Vampire at Midnight (1988)
I know. This is not a great movie. But within its purposes (making a cheap action film) and within its historical context (80’s) it is a very cool film. Demonic villain, inelegant protagonist and a beautiful girl. All this in…
Road Games (1981)
While driving alone through the Australia outback with his dingo, the truck driver Patrick Quid (Stacy Keach) becomes aware that a serial killer is attacking women and he suspects that the driver of a green van is the murderer and…
D.C. Cab (1983)
DC Cab is a wildly hilarious and totally unpc comedy classic from the 80’s. Adam Baldwin(best known as Animal Mother from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket) he heads this ensemble cast that also includes Max Gail, Mr. T, Gary Busey,…
Fear Level (2017)
If you made it all the way through this movie…heck if you made it past the first story, you are a trooper. Make no doubt about it, this is a college project film at best. It is really that bad….
Future War (1997)
This film was featured on the cult television show, Mystery Science Theater 3000. It is also very bad and I have to say that it is almost too bad. A film that seems to try and combine the Terminator series…
Killer Fish (1979)
Next to Joe Dante’s minor exploitation classic, this is already the second “Jaws”-rip off that revolves on piranhas, but the comparison stops right there with the mutual choice of killer fish as the sea monsters. Dante’s film is of course…
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
Director Charles Band followed up PARASITE, his first successful foray into the 3-D world, with this futuristic action-adventure film. It is pretty obvious he is going for a mix of THE ROAD WARRIOR and STAR WARS, but I’m not entirely…
I Love Maria (1988)
A sci-fi action film and gag filled comedy is about an improbable love triangle between washed out gangster Whiskey, put upon police scientist Curly, and a robot named Maria. The Hero gang has been terrorizing Hong Kong at will with…
Wired to Kill (1986)
Just when I thought I’d be seeing another action-packed turkey, WIRED TO KILL did turn out as a decent surprise. Set in the year 1998, it looks too frightening enough to make us wonder how hard we’re surviving a lot…
The Clonus Horror (1979)
The premise is better than even your average Hollywood blockbuster these days; it poses some interesting moral dilemmas. Although the score is sometimes obtrusive, it also provides a few lovely moments when Richard is walking by the river. Watching the…
Funeral Home (1980)
William Fruet’s film, Funeral Home, is for the most part Psycho with kids. The movie starts off with a teenager visiting her grandmother in a small town. Both plan to turn the house that the grandmother lives in (which was…
For The Love Of Popcorn
In the midst of this Pandemic, there have been some gentle beacons of hope that have shone through. The Historic Artcraft Theatre opened Friday and Saturday nights to off their popcorn (locally grown, internationally known) and amazing creamy Root Beer…
Prom Night II (1987)
While the original Prom Night was a straight slasher film, this time we get a possession/supernatural story. It has little in common with the original film other than the teens and prom thing. But this sequel is actually better than…
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1984)
Charles B. Pierce is a small time filmmaker who made a couple of films of note. One was The Town That Dreaded Sundown and the other was The Legend of Boggy Creek. He also made a sequel to Boggy Creek…
Gorath (1962)
This Japanese take on the kind of story first pioneered by “When Worlds Collide” and done less effectively in later years in “Meteor”, “Armageddon” etc. has been called Toho’s greatest sci-fi movie ever by some. It’s certainly a fairly intelligent…
Tower of Evil (1972)
Take my word on thisÂ…Tower of Evil is a MUST SEE if you’re an admirer of raw, vicious and undiscovered horror. This film is so much fun I can’t believe I just found out about it now! It’s cheap and…
Hundra (1983)
What I think I enjoy most about HUNDRA is that it feels like a horribly misogynistic film with a main character who didn’t get the memo and proceeds to rebel against the script and film itself as the ultimate icon…
Space Chase (1990)
Space hero and bounty hunter Ryan Chase (Yes, that it his name and that is where the title came from) and his alien buddy are hired/pressured to rescue a brilliant (Well according to the script) scientist and eventually his daughter…
X-Ray (1981)
Incredibly strange, over-the-top and at times downright crazy slasher about a young woman who sees her best friend murdered after they laugh at a boy who left her a Valentine’s Day card. Flash-forward nineteen years and the now woman (Barbi…
Bury Me an Angel (1971)
Dixie Peabody stars as “Dag” in this hypnotic biker film. Dag and her two male biker friends search for the murderer of Dag’s brother, who was shot during a party. The film marches the trio into constant trouble,and a friendly…