Death Train
Death Train (1993), aka The Detonator, was a perennial staple at video stores and retail outlets all through the nineties and into the next decade. The image on the cover… Read more »
Kadaicha
Kadaicha (1988) is an Australian film about a group of teenagers being terrorized by a vengeful Aboriginal spirit. Comparisons to A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) and Poltergeist (1982) are… Read more »
Blood For Dracula
Blood For Dracula (1974), or Andy Warhol’s Dracula, was produced immediately following Flesh For Frankenstein (1973). Much of the same cast and crew was retained by writer and director Paul… Read more »
The Suckling
If ever there was a case for safe and legal abortions The Suckling (1990) is it. The film is set on April Fool’s day, 1973, and concerns a young couple… Read more »
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters (2023) relies heavily on cursing for its comedy. If one isn’t outraged by the flurry of expletives or dying from laughter then Wicked Little Letters doesn’t work… Read more »
The Lonely Guy
When I was a little kid I was obsessed with actor Charles Grodin. I saw Beethoven (1992) and was hooked. When Clifford (1994) came out it was an instant favorite… Read more »
Cannonball
Cannonball (1976) is the second and lesser known racing film by director Paul Bartel. It’s also overlooked as one of the films that was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea… Read more »
Nobody’s Fool
Director Evelyn Purcell had worked for years as an assistant director and producer on ex-husband Jonathan Demme’s films before helming her own feature Nobody’s Fool (1986). Purcell’s style, like Demme’s,… Read more »
Snowball Express
Dean Jones plays Johnny Baxter and his ship has just come in. Baxter leaves his dead-end job when he inherits a hotel in the Rocky Mountains. But the hotel is… Read more »
Death Ride To Osaka
From the moment that Brad Fiedel’s synth score plays on the soundtrack you know that Death Ride To Osaka (1983) is something special. The film was helmed by the underrated… Read more »
