2015 Movie List v2
This year's list got all messed up, deleted then recreated! and therefore inaccurate and not in order!
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- DirectorSteve CarverStarsGary BuseyDarlanne FluegelHenry SilvaOft-wounded L.A. cop Gary Busey invades Mexico to rescue U.S. Army types from a Soviet Agent. Henry Silva, Darlanne Fluege.McBain! A cartoon action movie that has Gary Busey singlehandedly fighting Nicaraugan, Arabic, and Russian terrorists in Mexico. They do blow up a lot of stuff. Henry Silva is less Libyan than William Smith is Russian. McBain!
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJim CarreyVirginia MadsenLogan LermanWalter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.I thought I was prepared for the dumptruck of insane batsh!t that was to come. I thought I could handle Jim Carrey attempting to act like a human being. It was like a snowball of *beep* that rolled downhill for an hour and a half gaining in speed and size until by the nonsense ending everything was covered in insanity, stupidity, and sh!te. Topsy Cretts ?
- DirectorBobcat GoldthwaitStarsBobcat GoldthwaitJulie BrownBruce BaumShakes is good at his job as party clown - when he's sober and shows up. Five druggy clowns frame him for the murder of his boss.Funny first half gives way to plot heavy second half. Best part was the old black female clown at the bar, peanut butter pussy.
- DirectorIvan HallStarsJames RyanCharlotte MichelleNorman CoombesTwo former ranking figures of the Axis powers schedule a deadly martial arts tournament in an isolated locale. The two rivals then race to assemble the top competitors from around the world, with Steve Hunt being the most sought after fighter.Silly plot with a rich old nazi and a midget running a karate tournament at a a castle in the Namib desert. Bad acting, all white cast but great martial arts make it all worth while. Hus.
- DirectorIvan HallStarsJames RyanAnneline KrielMichael MayerWhen Dr. Horatio Kane is kidnapped and is forced to create an army of martial artists his daughter Kandy Kane is the only one who can help. She enlists the help of Steve Chase to save her father and the day.Bigger budget sequel is better made and better acted overall but is pretty silly and the martial arts not as good. The Bad guys have a way to make both super-gasoline and a mind control drug from the simple potato! Bad guy leader has an announcer-type voice and a really bad fake beard.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsTalia ShireRobert FoxworthArmand AssanteA government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.1. Don't give me B.C. and call it Maine.
2. Don't give me Armand Assante and call him an OP(Original Person, a PC word for Native Americans.)
3. Don't give me liberal do-good heroes who walk away at the end of the fight when everyone they were trying to save is dead or ignored. - DirectorJoseph MangineStarsClyde HayesLeilani SarelleDonna LockeA group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.I thought the plot trope of the "idiot police force ignores all evidence and testimony because it comes from "stupid kids"" went out in the 1960s. Think how the police and media would react now if 10 rich white kids in San Fran went missing! The movie has a non-ending.
- DirectorLuciano ErcoliStarsNieves NavarroSimón AndreuPeter MartellDuring a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.Starts very well, plot gets a little stretched and boring in second half. Susan Scott was good.
- DirectorJens LienStarsTrond FausaPetronella BarkerPer SchaanningIn a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.Quiet Scando movie about conformity, society and happiness. Thought provoking.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsArkadiusz JakubikMarian DziedzielKinga PreisA zootechnician visits a remote farm, developing relationships with tragic consequences, and 1982 during Martial Law, as investigators reconstruct the 1978 crime scene to solve a multiple murder case involving the zootechnician.Dark Polish film set in 1982 about human nature, vodka, and life under Communism that is told in a story about a rainy night killing and subsequent police "investigation".
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsFaye DunawayTommy Lee JonesBrad DourifA famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.Big budget American giallo is quite tame. Given that it is a giallo aimed at middle class women who are easily spooked/horrified/titilated the plot is 100% safe and predictable. Love the monobrow.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsDee WallaceM. Emmet WalshBilly Green BushA group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.Way more blood in this than in previous Giallo! The only people the Critters really go after are Single White Guys. The smallest US police force I remember. Some movie towns would have had a dozen cops. Liked it okay, hated the final house bit.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEvan C. KimBong Soo HanBill BixbyThe daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.Almost funny. Timely comedy ages poorly. The Bruce Lee parody is almost the same length are as real Bruce Lee movie. I would love to see "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble"
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsSteven TerrellGloria CastilloFrank GorshinAliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.Idiot police force ignores all testimony because it comes from stupid kids (who look 26 and are very well dressed.) I loved how all teens drank beer and made out for hours but nobody got past first base, not even in a car on lover's lane.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonEdwige FenechIvan RassimovA woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.Satanists are great. They're always trying to drug or impregnate some gorgeous women, and dancing naked. Satanism really is about the naked dancing.
