The penultimate movie of Steve McQueen, Tom Horn was dismissed by critics at the time, but really deserves another look. Plus, it has two possible great titles for a producer who wants to make a porn parody of it.
If you like your horror movies to have lethargic pacing, almost nothing of real consequence ever happening, and a menace that doesn’t exactly exude horror, you might like Frogs much better than I did.Beep… beep… beep… beep…
The Bloody Brood (1959), in which Leopold and Loeb go both Beat and Canadian…
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960), in which “Colossus” isn’t Maciste for once, and at least a couple of the laughs are deliberate….
Orgy of the Dead (1965), in which Ed Wood tries his hand at writing dirty movies…
Predator 2 (1990), in which four fair-to-inspired Predator sequels come together to form one kind of lousy one…
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Witchfire (1985), in which Shelley Winters belatedly shows that she could hag-ham with the best of them.
One of the last gasps of the legendary Crown International Pictures, Cavegirl shows a sharp devolution from their previous decade’s inane but tolerable sex comedies.
With seven directors working on it, it’s clear that The Dungeonmaster is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.Jul 21
The film noir genre is revived with The Hot Spot, which stands up well to entries from the golden age of cinema while giving things a contemporary spin.Jun 11
In Treasure Of The Four Crowns, Golan and Globus made their first attempt to ape Indiana Jones, but fell short. Very, very, very short.
Don’t let the casting of Arch Hall Jr. in the lead role throw you off – The Sadist is a real sleeper of a thriller.Not one of these reviews was like pulling teeth to write:
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), which frankly looks depressingly timely again 67 years later…
Daughter of the Mind (1969), in which Ray Milland ain’t afraid of no ghosts, but the people he works for are very much afraid of Communists…
Forbidden World (1982), which is exactly the Alien ripoff you’d expect from New World Pictures…
Gretel & Hansel (2020), in which the title isn’t the only thing about the old fairy tale to get turned in a new direction…
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), in which Moustapha Akkad pushes his luck just a little too far…
The Invincible Barbarian (1982), which might well have been the very first Italian Conan cash-in out of the gate…
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2020 Texas Gladiators (1983), in which we ponder the prospect of a movie to which Joe D’Amato and George Eastman were unwilling to sign their usual pseudonyms.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
Feb 11
While Outlaw Blues is a fairly agreeable vehicle for Peter Fonda, it could have been a lot more than it actually is.