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Satan’s Little Helper (2005) Movie Review
As far as independent horror films go, “Satan’s Little Helper” is one of the better ones to come down the pipe in recent years. It follows in the footsteps of “Dead Birds” as an
Read More »Killer Snakes (1975) Movie Review
Although the famous Shaw Bros. studio is primarily associated with its output of martial arts films, it has also been responsible for a fair number of sleazy exploitation howlers. “The Killer Snakes” is an
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The Puppet Masters (1994) Movie Review
I liked “The Puppet Masters” when I first saw it many moons ago, while still at the age where the word “impressionable” can reasonably be used. But time has ways of shedding light on
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Izo (2004) Movie Review
It’s tough for me to approach a Takashi Miike film without certain preconceived notions that may color my view. I’m not really a fan of his work, and generally find them to be puerile
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Nine Lives (2002) Movie Review
It’s rare these days to find a horror film that strays even a little bit outside of genre conventions; it’s even worse with the teen slasher subgenre. Dark corridors, scared teens, thunder and lightning,
Read More »Dead Birds (2004) Movie Review
In the arena of horror films, it’s not often you get a period piece, mostly because they’re expensive to make, and it’s a little hard to convince contemporary horror moviegoers (the vast majority of
Read More »Beyond Our Ken (2004) Movie Review
“Beyond our Ken” is a film by Edmond Pang, director of the awkwardly titled, yet excellent “Men Suddenly in Black”, who is being touted in some circles as one of the great young hopes
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Swing Girls (2004) Movie Review
You would have to be incredibly incompetent as a director, writer, and actor to go wrong with a movie like “Swing Girls”. This is the type of film that has equal combinations of fluff,
Read More »Blood Surf (2000) Movie Review
Since the late 1990s box office success of films like “Anaconda” and “Lake Placid”, the time-honored ‘creature feature’ genre has been enjoying an extended lease on life. Filmmakers have been pretty undiscriminating in selecting
Read More »Pit Fighter (2004) Movie Review
The Illegal Tournament Fighting movie is an old staple (and favorite) of ’80s and ’90 B movies for two very reasons: it’s cheap to make, and you don’t have to justify any of your
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Dolls (2004) Movie Review
“Dolls” is a film which represents a change of pace for legendary Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano, a man best known in the West for his violent, often abstract gangster epics. “Dolls” represents the first
Read More »Tower of Blood (2004) Movie Review
Even by the dreadfully low standards of no-budget Z horror movies, “Tower of Blood” is abysmal. With exactly just 70 minutes of actual movie time, the film dares to boast about 20 minutes of
Read More »The Trail (1981) Movie Review
“The Trail” is an early film from Hong Kong director Ronny Yu, best remembered for his classic “The Bride with White Hair”, and who would later go on to underwhelm horror fans with “Freddy
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Longinus (2004) Movie Review
If you look at “Longinus” as nothing more than a slight, “no need to bother” detour for Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura, there’s really nothing wrong with it. Of course that still doesn’t mean there’s
Read More »Dark Town (2004) Movie Review
It’s probably for the best that Desi Scarpone didn’t have a large budget, otherwise his vampire movie would only end up looking like the recent “Dawn of the Dead” remake, and truthfully, we can
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Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) Movie Review
Despite its title, “Wisconsin Death Trip” is not a crazed backwoods slasher film, but rather a feature length documentary about the high incidence of murder and madness which afflicted the small town of Black
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The Life aka Yo Puta aka Whore (2004) Movie Review
(Movie Review by Donnie Saxton) One of the most confusing things about “The Life,” a film fraught with confusion, is what to call it. Upon theatrical release it was called “Yo Puta,” presumably because
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Pistol Opera (2001) Movie Review
Abstract – adj. Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation. Artwork that falls into the category of ‘you either get
Read More »The Woodsman (2004) Movie Review
Nicole Kassell’s debut film, “The Woodsman”, is about a pedophile recently released from prison who attempts to start over despite the odds stacked against him, some of his own making, others beyond his control.
Read More »Hide and Creep (2005) Movie Review
You would be forgiven for having lost all faith in the very niche genre that is no-budget zombie movie making. There hasn’t been anything good to emerge from the genre in recent memory, which
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