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Foundational Cinema

Month: April 2018

Crime Zone (1989)

An agreeably stark and rough post-apocalyptic little Sci-fi b-grade film by Roger Corman’s Concorde productions, which depicts a neon-glazed future where citizens are put into categories as they carry out daily routines, are run by strict rules (like state-sanctioned sexual…

The Terrornauts (1967)

Amicus were a well-known film company during the 1960s and 1970s who made a number of anthology horrors that continue to be well-regarded amongst fans. It transpires that they tried their hand at a number of other genre efforts during…

4/20 Massacre

A group of five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend’s birthday over 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare. Written and…

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The Big Gundown (1966)

This is absolutely one of the best so-called spaghetti westerns ever, after Sergio Leone’s films of course, and it rates very highly among all westerns. Unlike many other non-Sergio Leone westerns, the cinematography, camera-work, etc., are all very good and…

Stalker (1979)

Andrei Tarkovsky is a rarity among filmmakers in that he creates films that resemble elaborate (and always smartly written, beautifully shot and superbly acted) puzzles. The pieces are always scattered, and Tarkovsky relies on his viewer to bring the final…

The Mysterious Monsters (1975)

“The Mysterious Monsters” deals with the search for creatures science is not yet prepared to confirm the reality of. The elusive “stars” of this film are Big Foot, The Abomidable Snowman and The Loch Ness Monster. I actually saw this…

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)

Everything in zombie movies has been done to death (see what I did there?). And yet, here comes a movie that actually adds to the genre whilst simultaneously disgusting me and making me belly laugh. And not one of those…