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Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)

I live for movies like YOR. Even without the Margheriti connection YOR would be high on my list of Coolest Movies Ever. Quite frankly it has everything: Giant dinosaur puppets, hot cave girls with oiled thighs, a funky rock music…

Flipper (1963)

Chuck Connors (as Porter Ricks) lives on the Florida coast, with his 12-year-old son Luke Halpin (as Sandy), and wife Kathleen Maguire (as Martha). Following a hurricane, son Halpin goes to bail out a dingy; and, he is startled when…

Blastfighter (1984)

The always fun to watch Michael Sopkiw stars in this highly enjoyable action yarn. In it he plays an ex police officer who having just been released from an eight year prison sentence, now seeks the solitude of the great…

The Incredible Boxer (1983)

As if Jodorowsky met Coffin Joe in Hong Kong and decided to collaborate on a supernatural martial-arts action film. Filled to the brim with visual overload, mystical drama, Buddhist symoblism and dark supernatural atmosphere, this film follows the life of…

Removing Net Neutrality Is Just Stupid

From the movie, The Godfather BONASERA (seated in front of the Don’s desk, facing the camera) I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but —…

3 Nights in the Desert (2014)

We grow up. We change. And yet we often want our friends to stay the same. Or better yet, to make up for how they may have hurt us a long time ago. Sometimes we get that, sometimes we don’t,…

First Men in the Moon (1964)

Someone who had read H. G. Wells’ “First Men in the Moon” and then sat down to watch this adaptation may well be aghast at the opening sequences, which deal with a “modern-day” mission to the moon, as opposed to…

Dr. Cyclops (1940)

With the gradual loss of his sight, Dr Alexander Thorkel calls out to other scientist to come to his deep jungle retreat to assist him. When Drs Bulfinch and Robinson arrive (with Stockton and Baker with them) they are astonished…

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

Sean Davidson witnesses his father get murdered by an evil terrorist at a karate event as a child. He adopts Izumo as a mentor, learns the ways of the Ninja. After years of training, Izumo feels Sean is ready. Sean…

Zombie Strippers (2008)

It’s hard to knock a movie like “Zombie Strippers” because it’s fully aware of how audaciously stupid and ridiculous it is. It doesn’t matter that it isn’t high satire or even reasonably solid on a technical level because when it…

Bite (2015)

Chad Archibald has a number of notable titles under his belt as a producer with titles such as “Sweet Karma”, “In the House of Flies”, “Antisocial” and “Septic Man” to just name a few. While his filmography as a director…

Alien Trespass (2009)

Alien Trespass can be added to the increasing number of “retro” movies which pretend to imitate the cinematographic style from previous decades,evoking a more simple,gentle and free from cynicism time.Unfortunately,this movie makes the mistake of thinking that intentional anachronism will…

Maniac (2012)

This flick, like the previous Maniac, dispels the idea that psychopaths are cool or bad ass. Here, Frank (Elijah Wood) is a weirdo loner that spends his days restoring antique mannequins and his nights stalking, murdering, and scalping beautiful young…

Red Line 7000 (1965)

In Todd McCarthy’s Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood, the impetus behind RL7000 was a) Hawk’s 10-year old son Gregg was into cars, or b) Hawks wanted to prove he could make a commercial film quickly for a million…

Evil Dead II (1987)

Sequel or remake? There has always been a huge debate whether Evil Dead II is a sequel or a remake, since the second film contradicts the story that occurred in Evil Dead. Such as, the ending of Evil Dead ends…

The Ghastly Ones (1968)

Three sisters travel to their late father’s mansion where they are to spend three nights together with their respective husbands, before they are eligible to hear the will (read to them by a man wearing make-up to rival Ramses’ from…

Spaceways (1953)

I love old sci-fi films from the 1950s and because of that perhaps I am a bit more forgiving than many of the others who have seen this film. Of course the special effects are not so hot–that was pretty…

Beware Of The Blob

It is a foggy night near the famed Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. I am on my way to Phoenixville, a small town forever made famous by a famed 1950’s horror film. I blissfully ignore the history that passes me by with…

The Lords of Salem (2012)

Rob Zombie has really outdone himself with The Lords of Salem. The film plays like a throwback to the psychedelic satanic Horror Movies of the early 70s. The movie starts out with a slow build getting to know the lead…

Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)

By any technical standards, this film is a mess on par with Ed Wood. But what a glorious mess it is! The film’s imperfections create a camp classic, one whose reputation is certainly deserved. Despite the numerous shortcomings, I was…