- DirectorGerald Seth SindellStarsSusan KigerLisa LondonPamela Jean BryantCollege exploitation film focusing on the wild escapades of the women of H.O.T.S. Sorority. The antics include but are certainly not limited to a wet t-shirt contest, a sky-diving episode, plenty of fraternity boys and even a house-keeping robot. Can the girls of H.O.T.S. overcome the scrutiny of their unliberated student counterparts and the University Administration as they unknowingly become the focus of bumbling crooks?Ambitiously energetic and stupid in an entertaining and mainly topless kind of way. Salt petre and impotence, hilarious!
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsChristopher GeorgeAndrew PrineRichard JaeckelAn eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.A lot of talkin and very little bear. Limbs go flying alot. The heroes are so smart, they LAND the helicopter so they can fight the giant bear up close, yeah right. Heavily wooded Georgia hills does not look like the much rockier western mountain home of real grizzlies. This bear has a real taste for attractive women.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsTom EwellJayne MansfieldEdmond O'BrienA gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.1. Little Richard is freaking great, even toned down.
2. Jayne Mansfield probably would have been a very wealthy porn star.
3. This was an old fashioned movie with just some rock n roll and big tits thrown it to help sell it. Both better and worse than I'd thought it would be. - DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonSir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.The Beatles were very funny, charming and likable. Most of the songs were great but some seemed out of place and too long. What's with white British people doing racist Indian imitations, weird to see Rumpole acting silly and Bengali.
- DirectorH. Tjut DjalilStarsIlona Agathe BastianYos SantoSofia W.D.A woman researches a book that takes her to the black magic cult of Leák in Bali. She meets an evil witch who promises to train her dark arts. But she is tricked and turned into a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck.A standing ovation for the voice actress of the witch, the greatest cackle ever heard. Pretty tense and creepy waiting for what craziness will happen next. The bland white girl cannot act and seemed slightly scared of everything around her at all times. The male lead acts like he's waiting for a porno to start. Abrupt editing and changes in tone. More entertaining and a better movie than LADY TERMINATOR, the only other vintage Indonesian movie I've seen.
- DirectorJun FukudaStarsMasaaki DaimonKazuya AoyamaReiko TajimaAn Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.Godzilla good guy, Mecha is bad guy. Good battles.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsManuel GélinEduardo FajardoFrance LomayAn expedition searching for treasure supposedly buried by the German army in the African desert during WWII comes up against an army of Nazi zombies guarding the fortune.aka Oasis of the Zombies.
Worst makeup and worst zombie attack ever. It's a really low budget existential horror movie. - DirectorRobert ParrishStarsJames CoburnJames MasonJames FoxDuffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals hire by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. He succeeds, with help from Stefane's girlfriend with an unexpected turn of events.Couldn't root for any of the unlikable british characters. Good music but heist and twist are bland. Easily forgotten.
- DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsTetsuya BesshoSatomi KobayashiTakehiro MurataJapan is caught in the middle of a three way battle between Godzilla, the divine Mothra, and her dark counterpart Battra.Godzilla is bad guy, Mothra is good guy, Bad Mothra is conflicted. Godziila travels underground through magma and emerges from an erupting Mt. Fuji. Good movie. I love Mosura.
- DirectorJonathan KesselmanStarsAdam GoldbergAndy DickJudy GreerAn orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.Some funny moments and is generally clever. Adam Goldberg isn't funny enough as hero. Literally not one mention of Arabs, Islam or Mohammed.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsWilliam ShatnerTiffany BollingWoody StrodeIn rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.Oh look, a black family ranch in a horror movie. Gee, I hope nothing bad happens to them, first. Are spiders racist too? Arizona has no Hispanic people? Otherwise, pretty good, lotsa real spiders.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsReiko IkeMakoto AikawaArumi KuriOcho gets abducted by a yakuza clan that uses a gang of women to smuggle drugs in their vaginas. Finding out that the kingpin had killed the last boss and abducted his daughter, Ocho joins forces with the drug mules against the clan.Nobody combines sex and violence in such a dangerous and erotic way as the Japanese. This movie is tough too watch but is full of sexy, naked women who can kick your ass. Good movie.
