SYNOPSIS: A young man walking through the desert encounters a pendant and oversized lasergun that gives him the power to destroy. REVIEW: Michael Rae’s Laserblast (1978) is one of the most enjoyable and best “worst” movies I’ve ever seen. Long a staple of 16mm syndicated television airings on independent channels it’s a ridiculously delightful slice of Southern California/cheesy science fiction …

SYNOPSIS: A couple of friends in a nature hike, what was to be a quiet day of relaxation, you will soon become a nightmare without end … REVIEW: Borrowing a sense from the wave of brutal and violent, I’m Dead (Io Sono Morta) is a short film in the tradition of cruel and unnatural. As we join our couple about …

SYNOPSIS: “France in the Eighteenth Century. Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman and asks her for directions to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn’t answer, doesn’t even greet him and walks away. Eventually she takes him towards the …

SYNOPSIS: Maureen is a young American in Paris making her living as a personal shopper for a celebrity. Also, she may have the psychic ability to communicate with spirits, just like her twin brother, Lewis, who recently passed away. Maureen soon starts receiving mysterious messages coming from an unknown source. REVIEW: Reviled and revered at Cannes (depending on who you …

SYNOPSIS: An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature. REVIEW: It seems odd that a horror movie like The Pyramid would open in December, smack dab in the middle of a slew of prestige films looking for award consideration. Could it be that director Gregory Levassuer & …

SYNOPSIS: In the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun. REVIEW: Before you make too many assumptions, Hell is a film about the future when the sun has increased the Earth’s temperature by 10 degrees Celsius. This change has turned much of what the world “was” into an apocalyptic landscape for survival. In fact …

  SYNOPSIS: A vampire chick and her incompetent lackey end up in a small town full of an assortment of rednecks, white trash, and just back woods idiots in general. It isn’t long before the town’s residents are being turned into bloodsucking vampires and all sorts of goofiness ensue. REVIEW: In my opinion it is extremely rare to find a …

SYNOPSIS: “After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.” REVIEW: This week I have a film that has never been shown in a cinema anywhere in the world. Never at a drive-in. Never on a double-bill with Plan Nine From Outer Space (1959), not even as a National Lampoon …

SYNOPSIS: A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself. REVIEW: Simply a must-see. Though you probably don’t need me to tell you how cool it is to see Al Pacino in the role of Satan. Al Pacino just simply “works” for this film premise. You don’t need him to sprout …

SYNOPSIS: In a post-apocalyptic future where the earth is a desert and water is the most precious substance of all, a band of survivors must turn to a mysterious stranger to battle a ruthless gang of motorcycle psychos for control of the wasteland and the water. A glorious crash of guns, nuclear fallout, and synthesizers make this a must-see for …

SYNOPSIS: After losing her baby, Laurie and her husband Frank leave New York to start a new life in the small town of Lilith. But despite its bucolic façade, Lilith is no Mayberry. The local populous all practice witchcraft and Mr. Cato, the town’s patriarch has demonic designs on Laurie. REVIEW: I vividly remember a Variety ad from the 1980s …

SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers wake up in an abandoned hospital to find themselves stalked by a supernatural force with sinister intentions. REVIEW: *Minor Spoiler Alert* The sins of your past can haunt you in life but in Kingdom Come (2014) sometimes they can come back to kill you. Set in an abandoned building with shadows that cover blood soaked …

SYNOPSIS: Two months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Dennis Wade, a struggling filmmaker, decides to document his illness. Still free from symptoms, he and his girlfriend, Lily, sublet a house and install motion-triggered security cameras throughout. Two days later…the cameras capture something unsettling: Noises and movement in empty rooms. The next morning, Dennis’ cancer begins to advance at an …

SYNOPSIS: Dulce is a mother who has encounters with apparitions in her old house, where it unleashes a terrible prophecy. Thirty years later, turned into an old woman, she returns home to unravel the mystery and tragedy that has tantalized her REVIEW: Director & Writer: Alejandro Hidalgo Stars: Ruddy Rodriguez, Rosmel Bustamante, Adriana Calzadilla, Simona Chirinos The House at the …

SYNOPSIS: The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel. REVIEW: Dune is a complicated film that arrived in 1984 under the direction of visionary David Lynch. Even under his masterful direction, the film was still regarded as great science fiction that was perhaps too deep for most consumer …

SYNOPSIS: Five school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival. REVIEW: Ask me if you heard this one? 5 friends walk into a haunted mine……… Every time I hear mine or cave mentioned in the context of a …