Psych-Out (1968)
When I first read the synopsis for Psych-Out, I expected it to be incredibly stupid, but once I watched it I decided otherwise. This film provides a rare look into a time too offen reduced to nostalgic simplicities. A true…
The Raven (1963)
Clever dialogue, gothic scenery, and three old masters of horror make this film a delight to watch…over and over again. It is not very often one gets a chance to see three horror legends…Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Peter Lorre(plus…
Children of the Damned (1964)
Although it is often referred to as a sequel to “Village of the Damned”, the plot differs in enough ways to make the claim seriously questionable. No mention is made of the events in the first film. The only real…
The Blob (1988)
The Blob (1988) was a bloody and nasty update to the fifties “classic” horror/science fiction film THE BLOB. I actually prefer the remake (one of the few times you’ll hear me say that) because it covered ground that the original…
You Have To Serve Somebody
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes You’re gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody Bob Dylan, Your Going To Have To…
Target Earth (1954)
Since it was co-written by the man behind ROBOT MONSTER (1953), I really wasn’t expecting anything from this one (whose SE DVD I bought dirt-cheap from VCI outright). However, the film proved worthy of some attention though failing to…
Night Creatures (1962)
While Britains’s Hammer film company made their reputation with remakes of the hoary old horror staple potboilers such as their Draculas and their Frankensteins, their true strength was in the creation of relatively small budget genre films that shone with…
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Dismal cheapie from AIP that stars a rough-looking Tom Conway as a mad scientist in the jungle using voodoo to turn women into monsters. It’s a mostly dull affair with a few campy moments that are worth some laughs. But…
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
An archaeologist (Andrew Prine) visits Vampire Island to bury his father, who has died under mysterious circumstances. He ignores the warnings of a schoolteacher (Patty Shepard) and, prodded by an historical novelist (Mark Damon), he opens the tomb of the…
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Many fans of Japanese monster movies regard the late 50s/early 60s as the Golden Age,and they are generally right.There is a terrific feel to the Toho Studios films made in that period-imaginative,exciting,fun without generally descending into camp,a good stock company…
The Slime People (1963)
Los Angelos is enclosed by a wall of fog created by inhabitants from in the inner depths of the Earth, whereby they kill all the people they can find(for no known reason) and so that they can control the temperatures….
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Peter Cushing joins five men in a railway carriage only to have each man pick one of his deadly tarot cards and have Cushing predict his future. Each man picks the same card and each then tells/hears a story about…
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
It never crossed my mind that archeology could get so sexy. The findings usually tend to have a much drier and dustier appearance. Valerie Leon has really showed new aspects to Egyptology here. In her double role as remarkably well…
Frankenstein Created Bikers (2016)
This straight sequel to the film “Dear God No!” was worth the wait. This is a massive production with tons of extras that exceeds in becoming the new standard for exploitation homages. The cast, look, insane dialogue and sheer whacked-out…
Hanging Heart (1983)
“Hanging Heart” is an odd little slasher flick which to my knowledge was never released in US on VHS.Denny is an aspiring theatre actor.The girls he knows romantically are being murdered one by one by a hooded killer.Of course Denny…
American Samurai (1992)
Kind of a ripoff of American Ninja, white guy learns Japanese style blah blah blah. Unlike the characters in that series of movies, some of the people in this actually do seem to know martial arts. Kind of a cross…
The Shape Of Theaters To Come
It is Sunday morning in Las Vegas. The warm desert winds slowly roll down the Vegas strip, the strip is enjoying a brief respite from the crowds who fill it searching for who knows what. I am here to briefly…
So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
One of the things I like in the gialli is their mixture of sex and crime – you can have your thrills and watch at the same time beautiful women with scanty or no dress at all being pursued and…
Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
A significant horror genre is Euro-horror. These movies from Spain, France, Italy, Germany and occasionally others are rarely scary, but nevertheless show some REALLY nasty things. Directors in this genre include Antonio Margheriti (to whom Quentin Tarantino briefly paid homage…
Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
Richard Harrison once again finds himself in heavy mascara and camouflage ninja togs whilst being edited into a completely non ninja movie here! Yes, Godfrey Ho strikes again and this time he has spliced some rather enjoyable ninja footage into…