The Demon Doctor (1962)
‘The Awful Dr. Orloff’ is obviously ripped off the extraordinary ‘Eyes Without A Face’. I didn’t really have a problem with that in itself, only that what Franco does with such potentially rich material. Which is, nothing much. Sadly this…
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Let me say this right off that bat. If you’re idea of a horror film is I know What You Did Last Summer and you consider Scream and The Exorcist to be the most shocking films ever made, this is…
Room 43 (1958)
Among the sundry delights to be found in this British white slavery sexpose is the gonzo turn by Herbert Lom. As London’s mac daddy supreme Nick Biaggi, Lom is a sight to behold, a horn-doggie dandy in homburg, lapel carnation…
Customs Agent (1950)
This is a moderate sub-B picture which has nothing wrong with it, but has little to offer. The one very interesting thing is that in 1950 the early anti-biotic drug strepto-mycin was so rare and so controlled (only tiny amounts…
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Vampress Lilith (Angie Everhart) is brought to life again after a long rest in one of the far corners of the world by Reverend Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon) and his partner Vincent. The two establish a bordello disguised as a…
The Bobo (1967)
Peter Sellers stars with his then-wife, Britt Ekland, and Rosanno Brazzi in “The Bobo” from 1967. The always funny Sellers plays a singing matador named Juan, who comes to Barcelona to make his fortune. He sings for an unimpressed local…
Chanel Ryan Spotlight
Written By: Keith Makenas “What is it like to work with Chanel Ryan, in a word, uplifting, in two words, amazingly uplifting!” Actor Barry Ratcliffe “Chanel was a stand out, and was such a pleasure to work with.” Director, Writer,…
Island Of The Fishmen (1979)
L’Isola degli Uomini Pesce is a very entertaining retelling of the Island of Dr. Moreau. It is 1891 and Claudio Cassinelli is shipwrecked on a mysterious island with a few newly escaped convicts. Claudio comes across the stellar Barbara Bach…
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971)
Great Western! Made right near the time of the “Wild Bunch”, it reminds me of the “Seven Samurai” or “The Magnificent Seven” but with seven Mexicans coming up to an American town full of bigots where they should have left…
Hell’s Belles (1969)
Hells Belles started off pretty adequately, and as it went along it turned out to be one of the better biker pictures I’ve seen from AIP. It probably wont be remembered much years from now, and one reviewer who said…
Nightbreed (1990)
Fascinating is an excellent word to describe NIGHTBREED: it doesn’t necessarily mean it is good or bad, just interesting. Indeed, Im still not sure whether or not this film is good or bad. On the credits side, the sets, costumes,…
Panic in the Streets (1950)
In Panic In The Streets Richard Widmark plays U.S. Navy doctor who has his week rudely interrupted with a corpse that contains plague. As cop Paul Douglas properly points out the guy died from two bullets in the chest. That’s…
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
This was quite a surprise: A Disney family movie rated PG with creepy animation, lots of dark scary scenes, aliens, homicides and attempted homicides and more! Why make a movie about children’s mothers being abducted by aliens and murdered in…
Dark Intruder (1965)
This fast-paced film breaks no boundaries, and yet remains a solid little chiller-thriller with an amusing central performance from Leslie Nielsen. This is one of those films which they just don’t make anymore, an old-fashioned thriller in which Nielsen and…
The Visitor (1979)
I understand how some (perhaps most) viewers found The Visitor an incoherent mess, but it may be due to poor editing since its U.S. release in 1979 which, evidently, was also released theatrically to international audiences. However, I am only…
Movie Theatres: The Next Generation
It’s 6:35 am. I have just gotten up and looking out my hotel window at the soft waves coming off the Atlantic Ocean. The night before I flew out to the Jersey shore to work with a team of imagineers…
Cold Sweat (1993)
Though she gets third billing, “Cold Sweat” is unmistakably a Shannon Tweed movie—so much so that the generic title could just as well be changed to “Yet Another Shannon Tweed Erotic Thriller.” At first, though, it appears to be the…
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad is one of my all time favourite movies. Great cast, great villain, great script and just the right balance of absolutely fantastic Ray Harryhausen special effects (without being excessive or absurd – as in the…
Joe
On August 28th, 1895, in West Orange, New Jersey, in Thomas Edison’s studio, an employee named Alfred Clark shot the historic dramatization The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, in what is regarded as the first visual effects sequence in…
Revenge of the Dead (1983)
Pupi Avati is doubtlessly a one-of-a-kind director, and while his contributions to Italian Horror cinema are not at all typical for their sub-genres, they are highly memorable. Avati’s 1976 Giallo “La Casa Dalle Finestre Che Ridono” (“The House With Laughing…