- DirectorAlex StapletonStarsRoger CormanMartin ScorseseQuentin TarantinoA documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.I enjoyed the subject, but it was a bit of a love fest.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsIan McCullochAlexandra Delli ColliSherry BuchananAn expedition in the East Indies, encounters not only the cannibals they were looking for, but also an evil scientist and his zombie army.rewatched on bluray.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsKevin BaconFred WardFinn CarterNatives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.rewatched on bluray
- DirectorRobert TaiStarsAlexander Rei LoAlice TsengAlan LeeThe Ji Ho Ninja clan vow to destroy the monks of a Shaolin temple. To do so they must first perfect their Water Spider Assault Unit, the Iron Tiger Claw, the Ninja Rock Climbing Formation and the Ninja Heaven Death Wish Blade. Luckily the Shaolin temple finds protection in the form of a good monk, two Hare Krishna's and a monk from Harlem.Crazily entertaining, very fast paced. Goofy treacherous ninjas. Do Hare Krishna know any kung fu? Ha Ha HA, that's some terrific voice acting. Wait til they try to imitate a black American monk from Harlem? Naked female ninja!
- DirectorOvidio G. AssonitisRoberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliStarsJuliet MillsRichard JohnsonGabriele LaviaJuliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. Richard Johnson shows up to help her... but what does he really want?First time I'd seen a good copy. San Fran looked great. Plot is stupid as hell but everything in this movie is creepy and unsettling. What's with the pea soup, is that an Exorcist reference? Music was good but often wildly inappropriate.
- DirectorPaul GrauStarsJosé GrasLaura PremicaAndrea AlbaniA man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family.rewatch of crazy classic. Penis, penis, penis.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaJames MasonIrina MaleevaBased on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.aka Kidnap Syndicate. Somber subject matter, kidnapped kids, robs movie of some vigor. First half is sad and tense, second half is more typically action filled and violent. Good, not great.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCharles BronsonRobert DuvallJill IrelandA bush pilot is hired for fifty thousand dollars to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.Well shot with lots of aerial views of the large mexican prison that holds Robert Duvall. Would have been better if we cared if the husband is broken out of the prison, but the movie wants us to care about Bronson and Ireland instead. Good.
- DirectorErwin C. DietrichPeter BaumgartnerJack HillStarsIngrid SteegerRolf EdenVivian WeissA beautiful blonde hooks up with a rock star, and after a night of sex and drugs, he leaves. She, though, has fallen madly in love with him, and sets out with her girlfriend across Europe to track him down. On the way, however, she gets mixed up with everyone from a gang of nasty bikers to a ring of devil worshipers.Not what I expected. The music was pretty good overall and the women were naked and gorgeous but the tone of the movie is cautionary and mean, not carefree and sexy. Swiss Hell's Angels ride through and movie ends on a downer. I'd call it Morality Exploitation.
- DirectorMichael DuganStarsMarjoe GortnerBobbie BreseeNorman BurtonA 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.Oh my, what a rather bad movie. Lead actress is nice looking and gets naked but not too emotive. Surprisingly gory. Ludicrous to try and make a Hollywood cemetery at noon on a sunny day look haunted and scary.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.Watched many times. Remains powerful still. Everyone looks so young,and thin. I didn't remember that Jackson Browne song.
- DirectorYutaka IkejimaStarsReiko YamaguchiNaohiro HirakawaKaoru AkitsuA new bride convinces everyone in her family to sleep with her.Very Japanese porn.
- DirectorKuo-Ren WuStarsAlexander Rei LoEugene ThomasMei LoJohn is a NYPD maverick who's also a ninja and has black partner Spencer. He soon unravels an international conspiracy that revolves around his girlfriend Nancy and her scientist father, who's created a secret formula.A buddy cop movie made in China but set in "America" with Ninjas as drug lords. Plot is pretty racist and laughable. All of the "Americans" are corrupt, all the Chinese noble and good, and the ninjas are just evil. Hero's partner is black but is ridiculously dubbed by a white or chinese guy. Okay, not great.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsSandahl BergmanDavid GossQuin KesslerIn a post-apocalyptic America, She, a fierce warrior who leads a women's cult, teams up with two brothers searching for their kidnapped sister. They come across weird cults before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.A big budget low budget movie. Big studio tries to turn an old jungle set fantasy plot into a PG rated post apocalyptic exploitation plot like 2019 After the Fall of New York. Really badly written and conceived, plays and looks like a bad comic book. Far too tame and boring, shoulda been called HE. Boo.
