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 …
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Film Review: Savage Streets (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend. REVIEW: Savage Streets still to this day remains one of my favorite films from the 80s’. So it was not a stretch to say I was excited when a DVD arrived to review. Before we jump in I’ll …
Read More »Film Review: Curtains (1983) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: An actress (Samantha Eggar) escapes from an asylum to attend her husband’s (John Vernon) casting session for starlets. REVIEW: Have you ever wanted sometime sooo badly you would do anything for it? Well for me, I have wanted Curtains (1983) on DVD and Blu-ray for years. I own a 35mm print of this film, and I’ve seen it projected …
Read More »Film Review: Curtains (1983)
SYNOPSIS: A group of actresses up for a highly-coveted movie role go to the director of the film’s mansion (which is in the middle of nowhere) to audition for the part. It isn’t all fun and games though, as the tensions arise within the group so does the body count. You see, a masked killer has targeted the group and …
Read More »Film Review: Animal House (1978)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “Faber College has one Frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The Dean enlists the help of the second Frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. This film gives …
Read More »Film Review: Sweet Movie (1974)
SYNOPSIS: No synopsis can do this movie justice, but it basically boils down to a bunch of ‘radical’ students misbehaving on camera, with the the end result being passed off as an experimental art piece. It’s a psycho-sexual ‘comedy’ that wallows in shattered taboos, and absurdist, free-form vignettes. REVIEW: Directed by: Dusan Makevejev Starring: Carole Laure; John Vernon The film …
Read More »Film Review: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
SYNOPSIS: An alien band of killer clowns descends from the cosmos to harvest scores of small-town victims, cocooning their prey in cotton candy to save for later. With the extraterrestrials disguised as harmless circus employees, the authorities don’t suspect a thing. But the joke is on the clowns when two street-wise teens (Grant Kramer and Suzanne Snyder), armed with an …
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