Evil Eye (1963)
Coming out in 1963, The Girl Who Knew Too Much is not as ground-breaking as other Mario Bava efforts but it’s still every bit as stylish and suspenseful. The plot of the film, convoluted and filled with twists and red…
Lust for a Vampire (1971)
“Welcome to the finishing school where they really do finish you” throatily growled the trailer to Lust For a Vampire, the troubled second film in Hammer’s Karnstein trilogy, following on from The Vampire Lovers and preceding Twins of Evil. Peter…
Batman: The Movie (1966)
If the later Batman films of the early 1990s, and then again in the late 2000’s, did anything at all, it was that they were made competently and intelligently enough to render a scene in which two fully grown adults…
FleshEater (1988)
Twenty years after he was immortalised on film as the cemetery zombie in Night of the Living Dead, actor Bill Hinzman directed and starred in Flesheater (released on DVD in the UK as Zombie Nosh!), a gory, low-budget tale of…
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Following a long period of cheap-looking productions designed to play as double-features on their home turf, Hammer returned to premium quality horror with FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, arguably the company’s finest hour, and certainly Peter Cushing’s definitive portrayal of the…
The Death Of The Multiplex
When I was a much younger man, my weekends were filled going to the movies. I was lucky that I lived in a major city that had over 15 downtown theatres. Frankly it was amazing, each auditorium had on average…
Count Five and Die (1957)
It’s spring 1944 with the allies planning to stage a massive cross-channel assault on Fortress Europe any day now. Fearing a major German counter response it’s decided to trick the Germans into thinking that the main assault will be directed…
Sand Sharks (2011)
Anybody who watches something so obviously meant to be ridiculous and then complains because it is ridiculous is probably the same kind of moron who lies in the sun and then complains that it is hot. As such, I suggest…