Ignored when released and promptly forgotten about, the Roger Corman production Under Oath is a real sleeper waiting to be discovered.
Archive for category New Reviews
Following up on Lyz’s typically brilliant take on Child’s Play, it’s time switch gears a little to take a look at the ways in which Tom Holland’s groundbreaking film was interpreted, re-interpreted, re-re-interpreted and mis-interpreted by the various cinema industries in India…
The four movies are:
- Papi Gudia (1996), in which something was definitely lost in translation;
- Mantra (2005), which gets a surprising number of things right for a movie nobody seems to have ever heard of;
- Zapatlela (1993), which takes the story in a totally unexpected (and very silly) direction; and
- Ammo Bomma (2001), in which Indian cinema turns to an Indian movie for inspiration… and fails to be inspired.
Bah, humbug!
Nov 29
The animated holiday movie Christmas Is Here Again makes Ziggy’s Gift look… well… even better than perfect in comparison.
BFF…and E…and E…
Nov 28
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Saving the best banner for last…
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…in which the world’s most terrifying doll becomes much less scary once it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer…
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!Ventriloquism 101
Nov 25
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A personalised banner!? I feel so spoilt…
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…in which small-town America must be taught once again that vigilante justice is generally not a good idea…
A lesser entry in the ventriloquist’s dummy sub-genre, Dead Silence at least makes up in quantity what it lacks in quality.
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[NB: Probably NSFW—some grue.]
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We also take another look at the roots of this particular sub-genre, with The Great Gabbo (1929).
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
The sexy side of gladiators
Nov 19
While the Roger Corman production The Arena may have had a promising premise – female slaves forced into gladiator fights – something went wrong during the actual execution.
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You know, I used to wish for a man who could understand me; but now that I have one, it’s actually a little creepy…
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PUPPET MASTER III: TOULON’S REVENGE (1991)
A prequel which contradicts pretty much everything we’ve been told so far about Andre Toulon and his puppets.
But hey! – Nazis vs Killer Puppets!
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I have also revised and added screenshots to Puppet Master (1989), and transferred over Puppet Master II (1991).
And because I roundly criticised the latter with reference to The Mummy (1932), I’ve transferred that over, too.
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[NB: The Puppet Master films are probably NSFW: there’s quite a lot of blood and a bit of almost-nudity.]
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
So-bad-it’s-good status is just missed with Attack Of The Beast Creatures. There is unintentional comic gold in them thar dolls… just not enough to make it essential viewing.
Dysfunctional family matters
Oct 30
The family drama Firstborn is a well crafted exercise that is worth seeing… though only if you can look past the terrible last twenty minutes.
Godzilla: Resurgence (2016), in which a new kind of nuclear disaster demands a new kind of kaiju…
Horror of the Zombies (1974), in which the Blind Dead take a subtropical cruise vacation…
The House of Psychotic Women (1974), which never had a hope of living up to that title, let alone living up to the old VHS box art…
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Night of Dark Shadows (1971), in which the best aid to comprehension is probably to be not a fan of the TV series.