Captive Women (1952)
The vaguely titled CAPTIVE WOMEN is set in a post nuclear holocaust world where three warring tribes, “The Norms”, “The Mutates”, and “The Upriver People” battle each other for supremacy in and around the ruins of New York City and…
The Executioner (1974)
EXECUTIONER (1974) is a contemporary crime thriller about a secret band of fighters recruited by a disgraced narcotics detective seeking to stop the flow of drugs into Japan. While diehard fans of the film’s star, Sonny Chiba, are partial to…
Keoma (1976)
A half-breed Indian Keoma returns back to his hometown after fighting in the Civil War, and finds his town is being run by an ex-Confederate soldier Caldwell and his outlaws. He holds power over the town by letting the plague…
Apache Woman (1976)
This Ravioli Western contains noisy action , shootouts , ravage , fighting , a love story , lots of blood and guts and a big deal of gratuitous violence . It deals with Tommy (Al Cliver), an innocent cavalry soldier…
Spook Chasers (1957)
This particular post Gorcey Bowery Boys film is distinguished by having Stanley Clements adopt Leo Gorcey’s gift for the malaprop without the same humor. It also is an attempt to use character actor Percy Helton as the proprietor of a…
Duel (1971)
“Duel” is a 1971 made-for-TV movie directed by a 24-year-old that was filmed in less than two weeks and ended up costing less than $350,000 to make. When I tell people about the plot of the film (a tanker truck…
Man Clam (1962?)
It’s estimated that half of all films ever made have been destroyed or their whereabouts are unknown. All traces of the infamous 1962 monster movie “MANCLAM” were considered lost, until the demolition of an old theatre in central Saskatchewan, Canada…
The Lost World (1960)
Producer/director Irwin Allen had big plans for this one. He also had the big budget needed to craft a truly spectacular remake of the original 1925 classic silent film. And, he rightly felt that a new movie based on Sir…
The City Of The Dead (1960)
After listening to a lecture by Prof.Alan Driscoll, Christopher Lee, on the town of Whitewood Massachussetts back in 1692 where a local witch, Elizabeth Slwyn, was burned at the stake one of Prof. Driscoll’s students Nan Barlow, Venetia Stevenson, decided…
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
In the third and final installment of the “Creature” trilogy, it is clearer than ever that the real monsters are the scientists themselves, with their constant prodding and poking of nature. The Creature is bestial, but no more evil than…
The 27th Day (1957)
An alien ship picks up five different people from the five super powers of the world. There he gives each a device that only they can open. Each device contains three vials that have the power to annihilate every human…
Blood Theatre (1984)
I agree that Mary Woronov (Murdoch’s secretary) is one of the only good things about this film. She is my favorite actress ever, every role she plays is always done so well. Her character is sly, sarcastic, clever, light hearted,…
The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
Following a police raid on they’re house, Otis B. Driftwood, (Bill Moseley) and Baby Firefly, (Sherri Moon-Zombie) manage to escape their house, while Sheriff John Wydell, (William Forsythe) captures the rest of the family. Meeting up with Captain Spaulding, (Sig…
Fright Night (1985)
While with his girlfriend Amy Peterson (Amanda Bearse) in his bedroom, the teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) sees a coffin being transported to the house on the next door. A couple of days later, he concludes that his neighbor Jerry…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
From Edgar G. Ulmer (director of `The Man from Planet X’ and `The Amazing Transparent Man’) comes this likable little sc-fi tale. A test pilot (Robert Clark) is catapulted into the future by a freak phenomenon, where a post World…
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Although Dr. Phibes Rises Again is set three years after the demented organist’s original killing spree, in reality, it was only one year after the first film that this sequel saw the light of day, and one can’t help but…
Ted. V. Mikels Passes
Ted V. Mikels (born Theodore Mikacevich; April 29, 1929 – October 16, 2016) was an American independent filmmaker primarily of the horror cult film genre. Movies that he has both produced and directed include Girl in Gold Boots (1968), The…
House of Wax (1953)
House of Wax was one of the few films made in 3D which was a huge success. This may have more to do with the fact that it had a good, strong story and great acting and did not rely…
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS is a classic “good bad movie.” Big Tor Johnson is a Russian scientist who is transformed into a choke-happy maniac after an A-bomb test. With two of the blandest rangers imaginable hot on his trail,…
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Wes Craven is a director who did a lot to revive interest in the horror genre, but he also did a lot to ensure that we were unlikely to get our horror the way we used to. While I personally…