Alien Predators, The Fog, and More
ALIEN PREDATORS (1987) Bland American tourists traveling through the Spanish countryside are beset by parasitic alien beings that have taken over the minds of the locals and turned them into killers. It sounds like a rip-off of John McTiernan’s Predator,…
Angel Heart, Body Snatchers, Hellraiser, and Tales from the Hood
ANGEL HEART (1987) Interesting, but sedate, filming of William Hjortsberg’s book, Falling Angel, about 1950s gumshoe, Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke), who’s hired by the strange Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down a former client who disappeared years earlier.…
Deadstream, Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, and More
DEADSTREAM (2022) If The Blair Witch Project and Evil Dead 2 had a baby it might look like Deadstream, a funny, reverent, and highly inventive little scare show. To facilitate his comeback, disgraced internet celebrity, Shawn Ruddy (Joseph Winter, co-director),…
Dashcam, The Dead Next Door, and More
DASHCAM (2022) Towards the end of Dashcam, the protagonist, Annie (Annie Hardy), asks, “God, why do you hate me?” Anyone who watches this movie longer than a few minutes will immediately know the answer to that question. Annie is such…
Burning Bright, Cannibal Apocalypse, Documenting the Witch Path, and The Unseen
BURNING BRIGHT (2010) Intense little flick about a teenager (Briana Evigan) and her autistic brother (Charlie Tahan) trapped inside their large house with a hungry bengal tiger during a hurricane. The plot sounds like a silly B-movie from the ’50s,…
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, Inseminoid, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, and Sphere
BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL (1974) A splattery slasher/psychodrama about a troubled drifter, Gilles (Paul Naschy), who finds work as a handyman – and all-around stud – for three colorful sisters at their hilltop manor in the remote Spanish…
Death Warmed Up, Galaxy of Terror, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
DEATH WARMED UP (1984) An inventive and highly energetic New Zealand splatter flick about a young man named Michael (Michael Hurst), who’s given an experimental mind control serum by fiendish Dr. Howell (Gary Day), which results in Michael killing his…
Beast, Color of Night, The First Power, and Redneck Zombies
BEAST (2022) Idris Elba goes mano a mano with a rogue lion in this well-made but by-the-numbers when-animals-attack thriller. After his wife succumbs to cancer, an emotionally distant father (Elba) takes a getaway with his two teen daughters to the…
The Innocents, Needful Things, The Toxic Avenger, and Toxic Zombies
THE INNOCENTS (2021) Moody Norwegian chiller about a quartet of children who discover they not only share a psychic bond but harbor special powers. When sociopathic Ben’s (Sam Ashraf) powers grow stronger, he uses them to hurt those who’ve wronged…