If this one doesn’t scare you…You’re Already Dead!
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Deadly Spawn, The AKA Return Of The Alien’s Deadly Spawn (1982) Cast: Charles Hilderbrandt, Tom De Franco, Jean Tafler Director: Douglas McKaewon Nutshell: underrated creature feature featuring a sensationally ugly monster “very grotesque” Creature Features “a marvel of imaginative low-budget filmmaking” Psychotronic Video Guide “Good sense not to take…
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Gunmaster G9: Surakksha (1979) Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta, Jeevan, Aruna Irani, Suresh Oberoi Director: Raveekant Nagaich Music: Bappi Lahiri Synopsis: This fantastic desi Bond film is one of the great Bollywood cult classics. Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.7/10 This film combined three elements that brought off several B-grade…
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Up From The Depths (1979) Cast: Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye. Dir: Charles B. Griffith Synopsis: Monster Fish with a rapacious appetite rampages through a Hawaiian Holiday Resort with devastating consequences. Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 1.8/10 It is a film forgotten by time, indeed one of the…
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Kalabaaz (1977)Cast: Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Dev Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, AsraniDirector: Ashok RoyNutshell: a potent combination of faith, morality, and sacrifice that twists halfway into a roller-coaster treasure hunt. Not for the faint-hearted. Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.9/10 The Summer of 1977 was the era of disco,…
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Border (2002) Cast: Shaan, Reema, Moammar Rana, Sana, Badar Munir, Babar Ali Director: Iqbal Kashmiri Nutshell: A film loaded with overt hatred, abuse, bombastic chest thumping and spewing hate made in a society that champions “Peace, Love and Tolerance” drives my love of Cinema. Border…
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A hugely entertaining slice of Gang War nostalgia rates as one of the great movies about New York City.
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Woman Eater, The (1959) Cast: George Colouris, Robert Mackenzie, Marpessa Dawn, Norman Claridge Director: Charles Saunders Nutshell: Mad Scientist imports Psychotic Amazonian Tree with dire consequences. Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.1/10 “and they say that scientific research lacks imagination” Maltin’s Regarding Killer Tree movies, you would be…
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Switchblade Sisters (1975)Cast: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Asher Brauner, Kitty Bruce, Monica GayleDirector: Jack HillNutshell: top-notch 70’s exploitationer features chick gang warfare and revolutionary sisters, just for starters. Wonderful “cinephiliac slumming” Time Out. “this gem is a wild, amazing, anything-goes tale. The best female jd…
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Anguish (1987) AKA ANGUSTIACast: Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Clare PastorDirector: J. Bigas LunaSynopsis: A wild and wonderfully inventive slice of the darkest macabre – wild and scary. “strikingly original, intricately constructed, and extremely gruesome” Time Out “imaginative but overly violent” Maltin’s …
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