- DirectorPeter Perry Jr.StarsHarvey ShainWilliam RotslerDee LockwoodAn outrageously bawdy, sexed-up version of the world's most famous love story.There were quite a few large-breasted naked Redheads, and some Blondes and Brunettes and one large breasted Black woman, and some mostly lame jokes and some mostly lame Shakespeare. After an hour, even I, lover of all things Breastual, was bored to death. Not wild or funny enough, very nice naked ladies.
- DirectorKenshô YamashitaTakao OkawaraKazuki ÔmoriStarsJun HashizumeMegumi OdakaZenkichi YoneyamaGodzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.SpaceGodzilla = Godzilla+Crystals and is Bad Guy. Godzilla is local bully with heart of gold, and MechaGodzilla is remodeled into a Voltron clone called MOGERA and is G force. All of the human talking and plot is terrible and I hate that telepathic woman with MonCheeChee haircut. Too much monster as rear projection while extras run around, not enough model Tokyo getting destroyed. Baby Godzilla, go away. A lesser entry.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsBarbara SteeleJohn RichardsonAndrea ChecchiA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.rewatch. Barbara Steele, OMG.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsJordan ChanEmotion CheungSam LeeA group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the shopping day.Fun but very obnoxious movie about some very obnoxiously dubbed people at a low rent mall dealing with a Zombie outbreak. Good ending. Not as gory as I'd feared.
- DirectorLew LehmanStarsSammy SnydersJeannie EliasSonja SmitsA solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.They do not make movies like this anymore. Out there movie about a socially inept sociopathic kid and the fun he has with a pit and some hungry new friends. I freakin' loved it. Good ending. Recommend.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert KermanJanet AgrenIvan RassimovA young woman teams up with a mercenary to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea where they find that a deranged leader of a religious cult has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.The blonde heroine was very beautiful and her hair and makeup were perfect in every shot. I spent the whole movie trying to reason out where they filmed it, cause it sure wasn't New Guinea. I guessed India, it was Sri Lanka. These cannibals were tiny bloody morons, too primitive to cook their food! Nobody ever cut off an ear for a snack, way too chewy. Overall, okay.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsLea LanderGeorge EastmanRiccardo CucciollaFollowing a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.Tense tale keeps up the suspense. Would have liked to hear English dub. Good ending, less of a surprise if you've seen other Italian films of the time. Well done.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRalph BatesMartine BeswickGerald SimA Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.Interesting plot. Combines Burke & Hare, Jack the Ripper, and Jeckyl & Hyde. Ahead of it's time in it's transgender issue heavy plot. Pretty good.
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeFrank BrañaThe co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.Another nominee for worst police force ever. Plot is both predictable and insanely stupid. How many chainsaws can one big city lunatic find. Some fun kills. Linda Day George as a former tennis star with big hair and lotsa makeup. Dumb, but euro and okay.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunVisute PoolvoralaksPaween PurijitpanyaStarsJirayu La-ongmaneeRay MacDonaldChumphorn ThepphithakHorror anthology consisting of five segments by acclaimed Thai directors. Segments involve a criminal seeking refuge, a haunted hospital, haunted truck passengers, a car dealer's dark discovery, and an ill actress portraying a ghost.Fast paced sequel is smart and probably a little better than first movie. A happy movie find.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.Saw on Bluray, looked really great. Pretty creepy, nothing is explained too much , which is good. Low budget but good unresolved ending. Pretty good.
