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DAYBREAKERS (2009) movie review
Daybreakers (2009) d. Spierig, Michael/Spierig, Peter (Australia/USA) The boys from Down Under follow up their high-energy, low-budget zombie flick Undead with a vampire epic that starts off with such...
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MADHOUSE (1974) movie review
Madhouse (1974) d. Clark, Jim (UK) Vincent Price takes center stage as a hammy horror star sidelined when someone lops off his fiancée’s head at a fancy dinner party (rude, that), resulting in a...
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TURISTAS (2006) movie review
Turistas (2006) d. Stockwell, John (USA) Billed by pundits as “Hostel: South American Style,” this yawn-worthy would-be slaughterfest starts off promisingly enough with a wingding of a bus crash that...
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THE SEA SERPENT (1984) movie review
Sea Serpent, The (aka Hydra) (1984) d. di Ossorio, Amando (Spain) After U.S. Forces drop a bomb into the Atlantic during a training exercise off the coast of Portugal, a giant slumbering sea serpent is...
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SPLATTER UNIVERSITY (1984) movie review
Splatter University (1984) d. Haines, Richard D. When a maniac escapes from an insane asylum (you’d think these folks would learn the value of added security one day), he infiltrates a nearby...
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OCTAMAN (1971) movie review
Octaman (1971) d. Essex, Harry (USA) One of special f/x maestro and multiple Oscar-winner Rick Baker’s early efforts and one that he’d probably like most of us to forget, which might account for its...
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KILLDOZER (1974) movie review
Killdozer (1974) d. London, Jerry (USA) TV-movie notable for predating 1977’s The Car in the pantheon of possessed pedal pushers, although in this case it’s not that pesky Satan behind the wheel but a...
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30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007) movie review
30 Days of Night (2007) d. Slade, David (USA) Based upon the graphic novel by Steve Niles (who also worked on the screenplay) and Ben Templesmith, this big budget adaptation from Sam Raimi’s Ghost...
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BEAST BENEATH (2011) movie review
Beast Beneath (2011) d. Higgins, Julian (USA) Also known as The Curse of Griffith Park (the title that comes up during the closing credits) and The Wrath (which actually boasts its own 2007 IMDb...
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GOKE: BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL (1968) movie review
Goke: Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) d. Sato, Hajime (Japan)In the 1960s, Japan turned out some of the wildest, weirdest genre offerings fans could encounter. Case in point: This futuristic Flight of...
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I AM LEGEND (2007) movie review
I am Legend (2007) d. Lawrence, Francis (USA) The third screen version of Richard Matheson’s novel (preceded by 1964’s The Last Man on Earth and ’71’s The Omega Man) is the first true “Hollywood” take...
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MESA OF LOST WOMEN (1953) movie review
Mesa of Lost Women (1953) d. Ormond, Ron / Tevos, Herbert “Have you ever been kissed by a girl like this?” Lovely exotic spider women, mad and madder scientists, a two-timing gold digging female and a...
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THE CANNIBAL MAN (1972) movie review
Cannibal Man, The (1972) d. de la Iglesia, Eloy (Spain) 98 min. Unfortunately lumped in with the array of Italy’s gruesome gut munchers of the 1970s and ’80s, many may be surprised to find that this...
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THE LORELEY’S GRASP (1974) movie review
Loreley's Grasp, The (aka When the Screaming Stops) (1974) d. di Ossorio, Amando (Spain) Well, when this Spanish film’s title (originally released in the U.S. as When the Screaming Stops) first came...
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THE HOWLING: NEW MOON RISING, THE (1995) movie review
Howling: New Moon Rising, The (aka The Howling VII) (1995) d. Turner, Clive (UK/USA) Writer/producer/director/star Turner resurrects the long-running, wildly erratic lycanthrope series for a seventh...
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CHERRY TREE LANE (2010) movie review
Cherry Tree Lane (2010) d. Williams, Paul Andrew (UK) It’s a little sad when the words “just another home invasion flick” are all that keep running through one’s head for the 81 minutes that Brit...
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THE POSSESSION (2012) movie review
Possession, The (2012) d. Bornedal, Ole (USA) Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick star as separated parents, struggling through divergent child-rearing preferences during Morgan’s weekend visitation...
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THE GIANT CLAW (1957) movie review
The Giant Claw (1957) d. Sears, Fred F. (USA) Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! An enormous bird! An enormous bird puppet from beyond the stars here to wreak havoc and hilarity upon anyone who crosses...
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THE SHINING (1980) movie review
Shining, The (1980) d. Kubrick, Stanley (UK/USA) Carving out a niche of its own in the vaunted annals of haunted house cinema, Stanley Kubrick’s stunner is far from a slavishly faithful adaptation of...
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PRESIDENT'S DAY (2010) movie review
President’s Day (2010) d. LaMartina, Chris (USA) It’s election time at Lincoln High, with candidates dropping out of the race not from peer pressure but rather lack of a pulse. Yep, someone wants to...
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