The Neon Demon (2016)
An absolutely stunningly pretty movie, with no substance. Each shot is poised for elegance and beauty, each interaction with the main character is tense and feels ominous, with a very steady build up ultimately leading to nothing unfortunately. The ending…
Blood Mania (1970)
The greatest moment in “Blood Mania” is the point when you come to realize that the writer and lead actor of this terribly inept movie is actually one and the same person! So, in other words, this dude – Peter…
The Bloody Judge (1970)
First of all, “Night Of The Blood Monster”, is a stupid and misleading title. “Bloody Judge” is exactly what the excellent Christopher Lee portraits in this big budget (yeah, Jess Franco with money!?!) witch hunting flick. The plot is almost…
Aenigma (1987)
At a school for wayward girls that would give any British/Australian TV presenter/entertainer from the seventies a stroke, a prank has gone way, way wrong. Cathy, the weirdo daughter of the weirdo cleaner, has been set up on a date…
Night of the Howling Beast (1975)
In this Spanish horror movie a group of scientists travel to Tibet to try and track down the Yeti. While there one of their team is infected with lycanthropy and periodically turns into a werewolf. This is my first exposure…
Where We Ought To Be: Leadership in Movie Exhibition
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter Every day in my reading I am assailed by articles proclaiming proposed…
The Hanging Woman (1973)
Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Alvarez) was a fixture in Spanish Horror-as far as actor’s go, he was that countries Karloff. So when he died in late 2009, he left behind a vast array of work that has maintained a…
Waves of Lust (1975)
Using the potentially claustrophobic atmosphere aboard a yacht to develop a thriller has almost become a movie cliche by now. Most people would probably regard the Australian film Dead Calm as the originator of this idea, but there are a…
Monster in the Closet (1986)
In San Francisco, when several locals are found murdered in their closets, the rookie journalist Richard Clark (Donald Grant) is assigned to investigate the case. He stumbles upon the scientist Prof. Diane Bennett (Denise DuBarry) and her son “Professor” Bennett…
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
Larry Cohen returns after nearly a decade to finish off his mutant baby trilogy with mixed results. Stephen Jarvis (Michael Moriarty) battles in court for the rights of the mutant baby he had with his wife Ellen (Karen Black). The…