- DirectorRichard BlackburnStarsLesley TaplinCheryl SmithWilliam WhittonA young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.I love Rainbeaux Smith but she was too old to play a 13! year old. Low budget lets down ambitious story with uneven makeup between scenes and the movie could have been a bit longer, there was a lot of plot. Not so great.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia MonrealeA young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.Holy Spike through the head Batman! Creepy atmosphere, very unexpected moments of horrific gore, great music, surreal plot, some very hungry spiders, blind people with spooky eyes! It's nuts but it works. Very good indeed.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollPaolo MalcoAnia PieroniA New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.Pales in comparison, less spooky, scary, crazy than the Beyond. The world's cutest white boy stumbled through a whole mess of gore that surely must have warped his little actor mind. Freudstein? sounds like a bad name to base your movie around. And... it's the House IN the Cemetery.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellJohn PhillipsDavid BuckIn 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.The first was great, the second was a boring romance. Lots and lots of yakking before it gets going. Mummy looked okay, and actually killed some people. Story was boring, and not engaging. As good as the second movie. Very stodgy and not scary. No villain. Shot entirely indoors.
- DirectorSeth HoltMichael CarrerasStarsAndrew KeirValerie LeonJames VilliersAn archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl and strange things start to happen.Better, you could almost hear the producer yelling for more blood and more female skin. I could actually tell that it was supposed to be a HORROR movie. There is no old fashioned Mummy, just a sexy woman in a sexy Phaoronic outfit who is meant? to look just well preserved but really looks healthy and pink. Not great but better than previous two movies.
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsTom TryonGloria TalbottPeter BaldwinAliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.The things that define an "American" male in 1958 were 1. Drinking Alcohol 2. Getting women pregnant. 3. Partying and fooling around on your wife. These were the things that gave away the not aliens, but "monsters" from space.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsVincent PricePeter LorreBoris KarloffDishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.Pretty good. Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone stole the show.
Funny, not scary. - DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.I can't watch this without thinking about Scary Movie, Epic Movie and others that have taken this idea and beaten it into the ground. I know it was really funny once, but now it seems boring and juvenile. Maybe I didn't expect big dick jokes in a "classic".
- DirectorBruce PittmanStarsLisa SchrageMichael IronsideWendy LyonThirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.I liked it, trust me, it looks like Canadian high school in the 80's. Much better than first film, no disco! Good FX for the day, good acting and characters. A killer than made sense kind of, although you could tell they were hoping to create a new Freddy or Jason. Every movie should start with a Little Richard song.
- DirectorErwin C. DietrichStarsPeter BaumgartnerRena BergenRaphael BrittenA gang of white slavers lure beautiful young women into prostitution by staging beauty contests in which the "prize" is a Hollywood contract. The "winners" are then drugged and sold to international sex traffickers.Moderately attractive naked European women get badly dubbed and badly treated by fat middle aged European men. The allure of nekkid women wore of by the mid point and it was grim sailing after that.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsCristina MarsillachIan CharlesonUrbano BarberiniA young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.rewatch on bluray. What energy and imagination! plus great music and visuals. The eye! I loved all the music, last great Argento?
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsGiovanni GuidelliDebora CaprioglioStanko MolnarLoosely based on Black Sunday (1960), a group of skiers get lost in the mountains, and come across the snowy tomb of a centuries-old witch. They accidentally awaken the witch's vengeful spirit, who then proceeds to possess them one by one.Aka Demons 5
Dumb but entertaining, an obvious homage/ripoff of Black Sunday. Hard to root for rich euro skiers but average overall. - DirectorLucio FulciStarsJack HedleyAlmanta SuskaHoward RossA burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.Ah, New York back in the day, when Italians traveled 1000's of miles to set their movies in the Big Apple's legendary 'atmosphere'. Some good killing and many scenic shots. Duck voiced killer got tiresome.
- DirectorJames JusticeUmberto LenziStarsNicolas De TothSarah BuxtonRawley ValverdeAfter the execution of a motorcycle gang leader convicted of murder, a helmeted biker goes on a killing spree during spring break in Florida.The young cast were uniformly bad but +1 for dragging John Saxon behind a car! Killer drives a custom motorcycle with a built in electric chair! They killed the annoying friend fairly quickly! A bit better than expected.
- DirectorJohn FasanoStarsJohn MartinKen SwoffordSal VivianoDemons hypnotize the general public by posing as a rock and roll band.I don't know how I could be disappointed by a movie rated 4.1, but I was. Looked and sounded okay but plot, script and special effects were quite bad. The ending made no sense. No thirty year old teenagers please.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJared MartinLara LambertiUlli ReinthalerThe spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.I expected sleazy, cheesy and violence. I got surprisingly little. Why would a girl in a coma turn green? Beware the snailssssssss!
