This one is a real treat for fans of horror, sci-fi and the most B of movies. Annihilator was a TV movie that showed up in 1986 to very little acclaim. This might be because it shamelessly ripped off The Terminator (it even includes Earl Boen who played Dr Silberman […]
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Galaxy of Horrors is a 2017 horror anthology and is another portmanteau package curated from short movies previously presented as part of the Little Terrors Festival. It follows on from the subject of our previous Portmanteau-a-go-go, Minutes Past Midnight.
While Hollywood can rightly be accused of milking cows to death with its incessant, and necessary, remake culture, the fact is that there have been some great ones. Of course, it helps when the original was some 1950s nonsense and the remake came in the ’80s and, much like The […]
After hearing the sad news that Wes Craven had died, it seemed only appropriate to watch one of his ’80s classics. Of course, most people would have picked out A Nightmare on Elm Street which is a stone-cold classic but I decided to return to Deadly Friend, one of his […]
We’re huge fans of the old 1960s sci-fi series The Time Tunnel and The Final Countdown at times feels like an extended episode of Irwen Allen’s TV classic. It’s in 3D too which should make it even more exciting. The plot sees Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen) assessing the performance […]
People (ourselves included) like to moan that there are no original ideas in Hollywood these days and that much-loved ’80s classics are being ruined by pointless remakes but the idea of remakes isn’t a new one. Famously, The Thing (1982) was itself a remake and Invaders From Mars was also […]
Arrow Films have built a reputation for sourcing the best Italian cinema curios and have released The Visitor, a movie that is hard to explain when we’re not sure what the hell we just watched. While the movie is set in the States and features a surprisingly strong US cast […]
Slugs (1988) “So you weren’t kidding when you said we were going fishing.” “That’s what I said, darn it!” When that’s your opening exchange in a movie, and it’s delivered with all the acting prowess of a Paris Hilton understudy, you know the next ninety or so minutes are going […]
Creature (1985) “First you die. . .Then the terror begins” Coming some six years after its obvious inspiration, Alien, you’d expect Creature to have borrowed a few tricks from Ridley Scott’s sci-fi/horror masterpiece but alas Creature’s bad acting, unconvincing sets and piss-poor monster feel more like a Star Trek episode […]