SYNOPSIS: Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure “life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability”. When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must …
Read More »Film Review: Murder Weapon (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Two daughters of mobsters get out of the sanitarium after having killed a boyfriend in the shower, supposedly cured and on the right track. They hold a party and invite all their old boyfriends, making all of them think there is still hope for a relationship. Then the boyfriends start disappearing one by one. REVIEW: The movie Murder Weapon …
Read More »Film Review: Popcorn (1991)
SYNOPSIS: A murderer begins killing off teenagers at a horror movie marathon they have organized in an abandoned theater. REVIEW: Popcorn was a slasher movie that showed up right when the slasher boom had run its course until Scream hit theaters 5 years later. As a result, Popcorn had flown under the radar at the time and until it showed …
Read More »Film Review: Doctor Mordrid (1992)
SYNOPSIS: An unspeakable evil has come into our dimension and wants to rule over Earth, and only a mysterious sorceror known as Doctor Mordrid can stop him. RE VIEW: It may be hard to imagine this nowadays, but there was a time when Marvel wasn’t as careful with licensing for movies based on their properties. This is what led to …
Read More »Film Review: Necropolis (1986)
SYNOPSIS: Reincarnated “Satanic Witch” from New Amsterdam, circa 1600’s comes back to revive her cult members by sucking the life force out of people. REVIEW: Today’s dive into B-movie mania is a little film called Necropolis.It was executive produced by Charles Dance, a man who’s managed to make a name for himself in schlock cinema through his Empire Pictures …
Read More »Film Review: Mutant War (1988)
SYNOPSIS: The sequel to ‘Galaxy Destroyer’ which finds our hero Harry Trent wandering Earth’s post-apocalyptic landscape full of mutants, monsters, and fragmented human tribes. Harry’s attempt to help a young girl rescue her sisters, leads him to a group of armed mutants led by a human madman attempting to breed them and take over the world. REVIEW: When I ran …
Read More »Film Review: House of the Dead (2003)
SYNOPSIS: A group of college students travel to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies. REVIEW: House of the Dead was one of the first video game adaptations that was directed by Uwe Boll, and it was the first film that really brought him him attention to mainstream American audiences. However, the …
Read More »Film Review: Laser Mission (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Mercenary Gold is sent from the CIA to seize the laser expert Braun in Cuba, before the KGB catches him. A recently stolen giant diamond could be used together with Braun’s knowledge to construct a laser cannon which could bring power over the whole world. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB – or none of them? REVIEW: One could …
Read More »Film Review: Body Parts (1992)
SYNOPSIS: A psycho videotapes his dismemberment of strippers. REVIEW: If you see the name Body Parts, you’ll be forgiven if you immediately think of the Jeff Fahey movie of the same name from 1991. Sadly, this is not that movie. That flick is a much higher quality than the B-movie hell that I find myself stuck in. Instead, what we …
Read More »Film Review: The Happening (2008)
SYNOPSIS: A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide. REVIEW: If you ever wanted to see what happens to a director’s career when he piques with his first movie, look no further than M. Night Shyamalan. He exploded on the scene with The Sixth Sense, which so …
Read More »Film Review: The Giant Claw (1957)
SYNOPSIS: Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. REVIEW: Since I mentioned the show many times in the past, it should become as no surprise to anyone that’s read my reviews that I am a big fan of …
Read More »Film Review: Fist of the Vampire (2007)
SYNOPSIS: 1977. A family is murdered in cold blood. The case goes unsolved for decades and remains a mystery. Enter the present day, detective Lee Southward is sent on assignment to infiltrate an illegal underground fighting tournament and bring in the organizers. Lee battles his way to the top of the tournaments in attempts to get closer to the organizers. …
Read More »Film Review: Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
SYNOPSIS: An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy. REVIEW: Back in the late 1990s or early 2000s MTV decided to give “comedian” (that term is being used a little too loosely here) Tom Green his own …
Read More »Film Review: Frankenstein’s Island (1981)
SYNOPSIS: When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein’s ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons. REVIEW:Today’s B-movie romp is 1981’s Frankenstein Island, which centers on a group of guys that were traveling in hot air balloons in hopes of breaking some records. However, …
Read More »Film Review: Alone in the Dark (2005)
SYNOPSIS: A detective of the paranormal slowly unravels mysterious events with deadly results. REVIEW: I had been dreading this. Ever since I agreed to reviewing movies that are largely considered bad, there was one director whose work I feared having to review. I had a feeling, this sense of impending doom, that it was going to happen. Sure enough, my …
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