARBARIAN released earlier that same year) is pretty much standard fare though marked by a couple of excesses that make it unintentionally hilarious. Upfront is the intermittent narration, which is so…
The Disembodied (1957)
It’s the evil but beautiful Tonda Metz, Allison Hayes, who’s behind all the death and carnage in the film “The Disembodied” using her Voodood spells to get whatever she wants with the sole exception of white hunter & photographer Tom…
Passion Potion (1971)
Much like a horrible fungus British sex comedies have a way of growing on you, and the Jezebel DVD releases are always the very best of the very worst when it comes to British sex comedies. It’s par for the…
The Raid (2011)
he Raid, a new non-stop cornucopia action film, comes from the most unlikely of sources – Indonesia. But don’t let the country of origin fool you. The Raid is jam packed with some of the best action sequences we’ve seen…
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
It’s not just the mutant human beings of the year 5200 AD that need to be saved but those of us watching this turkey that takes the cake in being one of the worst horror or anything else movie ever…
Eye Of The Evil Dead (1982)
Do you ever, after sitting through the viewing experience of a film, ask yourself, “What the f-k did I just watch?!” Well, I can relate after watching this mind-boggling Fulci effort, replete with bizarre images and unusual death sequences. A…
Duel (1971)
Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” is just a simple movie about a traveling everyman who tries to pass a huge flammable truck on a state highway, and is then strangely stalked by this angered truck driver who seems to want him dead….
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
This has got to be one of the strangest movies ever made, yet somehow I still find myself revisiting it at least once a year despite the fact that it’s seriously flawed. I will attempt to explain why that is….
Fast Company (1979)
Almighty B-movie he-man William Smith calls his own shots, fights to keep his integrity and stubbornly refuses to knuckle under to the Man’s rigid stay on the narrow path and just do what you’re told nonsense as fiercely autonomous and…
Drive (2011)
I’ve seen the last few Nicholas Winding Refn films, and while I liked both Bronson and Valhalla Rising a lot, they were both “difficult” films, in that both structure, pacing and tone were bound to alienate some people, and of…
SS GIRLS (1977)
SS Girls opens with a lot of random shots in a seemingly abandoned house, accompanied by annoying organ music. Evil Nazi Hans Schellenberg is put to the task of recruiting ten women, who are willing to prostitute themselves to learn…
Heavenly Bodies (1984)
“Heavenly bodies” (1984) was Canada’s answer to 1983’s “Flashdance.” Not that it’s a rip-off, because the stories are totally different. In “Heavenly Bodies” three women decide to start a fitness club that specializes in aerobic with intentions of eventually purchasing…
Invisible Invaders (1959)
Eddie Cahn’s “Invisible Invaders” is a fun film despite its extremely low budget, especially for fans of the genre, thanks to an interesting premise and memorable performances from genre stars John Carradine and John Agar. Despite a few comments here,…
The Beast Within (1982)
One of the better, and most overlooked, monster films of the 80’s is this fun and effectively creepy B horror film. On a dark and stormy Mississippi night, a woman is attacked and raped by a mysterious monster. Now, seventeen…
Rodan (1956)
The first of the Toho “Dai Kaiju” series in colour and some of Eiji Tsuburaya’s best special effects. Although shorn to a miserly 69 minutes of the original Japanese footage (plus nearly 4 minutes of actual H-Bomb test footage stuck…