The DEATHSTALKER Series
I don't know whether this is or one like "Thrills and Chills" is the best section to ask, but what are some opinions about it? I'm sure it gets written off as a generic sword and sorcery series, or as...
View ArticleSomewhere Within PUPPET MASTER Is A Good Movie
Last night I watched the first PUPPET MASTER after having purchased a set of all the PM movies (and three KILLJOY flicks on the same set) at Walmart for five bucks (!) and I have to say...while...
View ArticleA look at the criminally underrated sci-fi/horror flick PULSE (1988)
I figured this would be the best place for this. Earlier this year I checked out the sci-fi/horror film PULSE (1988). I knew the VHS box since I was a kid, but never rented it for some reason....
View ArticleDune (1984) David Lynch
Did a search and nothing showed up...Gave this a spin again after recently seeing Jodorowski's Dune. There is so much that is wrong with this movie, I think the main thing is that it talks down to the...
View Article" π " ( 1998 )
This one's a psych thriller with sci-fi / horror elements blended in, and I found it a quite original story with enough disturbia to warrantits own thread. The first feature by Darren Aronofsky (...
View ArticleTim Burtons Hansel and Gretel
I enjoy Tim Burton but I found this most unenjoyable. The one aspect that is great though is picking out some of his iconic shots and designs and seeing how he uses them here. It's almost like the...
View ArticleWheels of Terror (1990)
Never heard of this one before. Going by El Santo's review over on 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting, it concerns a bus driver using a bus that's been suped up with a racing engine (!) to chase down...
View ArticleThe Stuff (1985)
Definitely one of my favorite quirky horror flicks, although it seems like it was very badly edited before release. Like there's a goodly number of shots and scenes missing, since the flow of the...
View ArticleMy Science Project (1985)
This film doesn't get nearly enough attention. As a kid, I thought the tyrannosaurus set the benchmark for how to properly do a dinosaur in a film! I wouldn't be this impressed by a dinosaur until...
View ArticleStar Trek V: The Final Frontier
Of all the Trek movies featuring the original cast, this one seems to be the most disliked. I'll admit right up front, I quite like it. I saw it in the theater during its initial run and remember...
View ArticleFrankenhooker (1990)
For those not familiar with this title it's a nifty, low-budget, cult item. Directed by Henenlotter of Basket Case fame. It's basically his take on Frankenstein, or Bride, or maybe having the...
View ArticleThe Skeleton Key (2005)
Watched this last night. Enjoyed it. Steals its denouement almost directly from one of my low-budget favorites from the 70s, The Brotherhood of Satan (which in turn probably stole its denouement...
View Article"Three Sovereigns for Sarah" ( 1985 )
I'd love to see this PBS comedy / drama ( !?! ) starring Vanessa Redgrave but cannot find it. Anybody know how it's available or can recommend it?The iMDb doesn't divulge much as it compiled comments...
View ArticleTim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Century Theater chain has programmed a revival showing of TBTNBC for the Halloween season. It's the latest of several recent revivals--can it be that TBTNBC is becoming as much a Halloween viewing...
View ArticleElysium
Elysium was Neill Blomkamp's followup to District 9.It looks a lot like District 9. It very much wants to be like District 9. It is not like District 9.Whereas District 9 was both a satire of race...
View ArticleTHE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES
Does anyone have any opinions about it? Of course, you don't have to really be into the paranormal story it's based on to feel one way or the other. (In fact, the movie rewrites an awful lot of that...
View ArticleName This Movie!
I saw this on TV years and years ago, sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. It concerns a woman who, as a girl, came home from school to find that someone had murdered her mother (I think). Things I...
View ArticleEarly '80s Zombie Flick: Can't remember the name.........
I saw this on the bottom half of a drive-in double feature with City of the Living Dead in the very early '80s-maybe '81(?), and the only thing I remember about it besides NOT being a flesh-eating...
View ArticlePHILIPPE MORA AND PAUL CLEMENS DISCUSS "THE BEAST WITHIN"
More than thirty years after its original release in 1981, director Philippe Mora and star Paul Clemens came together during the Summer of 2013 to recall production of a little film with a large cult...
View ArticleThe Day After (1983)
I was not yet alive when this was made so I do not know how genuinely horrifying it was upon initial airing. I heard it was highly effective and scared many people. I saw it a few years ago and...
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