Archive for August, 2009

  • I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been stopped on the streets of my all-American small town and asked which of Fabrizio De Angelis’ karate movies, Karate Warrior...2August 23, 2009

    Karate Rock (1990)

    I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been stopped on the streets of my all-American small town and asked which of Fabrizio De Angelis’ karate movies, Karate Warrior…

  • Hitcher in the Dark‘s plot may make you think at first glance that this might be properly put along side giallo films such as Spasmo (also from director Umberto Lenzi)...0August 22, 2009

    Hitcher in the Dark (1989)

    Hitcher in the Dark‘s plot may make you think at first glance that this might be properly put along side giallo films such as Spasmo (also from director Umberto Lenzi)…

  • It’s another Lara Wendel masterpiece! Mercilessly stinking up the joint in such bottom feeding Italian horror movies such as Zombie 5: Killing Birds and The Red Monks, Lara now applies...2August 21, 2009

    Ghosthouse (1988)

    It’s another Lara Wendel masterpiece! Mercilessly stinking up the joint in such bottom feeding Italian horror movies such as Zombie 5: Killing Birds and The Red Monks, Lara now applies…

  • Would it be a really lazy gimmick if I tried to be funny by appropriating the overbaked hipster slang the hot rodding kids used in this film and declared it...0August 21, 2009

    Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)

    Would it be a really lazy gimmick if I tried to be funny by appropriating the overbaked hipster slang the hot rodding kids used in this film and declared it…

  • I’ve had some ups and downs in my life that left me questioning whether it’s possible to achieve true happiness or find an everlasting love (or at least a rather...2August 20, 2009

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

    I’ve had some ups and downs in my life that left me questioning whether it’s possible to achieve true happiness or find an everlasting love (or at least a rather…

  • Young Paula is hustled out of London after the death of her famous singer aunt. As is the case with most survivors of violent crime, Paula is eligible for an...0August 20, 2009

    Gaslight (1944)

    Young Paula is hustled out of London after the death of her famous singer aunt. As is the case with most survivors of violent crime, Paula is eligible for an…

  • In the future, all our kicking will be done by cyborgs who wear large sunglasses! And in that very same terrifying future, only one cyborg will do his kicking for...0August 20, 2009

    Future Kick (1991)

    In the future, all our kicking will be done by cyborgs who wear large sunglasses! And in that very same terrifying future, only one cyborg will do his kicking for…

  • A lazy way to start this review would be to ape the writing of the children’s book series that this movie takes its title from. You know what I’m talking...0August 20, 2009

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    A lazy way to start this review would be to ape the writing of the children’s book series that this movie takes its title from. You know what I’m talking…

  • The road from Karate Wuss to Karate Warrior is an arduous one, requiring the sort of sacrifice and commitment not found easily in these days of miracle pills, quick fixes,...0August 19, 2009

    Karate Warrior (1987)

    The road from Karate Wuss to Karate Warrior is an arduous one, requiring the sort of sacrifice and commitment not found easily in these days of miracle pills, quick fixes,…

  • The premise is simple enough: mobster doublecrossed by fellow mobsters gets killed, rebuilt as a cyborg and returns to wreak havoc on those responsible for his death. As director Takashi...0August 19, 2009

    Full Metal Yakuza (1997)

    The premise is simple enough: mobster doublecrossed by fellow mobsters gets killed, rebuilt as a cyborg and returns to wreak havoc on those responsible for his death. As director Takashi…

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