The early 1970s was a wild time. American confidence in the military was hugely eroded thanks to the war in Vietnam. Our opinion of government had been shot to shit by years of political failure regarding the war, the Cold War, and Nixon's illegitimate reelection tactics. The Civil Rights movement had ended in perceived victory … Continue reading The Crazies (1973)
This movie exists like a weird hybrid of the horror in the Outpost series and occasionally the camp of the film Zone Troopers. More so the Outpost series, but who am I to complain about a Nazisploitation horror movie? It's 1944. D-Day has arrived, and the Allied forces are storming the beaches of Normandy. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Overlord (2018)
Dead Weekend is kind of like Repo Man with Emilio Estevez, in that it has a punk aesthetic mixed in with its tale of overly zealous government forces and an unknown force. Also, punks show up, and they're violent. Both appear to be set in Los Angeles. Both movies end the same way too, with … Continue reading Dead Weekend (1995)
Imagine if the folks in Killer Workout made a rip-off of First Blood. Because that is exactly what this movie is. Now imagine if the inept cop from Killer Workout still had his mullet but ran a band of mercs, and it was up to that private investigator from Killer Workout to stop him, while … Continue reading Deadly Prey (1987)
This is not how to treat your family. Ellie and Joyce Ballantyne are two old sisters living in rural England. Ellie seems to be on the simple minded side, possibly always childish but also possibly sliding into dementia. Joyce appears to be the primary caregiver and one who sets the rules. From time to time … Continue reading The Beast in the Cellar (1970)
Varan the Unbelievable is an extensively edited and recut Americanized version of the Japanese kaiju film 大怪獣バラン, or Giant Monster Varan for those of us who cannot read that. Giant Monster Varan was created by Toho to ape their own Godzilla movie on American television, but the US investors pulled out, so they changed a … Continue reading Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
Ah, comedy horror. This movie is terrible, but it's ridiculously, hilariously terrible. I love C.H.U.D. 2. I know I have bad taste. I don't care. C.H.U.D. 2 is hilariously awful and awfully hilarious. It's incredibly stupid, it knows it, and it runs with it. Laugh at the CHUDs behavior. Thrill to its theme song, which … Continue reading C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
Terrorists get hold of a biological weapon called Death One in the Philippines, but the lone survivor in their group accidentally contaminates himself. The US Army tracks him down and burns the corpses of everyone in the hotel he was staying in, but this causes Death One to enter the atmosphere, kill birds, and bring … Continue reading Zombi 3 (1988)
Straight out of the Philippines in an attempt to look like Vietnam come the most anticipated First Blood wannabe knock-off of 1983 that nobody knew about: Fireback! Richard Harrison, possibly the greatest of the 1980s white dude movie ninjas, is a weapons expert who gets captured along with his latest super weapon by the Vietnamese … Continue reading Fireback (1983)
I was on the edge of my seat! Until I scooted back, because that was definitely a potential hazard. Maintain a safe living environment folks, otherwise that's how accidents happen in the workplace or home. Anyway, Cy Warrior is about a robot super soldier who gets accidentally activated during a poker game and escapes from … Continue reading Cy Warrior (1989)
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