Kiss of the Tarantula (1975)
Also known as Death Kisses and Shudder, this gender and species swapped cover version of Willard is all about Susan Bradley, a little girl who can control spiders, which she does to kill her mother — well, she was gonna kill daddy — before taking out anyone else who displeases her. Susan really loves her spiders — […]
War of the Insects AKA Genocide (1968)
Also known as Konchu Daisenso (which translates to Insect War), this Japanese apocalyptic film was directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu, who often found himself as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa (on 1952’s The Idiot), Keisuke Kinoshita (Carmen Come Home) and Masaki Kobayashi (1956’s The Thick-Walled Room). He would use the name Norman Cooper here. It’s written by Susumu […]
Strange Nature: Monster Wolf (2010)
A creature of ancient legend manifests, bound to protect the ecological balance of the land as well as kill anyone that threatens it. This elusive guardian is both feared and celebrated by the locals. However, a deadly curse soon impacts them all, uniting them with the goal of recapturing the monster wolf’s spirit or facing […]
Crawl (2019)
Alexandre Aja may be known for High Tension and his remakes of The Hills Have Eyes, Maniac and Piranha, but this man against nature movie may be my favorite film he’s done. Produced by Sam Raimi, the film has a heart at the center of its story — what it’s like to grow up and perhaps move beyond the […]
Rollergator (1996)
Remember Donald G. Jackson? From the man who shat out Roller Blade, Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force, The Roller Blade Seven, The Legend of the Rollerblade Seven and Return of the Roller Blade Seven — and well, Hell Comes to Frogtown is pretty good — comes the affront to humanity known as Rollergator. P.J. Smith is a teenage […]
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