SYNOPSIS: A quartet of cheerleaders set out for the big game, only to be shanghaied by a coven of Satanists. REVIEW: 1-2-3-4, let me hear you stomp the floor… It’s SATAN’S CHEERLEADERS! A title that should send any miscreant’s heart fluttering with visions those pillars of sleazy cinema—Satan and cheerleaders. To its credit, Satan’s Cheerleaders delivers both but does …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A trio of bohemian dropouts buy a remote farmhouse only to discover that a mysterious young woman named Emily has taken up residence. The three allow their free-spirited tenant to stay on, and she quickly becomes part of their unconventional family unit. But Jessica, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown, discovers their idyllic farmhouse hides …

SYNOPSIS: A gigantic mutant crocodile appears off the coast of Thailand slaughtering everything in its path. All hope seems lost until a pair of renegade doctors team up with a local fisherman to destroy the beast. REVIEW: Today’s film buffs associate Thailand with chilling films like Shutter (2004) Alone (2007) or smack-tastic classics like Ong Bak (2003) and Chocolate (2008). …

SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man recruits occult book author John Verney to protect his daughter from a cabal of Satanists. Verney is surprised to discover that the woman he’s protecting happens to be a sheltered nun with little experience in the secular world. The Satanists quickly discover the nun’s whereabouts and set out to kidnap her as part of a diabolical …

SYNOPSIS: a babysitting uncle spins a trio of twisted bedtime stories freely adapted from the Brother’s Grimm. REVIEW Fairy tales have always been great source material for low budget filmmakers, primarily because the stories are public domain (AKA free), have built-in marquee value and the films can be distributed to a less discerning audience of children. During the sixties and …

SYNOPSIS: In the early 18th century a plowman unearths a skeleton that is neither man nor beast. He reports his discovery to a visiting judge, but the carcass mysteriously vanishes before it can be examined. Within hours evil manifestations begin to sweep through the small village as the resurrected entity grows stronger. Some of the villagers disappear into the woods, …

SYNOPSIS: A charter pilot and his female passengers make an emergency landing on a remote island. But this safe haven turns deadly when they’re taken prisoner by a renegade marine biologist planning to unleash hordes of flesh-eating sea creatures onto the world. REVIEW: You’ve got to love a movie that brings together Joseph Goebbels, Speed Racer’s dad, the director of …

SYNOPSIS: A biker gang discovers that their leader’s runaway old lady has been laying low at a hippie commune. Enraged at her betrayal the gang descends on the hippies, demanding they hand over the woman. REVIEW: Biker movies are one of cinema history’s more curious sidebars. There must be a hundred of these films, each focusing a group of rebels …

SYNOPSIS: A frustrated music journalist befriends an aging classical pianist, only to discover that the musician has supernatural designs on his body. REVIEW: Occult themed films are tricky business. Often the menace, be it Satan or some lesser minion, remains unseen, utilizing devoted mortals to carry out their schemes. The best occult films don’t rely on shock, opting instead for …

SYNOPSIS: Julia, a young teacher of deaf children, is haunted by memories of brutal abuse at the hands of her identical twin sister Mary, who is slowly dying in an insane asylum. After a failed attempt at reconciliation Mary escapes from the asylum and suddenly everyone Julia cares about starts dying mysteriously. REVIEW: It feels strange to watch a movie …

SYNOPSIS: Professor, adventurer and author Doctor Yuan Chen discovers he’s been afflicted with always fatal “Seventh Curse” for interfering with a Thai tribes blood sacrifice. Now he must return to the dark jungles to find a cure. But he’ll have to endure car crashes, booby traps, little demons, big demons, and savage natives— and that’s just reel one! REVIEW: My …

It’s a sad truth that the world’s true innovators are often forgotten by history. When you think of the telescope does the name Hans Lippershey jump to mind? That’s too bad, because he invented it. Does the name Tim Berners-Lee ring a bell? Well you’re using his invention right now— a little thing called the World Wide Web. In 1903 …

SYNOPSIS: Trish, a young pregnant widow’s life becomes a nightmare when she starts getting threatening phone calls from a mysterious stranger. But things only get worse when the phantom caller graduates to stalking her. He also leaves ceramic dolls lying around to terrify Trish and justify the film’s title. REVIEW: The horror genre loves creepy dolls. Whether they’re the antique …

SYNOPSIS: Eight-year-old Cathy and her family return to their ancestral family home where she falls under the spell of a vengeful ghost. Once possessed by the evil spirit, Cathy starts cursing like a David Mamet play and killing anyone who challenges her power. REVIEW: CATHY’S CURSE is one of the legions of low budget films that rode the coat tails …

I’m a huge consumer of horror movies and weird factoids, which is a very dangerous combination. While researching my novel Voodoo Child, Book One: Zombie Uprising I discovered some offbeat zombie trivia that even I didn’t know. So sit back and enjoy a few delightfully macabre bits of living dead data. THREE BILLION PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THE ZOMBIE PARASITE How’s …