With cut-off Arabian souvenirs (hands) filling knick-knack shelves and other odd body parts popping up in the background of this twisted take on the submerged and the macabre, Night Tide is more than just an matinee-styled ode to the works of Edgar Allan Poe and gothic-minded ...
Three adults stare back at the wrong end of a Colt .45 through much of this classic black-and-white exploitation film from 1963. The sweltering heat of the summer day has done a number on their car as they travel through California's Antelope Valley, but – more than anything ...
“Goddamn. I feel like a crime is about to be committed.” With those words, Bat Pussy leaps to action, changing out of her loose nightgown (after it gets caught on her neck) and into cape and cowl. Hurray for the single take flicks out there! She’s ready – at least her super ...
Before Cowboys & Aliens there was The Return. A couple of yahoo cops, dunking donuts in a beer can, find themselves in over their heads as their close encounters with people who love their cattle a little too much gets a little too close for their collective comfort ...
If the explosive opening of Deathdream, in which a young soldier meets his untimely end, doesn’t blow you out of your seat, there’s another chance nine minutes later. While a family grieves over the unexpected news that their son won’t be returning home from the war, a ...
As the James Bond series started spoofing itself with Roger Moore’s prolonged stint on her majesty’s secret service, audiences were introduced to another spy to laugh at: Fred Ward as Remo Williams. Unfortunately, his duty was short-lived, limited to just this movie ...
Are your neighbors really who they say they are? That question – thanks to an unhealthy amount of horror films at an early age – always comes to mind when I meet someone new. Thankfully, I live out in the country and there’s literally no one around for miles. But ...
Imagine you suffered from what the main character in this black-and-white atmospheric chiller suffers from when it comes to auditory vibrations. A series of loud sounds – whether they are the breaking of dishes on the floor or the crashing of a car out on the street – sends ...
James Whale. Boris Karloff. The year after Frankenstein was released. Need I say anything more on why, even today, The Old Dark House absolutely slaughters its audience? The tension and the creep factor are ratcheted up to levels that seem astounding considering the ...
Swing, batter batter, swing. Thwack! And just like that, poor Frosty’s head is knocked clean off, splattering snow and ice everywhere. That opening scene is a microcosmic hint at the demented and underage shenanigans headed your way in Better Watch Out, a ...