Tag Archives: 1989

SYNOPSIS: A demented young man (that was pushed down a well when he was a kid) escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown where he slaughters all the bullies that tormented him ten years earlier. REVIEW: Let me start off by saying that I dig Offerings and while it is pretty much a total rip-off of Halloween in a lot of …

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 …

SYNOPSIS: The spirit of an ancient evil queen posesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage. REVIEW: I just realized that I owe kind of an apology to some of the other movies I’ve reviewed, like Star Crash and Message from Space. I had called those movies ripoffs, and they were, but they …

SYNOPSIS: Two rival gangs battle, and when one tries to revive fallen members using a book of the dead, uncontrollable zombies arise to lay waste to their city.

SYNOPSIS: “A strange man known only as the Metal Fetishist, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese ‘salaryman’ out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body …

SYNOPSIS: After an apocalyptic event decimates the world a group of survivors living in an underground bunker find themselves under attack by a hideous, seemingly unstoppable monster that wants to rip them to pieces. REVIEW: Review-I am sort of on the fence when it comes to movies that combine elements of horror with science fiction. There are some good ones …

SYNOPSIS: Trish, a young pregnant widow’s life becomes a nightmare when she starts getting threatening phone calls from a mysterious stranger. But things only get worse when the phantom caller graduates to stalking her. He also leaves ceramic dolls lying around to terrify Trish and justify the film’s title. REVIEW: The horror genre loves creepy dolls. Whether they’re the antique …

SYNOPSIS: The film records in detail the many murders of homicidal maniac K. It opens with a brief scene of his childhood, where he is abused by his mother. Twenty years later, K. is at the height of his killing spree. REVIEW: Violent Shit 1 stars the fantastically-named K., the Butcher Shitter. The painfully long credit sequence sees a child …

SYNOPSIS: A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer. REVIEW: There are certain stories that people enjoy so much that they are retold many, many times in different forms. They may be told in the form of …

SYNOPSIS: Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine. REVIEW: “The funniest comedy in the history of history” A fun film for its time, the now cult film “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” was a silly adventure-comedy directed by Stephen Herek starring future A-lister Keanu Reeves and “The Lost Boys” actor …

SYNOPSIS: A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there’s a baby in the back-seat. He and his transvestite “wife” cut out the boy’s tongue and raise him as a mute accomplice in their crimes. When the grown “Sonny Boy” escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to …

SYNOPSIS: Young lovers (Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck) go through an old desert test-site full of nuclear-mutated snakes. REVIEW: The Curse II: The Bite is a movie that must have seemed like a good idea on paper but on screen it is fairly dull. Most of the movie is watching a young couple drive around and talk about how in …

SYNOPSIS: A strange man known only as the “metal fetishist”, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese “salaryman”, out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body …

SYNOPSIS: A young trombone player meets the love of his life on the same day that he answers a random phone call predicting nuclear Armageddon within the hour. REVIEW: In the summer of 1989, just prior to the release of Tim Burton’s Batman, the distribution of an unheralded thriller occurred on Friday, May 19th without much fanfare. Miracle Mile, stars …

SYNOPSIS: Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. So he decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries. REVIEW: