“Le Voyage Dans La Lune”
A group of astronomers hold a meeting where they discuss how to travel to the Moon. The head astronomer proposes that they build something like a huge gun or cannon and fire themselves at the lunar face. After some argument,…
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
One thing’s for sure – Tamara Dobson is very very cool in the title role of Cleopatra Jones, the sexy heroine of this satirical blaxploitation flick. That being said, Cleopatra, a Special Agent who fights drug lords and other bad…
Friday Foster (1975)
I’m sure many fans used to the action-packed Pam Grier flicks must have hated this film when it came out. FRIDAY FOSTER doesn’t feature Grier kicking ass or cussing out a criminal, but does have a great cast, excellent acting…
Slugs: The Movie (1988)
The movie “Slugs” is unique because the titular vermin are actually the good guys in this horrific tale of nature gone awry. You see, these poor slugs have been mutated through the pollution of evil humans and don’t mean to…
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990)
Jesse Ventura, at a point in his career when his nickname was transitioning from “The Body” to “The Mind” and he had yet to go off the rails as a batty conspiracy theorist, plays Abraxas, an 11, 862 year old…
Food of the Gods II (1989)
Once again my ability to be entertained finds it’s happy place at the near lowest common denominator one can possibly find: A movie about growth hormone mutated rats chewing their way through the supporting cast of an unnamed Canadian university….
The Burning (1981)
The Burning has the great fortune of being a product of the early 80’s slasher fest that greeted audiences in the hundreds. Some genre highlights were produced from ca. 1980-1984, a time when these films took themselves semi-seriously and were…
Slaughter High (1986)
“Slaughter High” is, perhaps, the most underrated slasher flick of the 1980s. It is one of the few films in the genre that is enthralling throughout. That being said, it also relies heavily on the standard slasher formula: A group…
Five Quick Questions with HenRii Coleman
After making his own films in Houston, it was faith that drove HenRii Coleman to Los Angeles. He knew jumping into the Hollywood scene is not for the faint of heart and it would take a lot of hard work…
Flight World War II – Review
Caught in a battle between Allied and German Forces, the passengers of a modern day 757 fight to stay alive after their plane mysteriously travels back in time to 1940. In their desperation to stay alive and return home safely,…
Squirm (1976)
The 1970’s saw a number of nature-strikes-back horror films, like Frogs (1972), Grizzly (1976), Empire of the Ants (1977), Day of the Animals (1977), and Prophecy (1979), but none that were quite as well-made and effectively frightening as this low-budget…
Pieces (1982)
Thank you, Juan Piquer Simon! First I’m delighted by your wondrous “E.T.” rip off “Pod People”, then your amazing killer slug movie, the aptly titled “Slugs”. But now I’ve seen the one that tops those classics and then some: your…
Blue Sunshine (1978)
During a party a bald person goes crazy and kills a couple of people, but the wrong man gets accused of these murders. So, now Jerry Zipkin is on the run to prove his innocence. But also across town more…
Undercurrent (1946)
All of the criticisms of this movie might well be flushed down the loo. This is one powerhouse of an interesting movie. Call it Film-Noir. Call it Mystery/Suspense. Call it Psychological Thriller. Call it what you may…I call it: absorbing…
Wynorski, The Asylum and Spellos ….Oh My
A group of Indiana based fans of popular culture have decided to plant a flag in Indianapolis, Indiana for the incubation of regional pop culture and celebration of emerging global popular culture. The stars of the exploding YouTube scene including…
The Food of the Gods (1976)
You know, something bad happened to Bert I. Gordon. In the 1950s and 60s, he made films that were expected to be high camp (“Amazing Colossal Man,” “Beginning of the End,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. The Spider,”…
Slaughter (1972)
* Predictable blood splattered shoot em up flick with that baddest of all bad dudes Jim Brown in the role of the ex-Green Beret butt-kicker Slaughter who’s out to get those who had his parents iced in a flaming car…
San Andreas Quake – Review
When a discredited L.A. Seismologist warns of an impending 12.7 earthquake, no one takes her seriously. Now on her own, she races desperately to get her family to safety before the earthquake breaks Los Angeles apart from the mainland. [youtube_sc…
Killer Image, 1992
In an interview, director David Winning compared this, his second film, to Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. I have to say that I’m terribly embarrassed I didn’t catch this comparison on viewing the movie myself! Sure, all you have to…
Five Quick Questions with Lou Simon – All Girls Weekend
Lou Simon began writing at an early age and originally wanted to be a novelist. Unfortunately there is not a high demand for novelist, so she turned to law and became an attorney after graduating from NYU Law School. She…