Pigs (1973)
After a pre-credit sequence which takes a principled stand against childhood sexual abuse by showing an older adult male’s hand feeling up the bottom of a voluptuous and very mature-looking “teenager”, this movie gets right down to business with it’s…
Joy of Sprockets
When I was in high school I would often volunteer my services to run a 16mm projector. It could either be running cartoons at a Christmas party or doing the Friday night movie screening at a local Children’s Hospital. There…
Satan’s Slave (1976)
Perhaps because of the success of ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968) and THE EXORCIST (1973) and, to a lesser extent, THE OMEN (1976), the 1970’s were a time in which the genre of horror in film was saturated with movies about evil…
Twins of Evil (1971)
The third and final entry to the ‘Karnstein Trilogy’, “Twins of Evil” of 1971 is doubtlessly one of the creepiest and best films the great British Hammer Studios have brought forth in the early 70s. After the fantastic “The Vampire…
Devil Doll (1964)
“Devil Doll” may not be the crown jewels, but it is a small gem, and a very enjoyable horror tale. Except for a few slow-moving scenes in newspaper offices, it is well acted, directed and photographed, with great use of…
The Leech Woman (1960)
“The Leech Woman” is a film that’s a lot better than its title. Coleen Gray plays the older wife of Phillip Terry, a doctor who’s been experimenting with various mixtures in order to find the fountain of youth. The acting…
Without Warning (1980)
An alien has landed and it’s killing innocent humans! Why, you ask? If you’re looking for a feasible explanation like harvesting humans for food or cleaning off this planet for future alien use, forget it. Here the bad guy is…
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Hammer Studios speeds up to the more sexually explicit times with Vampire Lovers, a sleek, beautifully filmed atmospheric filming of the vampire tale Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. This wonderfully done film combines the traditional vampire legend with the more…
Black Magic 2 (1976)
A hospital is full of patients suffering from mysterious and very icky ailments. A doctor believes that spells might be the cause and tries to convince his wife and colleagues, putting them all in danger from the black magician responsible….
The Asphyx (1972)
“Sir Hugo” (Robert Stephens) is a much respected scientist in Victorian Britain fascinated by motion pictures. Whilst filming his friends punting on the river; they have a calamitous accident and die. What shows up on his photography afterwards intrigues him…
I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983)
The mighty Lou Ferrigno stars in this swords & sandal take on Akira Kurosawa’s classic The Seven Samurai, brought to us in this case by the ever maligned Bruno Mattei. Big Lou’s mission, along with his assembled warriors, is to…
The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)
A nice little independent film from Texas? Not even close. Some guy named Terry Lofton wrote the story, screenplay, also directed and even had a bit part in his little movie, about an embittered construction worker who goes around with…
Blood Voyage (1976)
What is meant to be a pleasure cruise becomes a nightmare as murder follows murder on a small ship. With tension mounting, passengers and the crew turn on each other in a desperate attempt to identify the killer. The version…
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967)
“A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die” is a quality spaghetti western with a solid cast and an interesting storyline. It is filmed beautifully, with a relatively high production value for a film in this genre. Alex Cord does…
A Reason For Going To The Movies
Many folks are grabbing onto the dark line of thought that movie theaters are doomed. It’s an easy path to take and frankly, you can interpret the data in a way to draw a conclusion that movie theaters have been…
First Man Into Space (1959)
First Man Into Space has its low budget limitations, but it’s story is a corker. It’s one of the few 50s science fiction stories that question non-atomic technology: how far sure man go? What are the consequences of his thirst…
Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
In this republic serial,a mad doctor called doctor satan(edward cianelli) plot’s to dominate the world with an army of huge robots!,but only one man can stop this mad plot,the copperhead(robert wilcox(david sharp as the copperhead stunt double)!.when a governer is…
Ginger (1971)
This film is the first of a 3-film series, and is the worst of the 3, mainly because the other two films have the benefit of a higher budget due to profits from the first film. In this series-opener, our…
Don’t Move (2013)
A low-budget independent film with some spectacular production standards and a well crafted concept. Well written, well produced and well executed. This is a top quality short movie with some production value and a very well directed mini-plot. The 13…
The Stabilizer (1986)
What’s the most violent movie of all time? Rambo III? Commando? Robocop? Add these three very violent together, and you still won’t equal the carnage in The Stabilizer, the wildest, silliest, craziest action movie I have ever seen. For one…