It seems that director Fred Olen Ray reserved almost all of his time, budget, and resources for Cyclone towards rounding up an eclectic lineup of notable B movie actors, since there’s practically nothing else of interest in the movie.
There’s enough good atmosphere, intriguing mystery, and creepy horror to be found in The Killing Hour (a.k.a. THE CLAIRVOYANT) to make it a real shame its distributor didn’t give it a decent theatrical release in its day.I started and abandoned a whole lot of sword-and-sorcery reviews back in 2020. This update gets me just about caught up on those. Also, although I’m taking a break from my kung fu movie studies here, I’m making up for it with a Hong Kong horror film:
Barbarian Queen (1985), in which Roger Corman, say what you want about him, was never under the misapprehension that women couldn’t headline an action movie…
Centipide Horror (1982), which isn’t quite a killer bug movie, but is instead about using bugs as delivery systems for black magic curses…
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983), which is exactly the movie it sounds like, and yet not quite the one you’d expect once you learned that it was written by Claudio Fragasso and directed by Bruno Mattei…
Sorceress (1982), the developmental prototype for the Corman Conan Cash-In…
and…
The Throne of Fire (1983), in which the son of a wizard is the only thing standing between the Antichrist and a really nice chair
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
The so-called thriller A Lover’s Revenge is Canadian. And made for television. For the Lifetime Network. Though you can now guess its quality, please still read my review so my suffering for my art will be worth it.