The Bride was the film that reunited Quadrophenia alumni Phil Daniels and Sting – it had that big evil dude from the Highlander in it and that girl from Flashdance – so why wasn’t it a bigger hit? Director Franc Roddam (Quadrophenia, K2, Aria, The Lords of Discipline, […]
Written and directed by Claudio Fragasso (who was credited a at the time as Clyde Anderson), Monster Dog (aka Leviatán, The Bite and Los Perros de la Muerte) opens with Vince Raven (Alice Cooper with his voice dubbed by an uncredited Ted Rusoff – in fact The only time […]
Written by Joseph Ellison, Ellen Hammill and Joe Masefield, and directed by Ellison, Don’t Go In The House follows Donald ‘Donny’ Kohler (Dan Grimaldi – The Sopranos) a man obsessed with fire and human combustion. Through the use of flashbacks we learn that a young Donny (Colin Mclnness) suffered […]
Written by Eduardo Quiroz and Jose Quiroz, Hood of the Living Dead follows the plight of a young scientist named Ricky (Carl Washington) who resides in a poor and violent section of Oakland with his brother Jermaine (Brandon Daniels). The struggle of the brothers to survive the Oakland hood is […]
Directed by S. Shankar., Enthiran is the first instalment in the Enthiran franchise and stars Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam and Karunas. As the film opens we meet struggling scientist Vaseegaran (played by Rajinikanth) who is battling to control a robot he created in his own image […]
Written and directed by Minoru Kawasaki, Earth Defense Widow follows Dan (Mitsu Dan), a former geisha, who is now working as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops known as JAP. Earth is suddenly attacked by a space monster called Bemurasu who consumes nuclear waste. Bemurasu kills Dan’s fiancé […]
Written and directed by Albert Pyun, Brainsmasher… A Love Story follows the adventures of Ed “Brainsmasher” Malloy (played by Andrew Dice Clay). Malloy is a bad ass bouncer from Portland, Oregon who runs into glamorous supermodel Samantha Crain (Teri Hatcher)- a woman who has everything—except for true love. Samantha runs […]
Directed by Isaac Gabaeff, The Sand (aka Blood Sand) follows a group of friends who are having a big beach party. As the party begins all the teenagers agree to put their mobile phones in the trunk of a car in an effort to ensure that no one […]
Written by Miloš Macourek and Dušan Vukotić, and directed by Vukotić, Visitors from the Galaxy follows Robert (Žarko Potočnjak) a hotel doorman who is obsessed with science fiction. Robert has plans to write his own science-fiction book about three alien androids—Andra and children Targo and Ulu—who land on Earth coming from an […]
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hausu (aka House) follows a young Japanese girl who goes by the nickname Gorgeous (played by Kimiko Ikegami) who has plans for a summer vacation with her father (Saho Sasazawa) who had been in Italy scoring film music. When Gorgeous’ father returns home he surprises […]
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Peggy Sue Got Married takes place in 1985 and follows Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) – a woman who has recently separated from her husband Charlie Bodell (Nicholas Cage) after putting up with his infidelity for years. Peggy and Charlie have been together since […]
Years ago, as a kid, I sat down in front of the TV and was enthralled by a film where big tall black rocks grew and fell only to grow again and were stumbling towards a quaint American town, endangering it, and the town had to do something […]
Written by Robert Hayes and Dan Rotblat and directed by Hayes, Phoenix the Warrior (aka She-Wolves of the Wasteland) is a post apocalyptic movie where as a result of biological warfare, a devastating plague has been unleashed across the planet, killing most of the men but leaving a race of […]
Written and directed by Gerard Johnstone, Housebound is a New Zealand horror comedy that follows a troubled young woman named Kylie Bucknell (Morgana O’Reilly) who is arrested after an ill fated attempt to steal the safe of an ATM machine. As she has a criminal record already the judge […]
As far as I’m concerned Grunt: The Wrestling Movie is the Spinal Tap of wrestling movies! Directed by Allan Holzman the film opens to vintage wrestling footage from October 13th 1979 when World Champion “Skull Crusher” Johnson (played by Victor Rivera) is defending his championship against the challenger “Mad Dog” […]
Written and directed by James Ward Byrkit, Coherence follows a woman named Emily (played by Emily Baldoni) who must deal with strange occurrences following a comet sighting. At the start of the film we are at a dinner party with eight people; during the dinner a comet passes […]
Written and directed by David Engelbach, America 3000 takes place in Colorado, USA in the year 3000. It turns out a nuclear war occurred in 1992 and that has reduced humanity back to a stone age standard of living under the rule of a fierce female tribe. All men are […]
Written by William Goldstein and James Whiton and directed by Robert Fuest, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a dark comedy that follows Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price), a famous concert organist and expert in theology and music. Phibes is a grieving man who blames the medical team that attended […]
Directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay, Mahakaal (aka The Monster aka Time of Death) was an Indian horror movie that bares more than a passing resemblance to A Nightmare on Elm Street. As the film opens we meet a young student named Seema (Kunika) who is having […]
Mario Gariazzo’s Il Venditore di Palloncini (aka The Last Circus Show aka Last Moments aka The Balloon Vendor) follows Giacomino (played by Renato Cestiè ) a little boy abandoned by his mother (a variety dancer) and raised by an alcoholic father. Over the years it is the boy who has […]