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsLucio FulciBrett HalseyRia De SimoneA horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.That's more like it. A crazy plot that take some crazy twists, much violence, and a real ending. Lucio Fulci looks like he should be from some place like Wisconsin or Manitoba, not Italy.
- DirectorRon OliverPeter R. SimpsonStarsTim ConlonCynthia PrestonDavid StrattonThe malevolent spirit of Mary Lou Maloney returns to Hamilton High, where she manipulates a naive male student into helping her wreak havoc on the school.The movie looked good and was well acted, but the plot made two mistakes. Some times they veered too far into comedy. The whole last ten minutes was a big mistake and the ending was terrible. Still better than first movie though.
- DirectorArmando CrispinoStarsAlex CordSamantha EggarJohn MarleyA photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.Very giallo-like horror? movie. It was doing well as a horror movie with an adultery subplot but then not so good as it finished as an almost traditional giallo. Overall okay.
- DirectorMichael GornickStarsGeorge KennedyLois ChilesDomenick JohnThree macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.Low budget is apparent in lesser cast, shorter length and spookiness on screen. First story is weakest, last story is best. Stories were very predictable or well known already. Not so great overall.
- DirectorJohn HarrisonStarsDebbie HarryMatthew LawrenceChristian SlaterTo stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.Much better. Higher budget with better actors. The stories were all gruesome and unpredictable. Lotsa dark fun.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsAnton YelchinColin FarrellDavid Tennant"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?First watch. Liked it a lot right up until Jerry the vampire turned into the Terminator. Tense first half gives way to an explosive and silly second half. Horror movies should not have happy endings where everything is all right again. Horror movies should have proud but scarred survivors who live but are never the same again.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.Less violent and more overtly sexual than later film. In this film, the hero is the guy that nobody believes. In the remake, the hero is the exfriend? of the guy that nobody believes. The vampire has become a terrorist? This original was a horror movie aimed at horror movie fans that became widely popular. The remake aims to be widely popular first, horror movie second.
Old beats new, easily. - DirectorJon KnautzStarsAaron AshmoreCindy SampsonMeghan HeffernTwo female journalists and a photographer travel to Europe to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances, only to find themselves embroiled in a struggle against a kind of evil they never expected.Very very predictable. Not very scary. I did not know that southern Ontario looked like Poland. Lack of Polish subtitles meant that 1/4 of dialogue was lost. Boo.
- DirectorChristopher MacBrideStarsAaron PooleJames GilbertIan AndersonA documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.Smarter and more engaging but ultimately disappointing. If you believe in conspiracies then this might be scary. Any movie about a conspiracy (in the 70's or post 911) tends to follow the same plot. Odd that a Canadian movie would have such an American based plot. Not for the overly intelligent or those literate in modern human history.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsWil WheatonClaude AkinsMalcolm DanareWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.Holy cheese Batman! Should have saved for Cheesefest. I love the crazy mix of redneck and Italian exploitation with a dash of 80's synth. So much shirtless Wesley. I never realized how much I would enjoy watching a cute blonde little girl getting attacked by ...
- DirectorStan WinstonStarsLance HenriksenJeff EastJohn D'AquinoAfter a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.Best part was crazy witch woman. Monster looked like the love child of Alien and E.T.. Lance Henrickson was a very poor parent. Could have used better characters. It was okay, I guess.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunPaween PurijitpanyaYongyoot ThongkongtoonStarsManeerat Kham-uanWitawat SinglampongApinya Sakuljaroensuk4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about this new stranger that she is attracted to. "Tit For Tat" spun a tale of black magic and vengeance for a school kid that had been bullied by a school gang. "In The Middle" - a group of friends faced one of their worst camping trip after water kayaking accident. The final segment "Last Fright" takes horror to new heights with a psychological thriller that involves a stewardess flying solo in a cabin with a dead body.Pretty enjoyable. It was a real test to keep up with the subtitles but the stories were pretty scary. The characters in one story SPOIL a whole bunch of famous movies, jerks.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsEdwige FenechAnita StrindbergLuigi PistilliA series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.rewatch. Nasty, sexy and twisty.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.Karen Black was very good. Third story with the little monster on the cover is the best, with an original ending! The second story was really dated cuz it was about a woman with gasp... split personality disorder.
