Tag Archives: blood

Tales From the Crypt: Bordello of Blood

House of the Setting Sun Will somebody tell this Whoopi Goldburg how to pick a script? Her summer basketball comedy Eddie turned out to be an airball, while the expensive Theodore Rex was relegated to a vid release. I haven’t … Continue reading

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Escape from L.A.

Pure Escapism Bet you thought Snake Plisken was dead? Well he’s back – and so are Kurt Russell, producer Debra Hill, and director John Carpenter, who all concocted the plot for this nutty flick.

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The Frighteners

Ghost Ghostbusters Those that feared that kiwi auteur Peter Jackson would turn “respectable” after Heavenly Creatures can rest easy – his latest offering is as solidly psychotronic as anything he’s ever done.

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Independence Day

Fireworks from Space Nearly every country in the world seems to have some kind of independence day holiday, and they all celebrate the same way – by blowing up stuff real good! It’s some kind of shared tension/release effect that … Continue reading

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Cemetery Man

Dig This! Aka: Dellamorte Dellamore. Argento protégé Michelle Soavi steps firmly out from the maestro’s shadow with this 1994 exploration of the macabre black comedy he’d only hinted at in his previous films.

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Deafula

No one can hear you scream This is one of the rarest of all vampire films, which you see listed in a lot of movie guides but not many people have seen it. Most describe it as a version of … Continue reading

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From Dusk Till Dawn

Another Kind of Pulp Fiction For the movies, the single most important individual of the ’90s is Quentin Tarantino. A few years ago, nobody had heard of him. But the success of the two features Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction have … Continue reading

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Vampire Woman VHS

David “the Rock” Nelson’s “magnum oops-us” is a 4-hour Suck-athon This is perhaps the toughest review I’ve ever had to write. How to describe the latest – and by far the longest – work of one of the most psychotronic … Continue reading

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The Crier on VHS

Sob Stories Glynn Beard produced, directed and acts in this low budget thriller inspired the legend of La Llarona – the Crying Woman. Estranged from his wife, the obsessed Beard visits an old witch to obtain a love potion to … Continue reading

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Judge Dredd

Not the People’s Court This movie is based on a British comic-book that started before a lot of you were born, so I’m sick of hearing about how it’s so “derivative”. The concepts, look and character have influenced Road Warrior, Bladerunner, … Continue reading

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