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
The 1980s were a fertile era for straight-to-video movies, particularly horror titles. Grotesque is one example that went straight to video store shelves in 1988. After watching it, I can see why. Linda Blair stars as Lisa Kruger, the daughter of a Hollywood special effects artist. She decides to takeContinue Reading
The Screaming Skull starts with a brazen claim. The producers offered free burial services for anyone who died of fright while watching it. They suggest not viewing it alone so someone can identify you if you don’t make it. Not surprisingly, I made it through the movie just fine. EricContinue 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
Prompted by the success of the completely bonkers Sharknado series of films, an influx of ridiculous shark movies has washed up on screens lately. Avalanche Sharks, Raiders of the Lost Shark, Land Shark, Ghost Shark and the obviously documentary-style Five-Headed Shark Attack are just some of the creatively titled butContinue Reading
Mako: The Jaws of Death centers around Sonny Stein (Richard Jaeckel,) a Vietnam vet who can telepathically communicate with sharks. Sonny patrols around the Florida Keys to protect sharks from harm. In the opening scene, a fishing charter hooks a tiger shark. Sonny swims in, cuts the line, and thenContinue Reading