Beast of Blood (1970)
All good things must end. This is the final of the Blood Island films and the last movie that Eddie Romero would make for Hemisphere Pictures. As Dr. Bill Foster (John Ashley), Sheila Willard, her father and Carlos Lopez escape from Blood Island, this movie’s Beast gets on board and goes buck wild, killing everyone he can and […]
Squirm (1976)
With Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn and Remote Control, Jeff Lieberman has proven himself a reliable creator of horror that doesn’t fit into any neat box. Speaking of not being neat, this entire movie will upset any clean freak, as it deals with worms that climb up from the dirt to destroy human beings. Lieberman was inspired […]
Pact of Vengeance (2021)
Get out of here! There’s a movie starring Leo Fong (Kill Point and Low Blow) AND our all-time favorite “rock warrior” Jon Mikl Thor from Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare and Zombie Nightmare? Oh, hell yeah! Champion Korean Kata, Black Belt Heavyweight fighter, and noted fight choreographer Len Kabasinski is currently in the pre-production stages of […]
Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)
The low-budget genre studios of Crown International and American International Pictures responded to the box office success of George Lucas’s American Graffiti (1973) with a glut of innocuous, teen-driven T&A comedies centered around vans, CB radios, and car cruising. And Crown International Pictures gave self-professed Luis Bunuel and Federico Fellini-influenced writer-director William Sachs an assignment […]
Art of the Dead (2019)
Here’s the IMDB description: “A collection of paintings unleash horror on an unsuspecting family corrupted by the seven deadly sins of greed, envy, gluttony, lust, sloth, pride, and wrath.” Here’s the B&S About Movies description: The movie starts with a near-insane looking Richard Grieco screaming at his family about a painting, yelling “No respect for […]
Frank Harris Two-Fer: Killpoint (1984) and Low Blow (1986)
Frank Harris and Leo Fong! My head is swimming. Where do I begin with this review? Well, first off, you can get both of these Crown International releases on Mill Creek’s “Explosive Cinema” 12-pack (along with Scorpion, Skydivers, and 9 Deaths of the Ninja). Second: You also get Troy Donahue (Omega Cop), Richard Roundtree (Q: […]
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