When Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II (1981) was released on Blu-ray by Universal Home Video in 2011 for its 30th Anniversary, it included a welcome and unexpected extra – a presentation of Andrew J. Kuehn’s 1984 thrill ride Terror in the Aisles, a sort-of-documentary which contained the scary parts from well-known horror films. Released in movie theaters the same day as …
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Film Review: Creepers (1985)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home of Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates …
Read More »Film Review: Escape From New York (1981)
SYNOPSIS: “The year is 1997. New York City has been turned into a maximum security prison colony, when the American crime rate grows high. New York City is surrounded by a wall and the bridge is mined making sure no convict escapes from New York. Snake Plissken, a one-eyed former soldier turned bank robber arrives at New York after being …
Read More »Film Review: Prince of the Night (aka Nosferatu in Venice) (1988)
SYNOPSIS: Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice hoping to find the vampire, Nosferatu in the year 1786 REVIEW: Directed by Augusto Caminito, Mario Caiano, Starring Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasance, and Barbara De Rossi A sequel of sorts to Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), this movie tells the story of Nosferaut (in lieu of Dracula) going to Venice in …
Read More »Film Review: Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “Scientist Jan Benes, who knows the secret to keeping soldiers shrunken for an indefinite period, escapes from behind the Iron Curtain with the help of CIA agent Grant. While being transferred, their motorcade is attacked. Benes strikes his head, causing a blood clot to form in his brain. Grant is ordered to accompany a group of …
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