I found Revolt of the Zombies buried on a horror movie compilation DVD I bought several years ago. Not knowing anything about it, I popped it into my DVD player and watched it. Afterwards, I did a little research and found out that it was originally conceived as a sequelContinue Reading
When I first saw the trailer for Death Kiss, I couldn’t believe my eyes. If I didn’t know better, I’d have thought 1970s-era Charles Bronson had come back to life to star in a follow-up to the Death Wish series. After a quick Google search, I found that the manContinue Reading
Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has moved into its Phase 4 series of films, the path has been cleared for some of their lesser-known heroes to take their place in the spotlight. Shang-Chi, a Kung Fu master, was introduced to Marvel Comics in 1972 to take advantage ofContinue Reading
Based on the real-life prison escape of Joel David Kaplan in 1971, Breakout features Robert Duvall as Jay Wagner, an American businessman who is framed for the murder of a Mexican national. When he is sentenced to 28 years in prison, his wife, Ann (Jill Ireland,) is desperate to find aContinue Reading
Shark movies come in many varieties. There are a plethora of over-the-top and ridiculous ones. However, boring movies featuring sharks are almost as rare as truly exciting ones. One such boring shark film is Deep Blood. Directed by the prolific Joe D’Amato, Deep Blood is an Italian sharksploitation film thatContinue Reading
Oh, SyFy. Where would the sharksploitation sub-genre be without you? For a while, the channel pumped out one completely insane shark movie after another. Most of them are complete garbage with their concepts — usually given away in the title — being better than the actual movies. Occasionally, some ofContinue Reading
COVID-19 wreaked havoc with theatrical releases in 2020. Films that had the potential to be box office hits were quietly released to video on demand, streaming services, and physical media. So for the foreseeable future, we’re all likely to “discover” movies that would normally received mainstream promotion and media attention.Continue Reading