TABLOID VIVANT – A Horror/Thriller
New horror-thriller TABLOID VIVANT from writer-director Kyle Broom Frankenstein meets Twin Peaks in in writer-director Kyle Broom’s “jarring, unpredictable, immensely fun”* horror-thriller Tabloid Vivant. Broom has worked as an assistant director on several films and TABLOID VIVANT is his fire…
American Beach House (2015)
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest– an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks…
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Another thinly veiled reference to the Communist witch hunt, ‘I Married A Monster From Outer Space’ is a movie with a cheesy title and a decent story. Aliens have come to Earth to impersonate American men while using a ray-gun…
The Killers (1946)
You can scan thru many publications and they will tell you that Robert Siodmark’s adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s story The Killers is quintessential noir, and whilst I haven’t seen enough of the perceived classics to make a sound judgement, I…
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Grim and harsh, the story evolves into something of a morality tale, as a noir anti-hero named Stan (Tyrone Power), employed in a carnival, uses tricks of the carnival trade to manipulate his way to fame and fortune, with the…
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
“Monster from the Ocean Floor” is historically important as the very first film produced by a young Roger Corman, so it’s a shame it’s not more entertaining than it is. It does have some schlocky charm, but owing to an…
Blood of Dracula (1957)
This low budget 1957 monster movie is typical of the drive-in fare produced by AIP in the late Fifties to attract the teenage audience. It’s a moody, low key story with some nice atmosphere, about a teenage girl embittered by…
Happy Birthday Mr.Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American independent film producer, director, and actor. He has been called “The Pope of Pop Cinema”, and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman’s…
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
There are several actors in cinema that give away terrific performances all the time…No matter what role their cast in, they’re always believable and impressive. But then, even beyond that, there are some actors who’re just BORN to play…
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Priest (Ron O’Neal) is back in a sequel to the hit “Superfly”. However, this time he’s quite different–a kindler, gentler sort of Priest. You see, in the first film, Priest was completely amoral—and made his fortune selling dope…
For The Love Of The Drive-In
As the technology of the movie-going experience evolves, the drive-in theater has become one of the film industries many antiquated concepts, much like double-bill features. But from the fifties all the way up to the late seventies, going…
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Despite the BBC/PBS series Danger UXB, bombshells do not lie thick on the English soil. So, in the post-war years – the era of Jayne Mansfield and Mamie van Doren, of Brigitte Bardot and…
Black Sunday (1960)
Be sure and watch the uncut version with the title “The Mask of Satan,” not the censored “Black Sunday” copy, to get the full effect of this living dead masterpiece of Italian cinema. More a…
Coffy (1973)
Pure action film nirvana, “Coffy” has got to be one of the slickest pieces of entertainment ever created, not to mention the penultimate “Blaxploitation” cinema experience. It’s a credit to everyone involved in the film that the story could…
Re-Establishing A Truly Free Market Movie Economy
It is night in a small town just north of San Francisco. A ballet of chrome, rubber and neon lights paint the roads. Teenagers cruise up and down main street in their cars trying to pull themselves out of the…
Saturn 3 (1980)
n 1980, Saturn 3 was released. Since then it’s been mocked, laughed at, even ripped-off by so-called “Classic” (Some actually deserved it, though.). Although it’s rough on the edges, and suffers from some editing problems, effects, and a low budget,…
The Crazies (1973)
The Crazies (1973) was a film by horror film maker George A. Romero. A military biological weapons is accidentally released in a small town. Evans City, PA. is the unlucky recipient to a very deadly virus that has fouled the…
Race with the Devil (1975)
Wow, what a great little flick. Race With the Devil is a seventies road movie/satanic horror film about a group of holidaymakers who get more than they bargained for when they witness the brutal murder of a young girl…
Corman’s World (2011)
If you are my age or perhaps a bit older, than there’s an excellent chance you’ve seen several of Roger Corman’s films. If you are a young whippersnapper, then perhaps you haven’t. Regardless, he is an important man who…
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
This 1965 Toho classic brings the reanimated corpse to the world of giant monsters and elaborate miniatures, an oddball idea. Believe it or not, Frankenstein was originally suppose to fight the likes of Godzilla at the time, but the concept…