Cult Films

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer’s block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking REVIEW: Another odd quirky gem from out of the minds of the Cohen brothers, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, A Serious Man (2009) takes a dramatic comical look at …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona. REVIEW: Up until today, it was highly unlikely that I might ever review (or even see for that matter) 1981’s “The Loveless“, as a film that was generally lost and forgotten with exception of film book mentions. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young karate expert searches for her brother’s killer in Hong Kong. REVIEW: As someone who loves exploitation cinema, I’m always looking forward to reviewing something from that style of movie. However, if one of those films feels like it tries trying too hard to recreate the same style and attitude of another film, all it …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “The magician Doctor Erasmus Craven, who chooses not belong to the Brotherhood Of Magicians, grieves the loss of his beloved wife Lenore and lives in a castle with his daughter Estelle. One day, a raven knocks on his window and Craven learns that the bird is actually the magician Doctor Adolphus Bedlo who was turned into …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment. REVIEW: A rare gem that seems to have gotten lost over the years can be summed up with the 1996 film, “The Trigger Effect“. The Trigger Effect was released on VHS in …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Divine has been proclaimed the “Filthiest person alive” by the local tabloids; don’t worry though she has just taken to hiding in Phoenix Maryland under the alias Babs Johnson. You see there is a problem with Divines plan though, her title reign is about to expire. Connie and Raymond Marble feel they are way filthier, and they have …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. REVIEW: A very strange man portrayed in a very stage film, we are talking about out none other than super journalist Hunter S. Thompson played by Bill Murray in the 1980 cult classic titles: “Where the Buffalo Roam“. Now when I say strange I’m …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “In the year 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as Scorpio who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Harry Callahan (known as Dirty Harry by his peers through his reputation handling of homicidal cases) is assigned to the case along with his …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young, attractive widow is protected from her vicious mother-in-law, by a male relative who practices Satanism, and lusts after the old woman’s sexy adolescent granddaughter. REVIEW: “Molina’s Ferozz” is a Spanish 2010 film directed by Cuban director Jorge Molina. Its title was changed to “Ferozz: The Wild Red Riding Hood”, though I’m not so sure …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute. REVIEW: “Thriller: A Cruel Picture” is one of the great “all time” grind house exploitation films of the 70’s. In fact, it was …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy. REVIEW: “A Dream To Some…–A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!” Merlin from John Boorman’s “Excalibur” The television was too loud. It had to be it was competing with the screaming infant in his mother’s arms. The entertainment …

‘Video Nasty‘ was a term coined in Britain around 1982 which applied to certain films distributed on video cassette that were criticised by the media and various religious organisations for their violent content. While cinema violence had been regulated by the British Board of Film Censorship for many years, the lack of regulations for video sales (combined with the claim …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “In a futuristic USA it is forbidden to give birth to more than one child for each woman. As usual, you can escape to Mexico to avoid the authorities in USA, which is exactly what John and Karen Brennick were trying to do when Karen is pregnant with her second child (their first child was born …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS:: “The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family …