Redneck Zombies (1989)
When a film begins with a mental patient in a hospital putting out a cigarette on an already very scarred forearm (his own), you know you’ve got a twisted film on your hands. This is certainly a gore splatter, but…
Cold Sweat (1970)
‘Cold Sweat’ is a 70’s actioner I was actually quite pleasantly surprised by. Charles Bronson plays a guy whose cronies have caught up with him after spending many years in jail for a crime that he fled from. He’s in…
Cemetery High (1988)
Director Gorman Bechard and much of the crew and cast worked on this and before it both ‘Psychos in Love’ and ‘Galactic Gigolo’ for Full Moon. Basically a group of average looking young women decide to eliminate all the perverted…
Enter The Ninja (1981)
The film begins with a very impressive display of weaponry skills by none other than Sho Kosugi in full Ninja uniform, including sai, shinobi-gatana, tonfa, nunchaku, manriki {bola}, blowgun, shiroken, bow & arrow, and spear-staff. Blend into white ninja {color…
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Fresh from the enormous success of Enter The Ninja, Sho Kosugi leaped back onto cinema screens in this rather smashing sequel of sorts (although this time playing the good guy) After most of his family are brutally slaughtered by an…
Eyeball (1975)
Played with a straight face, Umberto Lenzi’s Giallo EYEBALL is a hoot of a film. It actually takes the subject matter seriously which makes it all the more fun. It’s terribly made and what’s worse is the corny music theme…
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Not a bad variation of THE MYSTERIANS crossed with BRAVE NEW WORLD with little WESTWORLD tossed in. I have to say the sets were pretty darn impressive in design for such a low low budget. How many indies have we…
Macabre (1958)
What set this film apart from all others playing at the time, was an insurance policy, issued by Lloyds Of London, given out at the box office, and insuring the patron against “death by fright” during the viewing. Of course,…
The Dark Backward (1991)
There’s never been anything quite like it on-screen. In form, it’s a Fairy Tale of the very Grimm variety. In tone, it’s closest to the absurdist theatre works of Beckett, Pirandello and Ionesco. There’s also a whole lot of allegory…
The Witches (1966)
After being threatened by witchcraft in Africa, Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) has a nervous breakdown and returns to England. She is invited to teach in a private school, owned by the wealthy Alan Bax (Alec McCowen) and his sister Stephanie…
The Movie Theater Abides
Happening alongside the massive re-invention of the movie going experience in theaters is the hastening death of the idea of Hollywood. Hollywood is collapsing onto itself and its power structure and decision-making ability is being torn apart. The agency powerhouse…
Twins of Dracula (1971)
From it’s stunning opening to its shattering climax, Twins of Evil is an unremittingly brutal movie. Burnings, stabbings and decapitations are unflinchingly displayed, and, because this *is* a seventies Hammer film, there’s some softcore nudity as well. But for all…
The Old Dark House (1963)
Amusing quips and snappy banter abound. There are some plot contrivances (typically par for the Castle course). The Old Dark House would surely have been better suited for black and white film stock as the milieu is inherently sinister. That…
Hysteria (1965)
Those who love the psychological twisters of the sixties will find this one of the best, with its masterful twists and turns of the plot. The question in this film is: Is our hero (played with aplomb by Robert Webber)…
Crescendo (1970)
Stefanie Powers stars as a graduate student who travels to the home of a recently deceased composer to study his work. In addition to his widow, his son (James Olsen) lives in the house. He was a tennis player who…
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Sir Christopher Lee warms up for his later Fu Manchu characterizations by playing an Asian villain here. He’s Chung King, the leader of the deadly criminal organization The Red Dragon Tongs in early 20th century Hong Kong. The Tongs reign…
Slave Girls (1967)
A goofy Hammer movie whose sole raison d’etre seems to be to disprove the old adage that blondes have more fun, “Prehistoric Women” (1967) certainly did have me laffing out loud. In it, great white hunter David Marchant (unconvincingly portrayed…
Horror House (1972)
Once upon a time in a castle…… Two little girls are playing in the garden’s castle. They are sisters. A blonde little girl (Kitty) and a brunette one (Evelyn). Evelyn steals Kitty’s doll. Kitty pursues Evelyn. Running through long corridors,…
Goliath and The Dragon (1960)
Broderick Crawford plays his role of a corrupt would-be emperor like he were still playing a 20th century gangster. Watch him bark orders to soldiers like he were plotting a gangland rubout. Meanwhile Mark Forest is the hero called “Emilius”…
Blood Bath (1966)
Roger Corman bought an unfinished film shot in Europe called OPERATION TITIAN concerning the hunt by both cops and crooks for a stolen Titian painting. Patrick Magee was the star. At the same time Jack Hill was shooting a movie…