‘Day of the Animals’ (1977): We need more action! We want more pay-off!
I can’t stand my dog. It’s a whole story.
Tag: Sci-fi
‘The Sorcerers’ (1967): Grungy sci-fi/horror exploiter has a unique, unexpected tone
We’ve had a week of dark, cool, rainy fall weather here in the Great American Midwest, a seasonal siren call that compels me, on an irresistible genetic level, to watch a few dark, cool, rainy 60s British movies. Add in the Halloween spirit that gets an early start around these parts (quite simply: the Midwest… Read More ‘The Sorcerers’ (1967): Grungy sci-fi/horror exploiter has a unique, unexpected tone
‘Project X’ (1968): Cheesy? C’mon, dopes – William Castle thriller is more entertaining than ever!
Yeah: so this old sci-fi movie is stupid…but 3D blue Smurfs swimming around for three and a half hours is worthy of serious discussion and $2 billion in ticket sales? It wouldn’t really be a William Castle movie if it wasn’t a little goofy; like so many of his other projects, there is a weird… Read More ‘Project X’ (1968): Cheesy? C’mon, dopes – William Castle thriller is more entertaining than ever!
‘The U.F.O. Incident’ (1975): Creepy, Hollywoodized version of alleged real-life alien abduction
Can’t some bug-eyed outer space piece of sh*t abduct me the hell out of what passes for America today? Oh, well…one can dream.
‘H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come’ (1979): Silly sci-fi is an ultra-cheap epic
Of course it’s laid-back and cheap-looking…it’s Canadian.
‘Satan’s Triangle’ (1975): A wild, disconcerting TV nightmare
You know what would be the perfect vacation for this particular Fourth of July, Independence Day? In today’s America, I mean? Cruise to the Devil’s Triangle. But you say you just can’t let Beelzebub see your bikini bod this year? Well…you could check out Satan’s Triangle, the 1975 made-for-TV occult classic starring Kim Novak and Doug McClure,… Read More ‘Satan’s Triangle’ (1975): A wild, disconcerting TV nightmare
‘Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze’ (1975): Classic pulp hero finally hits the big screen
Summer’s almost here, right? Can you feel it?
‘The Terror Within’ (1989): Corman ‘Alien’ knockoff hits Blu-ray
If you had any idea how difficult it’s been for my editor and me to sober up to the point where we can just function figure out just what the hell Shout! Factory is releasing this week and what we have to review…you wouldn’t believe me. So. Let’s just get on with it, shall we?
‘Dark Angel’ (1990): Dark buddy-coppery rings in new decade
I come in peace. And you go in pieces, assh*le.
‘The Terminal Man’ (1974): Bleak foreshadowing of today’s cold, tech-obsessed world
Cold, impersonal, distant Frankenstein re-imagining―and a fairly perverse jab at its horror/suspense genre conventions.
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