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- Created: 23 February 2016
- Published: 23 February 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Vincent Price. To put it mildly, there is no other actor alive today that can match the sheer weight of his importance in the horror genre. No one. Price, good or bad, was an absolute master at the macabre (in an entertaining way) and his involvement in any film ...
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- Created: 20 February 2016
- Published: 20 February 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Directed by Edward Cahn (It! The Terror from Beyond Space and all those Our Gang shorts), Curse of the Faceless Man, like much of his science fiction-minded American International Pictures output, has moments of terror that can't be dismissed. His first film did inspire ...
Read more: Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 16 February 2016
- Published: 16 February 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Once upon a time ago, Pam Grier – with her name proudly resting ABOVE the titles – could sell a movie. Hell, she WAS the movie. What a powerful time in movie history that was; an African-American woman selling an action flick. Such is the case with William Girdler's ...
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- Created: 07 February 2016
- Published: 07 February 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
When a young couple decides to elope and marry in Vegas, the road they take drags them straight into hell itself. Literally. Highway to Hell is an engaging and campy tale of just how far one man will go for the women he loves. There is weirdness and laughs all around him ...
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- Created: 29 January 2016
- Published: 29 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Sonny Boy is, thankfully, a relatively unknown movie. I say thankfully because if more people knew about director Robert Martin Carrol’s screwed up flick, there would be hell to pay when it came to morality codes and such things as good, decent taste. Few people ...
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- Created: 25 January 2016
- Published: 25 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Let’s go ahead and give the British the coveted award for best werewolf movie in quite a long while. It is much deserved. Howl, directed by make-up effects wiz Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), is quite an effective independent feature with a rollicking cast of hairy ...
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- Created: 23 January 2016
- Published: 23 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
Warner Bros – as part of their Archive Collection – simply do not realize or appreciate some of the lesser-known gems they have on their hands. With the bare-boned blu-ray release of The Ice Pirates, their misunderstanding of this science fiction comedy is as audible as it ...
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- Created: 17 January 2016
- Published: 17 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
When we get to the films of director Frederick R. Friedel let it be known that we are in very special B-movie territory. Inspired equally by the eye of Orson Welles and the taste of Roger Corman, Friedel and his gang of film conspirators combined their talents and put North ...
Read more: The Films of Frederick R. Friedel: Axe/Kidnapped Coed (1974 -1976) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 09 January 2016
- Published: 09 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
South Korea’s first entry into the kaiju movie genre is probably the sole reason to ever pick up a copy of Kino-Lorber’s 1080p treatment of Yongary, Monster from the Deep and that truly is ONLY if you are nut about the genre. Believe me when I tell you that this is a monster ...
Read more: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) - Blu-ray Review
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- Created: 08 January 2016
- Published: 08 January 2016
- Written by Loron Hays
…in which the origins of American International Pictures are unearthed… B-movies, quite literally, do not get any worse than with the events depicted inside The Beast of 10,000 Leagues. Born from America’s post WWII fears, the quick look at the nuclear-made ...
Read more: The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) - Blu-ray Review