- DirectorDavid CardosoLuiz CastelliniJohn DooStarsDavid CardosoPatrícia ScalviMatilde MastrangiCollection of erotic stories that includes The Gazelles, The Pleasure of Virtue and The Grasshopper.Poorly translated subtitles highlight a very cheesy, sex themed trilogy. Dated in subject matter, was probably racier in 1981 Brazil, very Catholic. The third story is really a horror story but has some WTF moments involving a very aroused blind woman and a grasshopper. Yes, I said grasshopper.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsFranco NeroCorinne CléryDavid HessA bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker, who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary where he promises to give them some of his bank loot.I love Franco Nero and his moustache and his crazy eyes. Great movie, but full of very bad male behavior. Plot twists abound.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan LaddFilm noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.Well made but funnier in theory than in reality. I didn't get all of the obvious old movie jokes and references.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefFred WilliamsonAfter selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.The trailer made it seem more gritty than it really is. Starts well, but is too tame and goes on too long. Ending is abrupt and open ended. Jim Kelly plays a man raised by Indians who taught him Karate.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsMarianne MorrisAnulka DziubinskaMurray BrownA pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood.Very little plot. It rains a lot. They use "day for night" very poorly. The females were quite attractive and naked. Lots of blood. Quite overrated.
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsErica GavinGarth PillsburyHarrison PageWhile a naive bush pilot flies tourists to the wilderness of Northwest Canada, his nympho wife gets lonely--or does she? A Mountie, a married couple, and her biker brother drop by while hubby's away.Rewatch. I love this movie. Erica Gavin is sublime.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMark RylanceAlan AldaDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.Family movie trip. A good movie but really more about modern US politics than about cold war diplomacy.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De MejoA reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.rewatch of a better copy. Okay, not great.
- DirectorKen FinklemanStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLloyd BridgesA faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?They tried really hard but the jokes fell pretty flat.
- DirectorJorge GrauStarsLucia BosèEspartaco SantoniEwa AulinAn aging Marchioness obsessed with looking youthful devises a vicious plan, under advice from her personal nurse, to look young again.AKA BLOOD CEREMONY
Well made but totally lacking in sex and violence. - DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsPhilippe CaroitIlaria BorrelliKatarzyna FiguraA police detective investigates the murder of a man found dismembered in a washing machine and is drawn into a web of deceit and murder by the dead man's lover, Vida, and her two sisters, Sissy and Ludmilla,A hard to follow giallo/mystery. Sexy and very convoluted plot. Okay but confusing. Made in Budapest.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsSam FirstenbergDavid PaulsenLuigi CozziThe history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..Good shot of nostalgia. Well made.
- DirectorMike MalloyStarsFranco NeroJohn SaxonHenry SilvaA documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.Very informative and interesting with lots of star interviews but a bit long. I wish more of these movies were available.
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsGeorge HiltonAntoine Saint-JohnFemi BenussiGiorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife, Nora. Unfortunately, a thrill-seeking young couple steal the killer's car with Nora's corpse in the trunk, ending up at a run-down seaside villa.rewatch. Good thriller, rape scene.
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsMalcolm StoddardCyd HaymanAngela PleasenceWhen a strange woman has her baby at the Marlowe's house, then disappears, Kate Marlowe is forced to keep the baby, Bonnie. She loves the child, but when her own children are systematically killed, suspicion turns to Bonnie.Surprisingly tame and tasteful story about an evil adopted kid and her incredibly unsafe foster parents. Blonde equals evil in kids. Redheads are victims.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsFaye DunawayAlan BatesJohn GielgudCaroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.Faye Dunaway is woefully miscast as the American star of a british period piece. Highlight is a whipping fight between Faye and a topless Marina Sertis. Bad but kinda fun.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsSusan GeorgeHugo StiglitzAndrés GarcíaTwo shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.I expected a crazy euro shark movie. I got a well shot Mexican vacation movie about a threesome that also has some sharks. All of the shark footage is obviously from some nature documentary. It was okay but overlong.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsMichael SopkiwValentine MonnierGianni GarkoA marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.It was bad, but not Bottom 100 bad. Monster does not appear until the very end. Had a certain amount of Euro 80's cheesy charm, very little budget and fx.