SYNOPSIS: Tony’s father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn’t trust Sam, and Rachel can’t quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and …
Read More »Film Review: Razorback (1984)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A wild, vicious pig terrorizes the Australian outback. The first victim is a small child who is killed. The child’s granddad is brought to trial for killing the child but aquitted. The next victim is an American TV-journalist. Her husband Carl gets there and starts to search for the truth. The local inhabitants won’t really help …
Read More »Film Review: Evil Spawn (1987)
SYNOPSIS: Microbes are brought back to earth via a space probe from Venus. A scientist is using them in experiments on ageing, but dies before the work is finished. His assistant approaches an ageing actress who is being passed by for the lead roles, and she injects the serum hoping to become young again. When the actress is still passed …
Read More »Film Review: Cameron’s Closet (1988)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A father who experiments with his sons psychokinetic powers, is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his sons closet, preparing to take over the young boys soul. REVIEW: Sometimes there are movies that work well at long lengths. There are others that would probably work better as a short story. …
Read More »Film Review: Island Claws (1980)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight. REVIEW: The premise of Island Claws is totally ridiculous. It’s important to get that observation right out front in this review, because if you’re looking for a really good film about killer crabs, something akin …
Read More »Film Review: Mausoleum (1983)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Traumatized by her mother’s death, young Susan is becoming possessed by the same demon that possessed her mother before she died. More and more her husband and psychiatrist are noticing the strange changes REVIEW: I used to be fascinated with mausoleums when I was a kid. I lived about a block from a cemetery, and when …
Read More »Film Review: Eternal Evil (1985)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life. REVIEW: George Mihalka struck gold with his miner slasher in My …
Read More »Film Review: Monster Dog (1984)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Alice Cooper plays a pop star who takes his band to his hometown to shoot his latest video. They are greeted by the sheriff (whom he’s known since a kid) that warn him that there’s been several murders in the area where the bodies were ripped to shreds. The police think it’s a pack of wild …
Read More »Film Review: Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)
SYNOPSIS: A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety. REVIEW: Massacre in Dinosaur Valley is also known as Cannibal Ferox 2, although it shares little in common with the previous film except for the fact that they’re both set in the jungle, …
Read More »Film Review: The Hidden (1987)
SYNOPSIS: An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who’s borrowed the body of a dead FBI agent), lots of innocent people die in the chase. …
Read More »Film Review: Witchtrap (1989)
SYNOPSIS: Parapsychologists try to make an inn haunted by an evil witch’s ghost safe for guests. REVIEW: From Kevin Tenney, the writer and director of Night of the Demons, comes this pile of viscera titled Witchtrap. The usual suspects are present here: Linnea Quigley shows up in a minor role where she disrobes, James W. Quinn is the hero Tony …
Read More »Film Review: Deadly Prey (1987)
SYNOPSIS: A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the “students” at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey. REVIEW: Deadly Prey is the epitome of ‘80s action flicks. From the mullets to the techno drum beats to the insane action …
Read More »Film Review: The Jitters (1989)
SYNOPSIS: In Chinatown, merciless gang goes on nightly rampages of theft and destruction. Merchant Frank Lee has no way of fighting back – until he’s undead, murdered by the gangsters…but he returns to life transformed into a “Kyonshi” – Chinese version of a vampire – and ready to avenge his unjust death in a way that’s sure going to give …
Read More »Film Review: Creepshow 2 (1987)
SYNOPSIS: Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die. REVIEW: George A. Romero and Stephen King can be a great combination – take Creepshow for example, which works on so many levels as a satisfactory horror anthology with some very memorable …
Read More »Film Review: The Rejuvenator (1988)
SYNOPSIS: A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster REVIEW: The Rejuvenator is a mad scientist film about trying to …
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