Possibly the most interesting science fiction film of 1957 was Jack Arnold‘s The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). After passing through a radioactive cloud while on a motor boat, combined with later exposure to dangerous pesticides, the man begins to decrease in size, slowly at first, and then much faster. By the time he’s a mere three feet tall it’s become …
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Film Review: Slipstream (1989)
SYNOPSIS: “In the future, natural disasters (earthquakes, floods) have ravaged the Earth, leaving the Earth as a world where pockets of communities live within canyons whilst a violent wind known as the Slipstream rules the Earth and the only means of transport are airplanes. Matt Owens is a daredevil adventurer who kidnaps Byron, a fugitive wanted for murder, who is …
Read More »Film Review: Silent Running (1972)
SYNOPSIS: “Freeman Lowell looks after plants in giant space greenhouses. Back on earth, all the trees have long vanished, so Lowell puts a lot of heart into his work. When orders from earth are received to destroy the greenhouses, Lowell can’t go through with it, and cannot persuade his three colleagues to help him save the plants, so he makes …
Read More »Interview: Shane Porteous as Deadly Earnest
Way back in the sixties, way before Elvira, a favourite amongst Australian students was Deadly Earnest, the television schlock horror host on the 0-10 Network. Late on Friday nights, the atrocious old science fiction and horror films became compulsory viewing, solely because of the Gothic Master of Ceremonies. Actors portraying Deadly Earnest were: Ian Bannerman (TEN-10 Sydney); Ralph Baker (ATV-0 …
Read More »Film Review: Sewer Chewer (2010)
SYNOPSIS: “Sewer Chewer is a tribute to the creature features of the seventies and eighties drive-in movies. A space satellite falls to earth and lands in a rural area, radiating the local wildlife into a mutant monster that has a large appetite for humans. An unnamed government agency sends a special agent out to dispose of the satellite and the …
Read More »‘The Haunted Boy’ early purchase gets real Exorcist’s secret diary
SyFy /SpookedTV has agreed to take pre-orders for The Haunted Boy! If you order now you will get an authentic copy of the real Exorcist’s secret diary, FREE with DVD purchase. This offer is only for the first 1000 DVD’s sold. Ships October 1, 2010. THE HAUNTED BOY, The Secret Diary Of The Exorcist. (DVD/Uncut Edition) Spooked Television Releasing (2010). …
Read More »Film Review: Tales of the Dead (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Five friends gather on Halloween to continue their ritual of telling horror stories. Each one telling a more sinister than the next, unaware of the horror that awaits them on this all Hallows eve. “Less is More”: May has a constant desire to be an amputee. She struggles to cope until a doctor makes her an offer she can’t …
Read More »Film Review: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
SYNOPSIS: “Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with television shows from Earth which promote the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the …
Read More »Samurai Jack (TV series)
The nineties was the breakthrough decade for television cartoons. While The Simpsons might have brought some long-overdue respect to prime-time animation, Cartoon Network and Comedy Network viewers are likely to be the only ones to truly realise the extent of the weird and wonderful stuff going on in television animation, since Ren And Stimpy brought gross-out gags, psychological torture and …
Read More »Film Review: Machete (2010)
SYNOPSIS: After being betrayed by the organization who hired him, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss. REVIEW: Hey there, Hi there, Ho there, you’re as well….wait a minute. That’s not my intro. That belongs to that f*cking mouse that represents a f*cking corporation that I happen to dislike a bit (Even though I was …
Read More »‘Machete’ – Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba bare all!
Not only was Machete an exciting thrill ride of a film with plenty of grind house beheadings and extreme old school action, but yes – thrill seekers will be running o the box office once they learn of our 2 female stars Jessica Alba and Lindsay Lohan giving us a full body peak that would top any Halle Berry gratuitous …
Read More »Interview: Tom Savini
Interview: fx artist tom savini – 12.13.08 How’s it goin Nerds? What do you get when you cross 100 gallons of foam latex, and a steroid freak biker Mafia Don zombie with a c**k gun? Sound the trumpets, the King of Splatter approaches! That’s right you f*ckin Nerds, kneel at the throne of blood. He’s the man who gives a new …
Read More »‘The Last Exorcism’ deemed a huge letdown!
Well I didn’t run the theatres like everyone else who drank the Eli Roth koolaid that “The Last Exorcism” was the film to see. Though I will say that after my viewing tonight, Eli just lost a bit of credibility in my book for praising such a blase-save for-rental film that really failed on the possession wagon. The movie that …
Read More »Hostel Part III Will Bring the Gore
If you have ever hear of, watched, or even guessed at what the Hostel films are known for it’s the gore. Yes the splatter of guts and blood is what these films are built on. It looks like the third film in this franchise will not disappoint either. “Robert Kurtzmans Creature Corps have been brought on to handle all the …
Read More »Mold! Slimes its Way onto Circuits
If you love a horror movie that is disgusting and unique then you will be excited to learn about the independent feature Mold!. Neil Meschino’s slimy Eighties throwback Mold! which is being released through mentally ill films looks to be a new take on horror movie monsters. We all know that breathing in mold can be deadly but did you …
Read More »Still untitled Alien Prequel
Work is still being done on the untitled prequel to the movie Alien. Fortunetly it’s not a remake, and Ridley Scott is directing this movie so there is plenty of hope that something good will come out of this. Ridley has also teamed up again with the original designer H.R. Giger who will be consulted to create new designs for …
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