Part action, part comedy, and part horror, Mr. Vampire is one of those utterly bonkers Hong Kong films. Which is why I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Hopping mad vampires
Oct 5
One of the more obscure Cannon films, The Secret Of The Ice Cave is sorely missing Menahem Golan, and anything else entertaining for that matter.
I went weirdly heavy on psionic psychos this time around:
The Astral Factor (1976), in which a maniac conspicuously lacking the power of astral projection escapes from the asylum to murder women who remind him of his mom (some of whom also testified against him at his trial back when…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014), in which I get started on a deliberate but probably somewhat leisurely effort to settle unfinished business with franchises that I drifted away from…
Invisible Strangler (1984), in which the makers of The Astral Factor try again for the VHS market, reconfiguring their old clunker into something slightly more fit for purpose…
Patrick Still Lives (1980), in which Patrick gets the Zombie treatment, as an Italian producer decides gets tired of waiting for a legitimate sequel to arrive…
and…
28 Years Later (2025), in which 28 Days Later… joins the Legacy Sequel Club with utterly unexpected results.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
Elliott Gould gives one of his best performances in Inside Out, a rare drama about agoraphobia.
Battling A.I. robots in Kill Command is depicted in a plausible and exciting manner.Keith Bailey is the proprietor of The Unknown Movies Page.
Despite its title, Arizona Heat doesn’t have that much heat, action or sensual, and ends up being another forgettable ’80s cop movie.Keith Bailey is the proprietor of The Unknown Movies Page.
John Belushi’s secret shame
Aug 17
John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Christopher Guest contribute to the English dub of the adult-oriented animated movie Shame Of The Jungle, but fail to make it more than an extremely feeble comedy.Keith Bailey is the proprietor of The Unknown Movies Page.
44 years before THE REVENANT with Leonardo DiCaprio, Man In The Wilderness with Richard Harris told the same true story.
A rip-off of a rip-off, which may explain why Hey, Yu!
Jul 18
The Ronny Yu-directed actioner China White may be the best movie where in real life, triads forced the actors at gunpoint to be in the movie.