More than once has Boris Karloff played the mad scientist and he does so again in The Ape, released in 1940. This go round, Karloff is not nearly so mad as he […]
So That One Might Walk – The Ape (1940)
Just Eat It! Eat It! – Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
After Critters, it was only a matter of time before a second film would appear and when it premiered in 1988, it found the same slightly adorable, slightly horrific little creatures causing […]
Break On Through to the Other Side – Hellgate (1989)
Hellgate is a film that makes little sense, with no one direction being set and thus the movie simply meandering all over the place, no rhyme or reason. The opening sequence fails […]
From Out of the Darkness – Monster in the Closet (1986)
Troma is famous for trying to blend horror and comedy into what is usually ends up being a ridiculous film and Monster in the Closet is no exception. Sadly, it is neither […]
Just a Little Tickle With a Sickle – Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986)
There have been many massacres perpetrated on film over the years involving everything from cheerleaders to sorority houses to hospitals to slumber parties and if there is one thing that holds true, […]
I Lost On Jeopardy… – The Video Dead (1987)
The Video Dead is a low-budget zombie shocker that unlike many other films in the same genre, does the unthinkable by being original and doing something new. It might not look all […]
Must Be the Season of the Witch… – Necropolis (1987)
Necropolis is a film that makes it hard for anyone to like what happens within, much less say anything nice about. This is the kind of movie that a person would see on […]
Insane In… – The Brain (1988)
There are many films that are quite terrible yet remain watchable and even enjoyable because of their inherent awfulness and The Brain is one such movie. It is not so much the […]
Crawling In My Skin… – Slugs (1988)
Nothing quite gets the skin crawling more than the thought of an insect landing on one’s self, getting underneath the shirt or in one’s hair and feeling it move around. Slugs takes […]
In a World of Pure Imagination… – Cellar Dweller (1988)
Unassuming is what would immediately come to mind when thinking of Cellar Dweller because it seems like one of those films that few talk about. Watching it is an entirely different experience […]
