Bloody Birthday (1981) Cast: Elizabeth Hey, Andy Freeman, Michael Dudikoff, Erica Hope, Billy Jayne Director: Ed Hunt Synopsis: Three bad seeds wreak havoc on a hapless community! Pretty tame fare! Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.9/10 The film arrived in 1981 hoping to ride the crest of the…
Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.1/10 Curse of the Doll People, The (Los Munecos Infernales) (1961) Cast: Ramon Gay, Elvira Quintana, Quintin Bulnes, Roberto Rivera, Luis Aragon Directors: Benito Alazraki, Paul Nagle Synopsis: An eerie little chiller involving a sinister voodoo curse and murderous killer dolls. Over the…
Le Corbeau (1943) Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette LeClerc, Micheline Francey, Helena Manson, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Sylvie Director: Henri- George Clouzot Nutshell: a village in an anonymous community, “Anywhere”, is besieged with suspicion and mistrust as a series of letters bring various dwellers’ darkest and ugliest secrets…
Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 6/10 Leeches (2003) Cast: Matthew Twining, Josh Henderson, Stacey Nelson, Tony Carroccio Director: David DeCoteau Synopsis: Steroid-pumped leeches mutate into humungous huge and nasty bastards! A modern-day killer leech film – now there is a bit of a turn-up. This creature feature by…
Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.4/10 Sssssss (1973) Cast: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies Director: Bernard L. Kowalski Nutshell: obsessed mad doctor yearns to create a disease-free man of the future using his expertise with snake venom. Sssssss (1973) arrived when Creature Features had virtually lost the…
Wasp Woman, The (1959) Cast: Susan Cabot, Fred Eisley, Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, William Roerick, Leo Gordon, Roger Corman Director: Roger Corman Nutshell: Susan Cabot’s cosmetics firm struggles as she ages, yet she is determined to turn things around, even if she takes some drastic…
Wasp Woman (1995) Cast: Jennifer Ruben, Doug Wert, Maria Ford, Melissa Braselle Director: Jim Wynorski Synopsis: Unbelievably cheesy and tacky remake of Roger Corman’s cult classic. Very bad indeed, it can be enjoyed when in the right frame of mind! Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 2/10 Silliness directed…
The Hot Spot Roman Gelato Expedition – July 2023 It isn’t easy to imagine that it’s been nearly a quarter of a century since we started to churn ice cream at home every day. Fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, Ice Cream has…
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Drive-in Massacre (1976) Cast: Jake Barnes, Adam Lawrence, Douglas Gudbye Director: Stu Segall Synopsis: a movie that gives cheap a new meaning. A hideous piece of tripe! Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 0.9/10 “We can’t even recommend that you see this at a drive-in” Creature Features. “if you’re…