Loron Hays

If the opening few frames of Coven - as five scantily clad females (later referred to as "Josie and The Pussylickers") make their way toward us through smoke and a pitch-black night - doesn’t get your...
“You’ll eat my dinner or one of you walks out of here with a bullet in his head.” John Garfield , one of the original rebels in film cinema, is absolutely on fire in He Ran All The Way and, sitting ri...
The “witness” in this film noir title is Barbara Stanwyck . The murderer is George Sanders . I’m not spoiling anything for those who have never seen Witness to Murder . In fact, we see the murder happ...
“No one would have believed, in the middle of the 20th century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by Intelligences greater than man's. Yet, across the gulf of space on the plane...
Never mess with another man's melons! Once that sick theme song from composer Charles Bernstein kicks in, you know that this film is going to be an epic showdown. It doesn't disappoint either. No clea...
“ Imagine plunging the murderous edge of your knife into the beating red heart of your enemy. Imagine the satisfaction of wrapping your fingers around the neck of someone you can’t stand. Imagine how...
The horror! The hilarity! The frauleins! Insanity follows in Horrors of Spider Island , a Z-grade schlockfest, from Germany! Released here in the United States as It's Hot in Paradise , with some cuts...
Displacement. That’s EXACTLY what Parallax , a psychodrama science fiction thriller from writer and director Michael W. Bachochin ( Cascadia; God Forgive Us ), is about as a young artist wakes up to a...
Hell yes! The 1980s’ VHS vibe, complete with a fabulous post-punk synthwave score and a fetish for gross-out gore, is alive and well thanks to the horror and hilarity of Parts Unknown !...
In the wake of composer Ennio Morricone ’s passing, there are few things as beautiful and as moving as his score set to the playful opening of prolific movie mogul Dino De Laurentiis ’ Orca: The Kille...
Paranoia. It’s a killer. Mix that with a buzzing city atmosphere and smoking hot jazz licks and you have a recipe for an intense thriller, which is EXACTLY what Browse is: a Neo-noirish film that spri...
The Dynamic Duo of silent AND sound comedy return! This release has been a long time coming, but finally - thanks to Jeff Joseph in conjunction with the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Library...
Calling all fans of 1970s cinema! Severin Films has got your ticket to ride with what has to be one of the strangest science fiction offerings, The Astrologer . Slow-moving and centered around a cover...
He’s cute! He’s cuddly! He’s a Baby Frankenstein ! I’m going to confess something and come clean right from the start of this review. I freaking love this movie. To me, it is comedic solid gold and AN...
You haven't seen anything until you witness a double amputee karate kick someone's ass straight into a pool. In slow motion, nonetheless. That's the exploitative territory we're headed into in tonight...