During the early 2000s a bit of a gang war starts to brew. One leading member named Bin (Liao Fan) gets attacked and nearly killed before his girlfriend Qiao (Zhao Tao) steps in with a gun. When the police arrive Qiao is thrown into prison for five years for possession of an illegal firearm. When…
Alphaville (Kino) Blu-ray Review
Special agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is sent to the distant city of Alphaville to investigate the mysterious disappearances of some of his fellow agents and the oppressive supercomputer Alpha 60. Before long it becomes clear that he must also assassinate Alpha 60’s creator (Howard Vernon) before his influence can spread to other cities. But…
Frightmare (aka The Horror Star) (88 Films) Blu-ray review
Legendary horror actor Conrad Razkoff (Ferdy Mayne) is starting to hit a low point in his life. His type of horror movie is out dated, and audiences are mostly uninterested in him. After filming a campy commercial for dentures, he is called out to a horror festival by a group of drama students. He suffers a heart attacks and dreams up his ultimate final curtain call,…
The Mole People (Shout! Factory) Blu-ray Review
Archaeologist Dr. Bentley (John Agar) and his mountain crew suddenly full into a cave while climbing. They suddenly find themselves in a deep hidden world with two races of people. One is a group of Mole like subhuman mole like beasts, and the others are albino men who fear the bright sun. But as Bentley and company…
Troll: The Complete Collection (Eureka!) Blu-ray Review
TROLL 2 (1990) started life as another latter-day Italian horror film with a special twist. It was a vegetarian spoofing nightmare filmed in the US with American actors. It was a common practice, but somehow the movie found new life on VHS as a notorious “so bad it’s good” movie in the same vein as…
Bloodlust (Mondo Macabro) Blu-ray Review
After suffering years of abuse by his father, a young deaf accountant starts to discover his love of the color red. This soon turns into an impulse for blood and recreating cuts and wounds. Before long he is breaking into grave sites and robbing corpses of random body parts. But there may be hope for him as he falls in love…
Grizzly (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
Park ranger Michael Kelly (Christopher George) is proud of the National park he oversees. The park is untouched and for looks exactly the way it did when it was inhabited by Native Americans. But as the camping season is heading to a close, the park is suddenly menaced by a wild grizzly. One that is not park of the forest’s natural bear population. As campers and rangers get picked off one…
Rats: Night of Terror (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
In the post-apocalyptic future, mankind has started to live underground until a group of bikers try to start fresh. They soon discover an abandoned building with all of the riches of the past. Like Sugar and flower. Their victory is soon crushed when they run into a horde of flesh hungry rats. RATS is another healthy dose of movie cheese from Italian exploitation director…
The Woman in the Window (Eureka! Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray Review
With his wife and two kids away for a Summer vacation, Psychology Professor Dr. Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) is left all alone to enjoy his work. But his friends can’t help but poke fun at his lack of a sense of adventure. After leaving the gentleman’s club late one evening, He stops to look at…
Geronimo (Twilight Time) Blu-ray Review
Lt. Britton Davis (Matt Damon) tells the story about how he joined the hunt to stop the Apache chief Geronimo (Wes Studi). As the US soldiers get closer to the man known as Geronimo, they soon realize how wrong this world is. Walter Hill is one of the great tough-guy directors. Despite some hiccups like…