Fangs (1971)
“Snakes” is a peculiar and – in fact – very wrong 70’s animal exploitation, but it’s undeniably great entertainment. The film introduces Snakey Bender (Les Tremayne), a snake shepherd who traditionally visits every Wednesday a little town that is ……
Carry on Screaming! (1966)
Carry On Screaming! starts in Oakham Woods as a young couple Albert Potter (Jim Dale) & Doris Mann (Angela Douglas) are out on a date. Albert disappears to investigate a strange noise & upon his return he finds Doris missing….
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971)
Something spooky is happening on the Japanese coast; pollution is killing the fish in the ocean, but it also gives life to a monstrous mutated fish-monster. A professor and his genius kid watch it’s destructions on TV, and the kid…
ZOOMBIES – Review
When a strange virus quickly spreads through a safari park and turns all the zoo animals undead, those left in the park must stop the creatures before they escape and zombify the whole city. ZOOMBIES theme is animal zombies, therefore…
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
I first saw this film when I was about twelve years old on T.V., and at the time I didn’t think it was anything special. I saw it again recently for the first time thanks to modern…
Cry Of The Banshee (1970)
The wicked and powerful magistrate Lord Edward Whitman is a witch hunter with his cruel sons Sean, Burke and Bully Boy in a small village in England. His wife Lady Patricia Whitman is deranged with the wickedness of Edward. His…
Switchblade Sisters (1975)
Predating the cycle of gang movies by a few years, “The Jezebels” (a.k.a. “Switchblade Sisters”) by exploitation icon Jack Hill really is a whole lot of fun. It’s colourful entertainment that actually manages to be campy and serious in equal…
Rings of Fear (1978)
Even though he only shares a writing credit with five other people, Red Rings of Fear is credited as being the third instalment of Massimo Dallamano’s unofficial ‘Schoolgirls in Peril’ series; the masterpiece What Have They Done to Solange and…
WITCHULA – MAB Studios announces production deal with Silent Studios Productions
Marcus Bradford’s New Film, ‘Witchula,’ Inks Co-Production deal with British Production Co Both sides agree the signing adds to the production value by making this an international production. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – May 9, 2016 – MAB Studios officially has announced…
Invasion Of The Fleshhunters (1982)
This is a movie that follows a lot of the conventions of a zombie movie, the main difference being that instead of being dead, these flesh-eaters are alive, just taken over by a virus that turns them into deranged…
Eaten Alive/Horror Hotel (1976)
A crazy homicidal man named Judd owns a shabby hotel in the Louisiana bayou and when he receives guests he goes out of his way to murder them and feed them to his pet crocodile. Some…
The Black Cat (1934)
THE BLACK CAT (1934) Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop Directed by Edgar Ulmer The first film to feature both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, THE BLACK CAT was, and remains, innovative and strange. The opening credits…
Putney Swope (1969)
When someone refers to the independent cinema realm in the United States it’s often inferred that it means the filmmaker or people behind the project had much more creative freedom and did what they wanted. This, today, is not really…
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
After being knocked off course in space by some unknown power ray the space ship carrying three astronauts Capt Neal Patterson Lt. Larry Turner & Lt. Mike Cruze, Eric Fleming Patrck Waltz & Dave Willcock, together with rocket scientist professor…
Barbarella (1968)
BARBARELLA is a bizarre, psychedelic tale of the sexual awakening of the titular (no pun intended) character, played by an startlingly young and alluring Jane Fonda, a woman sent by the Government of the Republic of Earth to search for…
Searching For John Wayne
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of touring Ellis Island. I was initially not too keen on going. It was a rainy day in New York, it was cold as early May days can be in the North East, so…
Firecracker (1981)
Susanne Carter (Kesner) is a beautiful female Martial Arts instructor (we’re informed multiple times that she’s a sixth-degree black belt) who travels alone to the Philippines in search of her missing sister. While on her quest, she runs afoul of…
Dementia 13 (1963)
Dementia 13 is a fairly simple narrative on the surface, but underneath it is an interweaving story, each branch adding depth and mystery to the story and each branch being a carefully-planned twist of the senses. My wife, being a…
Darktown Strutters (1975)
Like something out of a twisted 70s nightmare, DARKTOWN STRUTTERS is 100% entertainment for all the wrong reasons. I don’t know if this movie is supposed to be taken seriously or is supposed to be a farce, but it certainly…
The Harder They Come (1972)
Ivan is a country boy in Jamaica who comes to see his Grandmother and `make it big’ by recording a record. However when he finds himself exploited by a record producer he turns to drug running to make money. When…