Our mission to watch and review every single SyFy Channel original movie, long-dormant, returns! I saw a trailer for this, almost by accident, on Youtube one evening and decided to track it down, so delightful was it. Stephen “The Usual Suspects Was So Long Ago” Baldwin! Sharks! Bad Venice effects! My first thought while watching … Continue reading
The ISCFC loves regional genre cinema – those movies that existed in the early days of VHS and video rental stores, when seemingly anything could turn a small profit. We’ve covered many of them and hope to cover many more, so it was with great delight I found the St Louis Video Society and their … Continue reading
This isn’t the first time we’ve encountered director Brian Trenchard-Smith – he made the super-ordinary car-chase thriller “Drive Hard”, and two of the “Leprechaun” sequels; but he’s best known for his early career in Australia and the weird exploitation movies he made, such as “Blood Camp Thatcher” (aka “Turkey Shoot”). This little oddity is from … Continue reading
Welcome back to our series of reviews of the movies of the Prior brothers, who were crazily prolific in the late 80s – an average of 5 movies a year were directed by David A. Prior between 1988 and 1990. And not all of them had the same plot! Although this could, quite reasonably, be … Continue reading
The late great Amir Shervan made 5 movies in English – “Hollywood Cop”, “Killing American Style”, “Samurai Cop”, this, and “Gypsy” (which we’ve yet to cover). They’re a strange bunch, for sure, and while “Samurai Cop” is clearly the best of the bunch, being entertaining, deeply odd, and really funny (both accidentally and on purpose), … Continue reading
Our voyage through the movies of David A. Prior (and his brother, actor Ted) brings us to an interesting movie, which – while not spookily similar – predates “Jacob’s Ladder” by two years, and poses some interesting questions about the psyche of the fellow making it. For those keeping score (in other words, me) this … Continue reading
Long-term readers will remember our Len Kabasinski fandom – he’s one of the stars of low-budget genre filmmaking, and definitely a friend of the site. Bear in mind, though, that we’ve had problems with a few of his movies, and I didn’t exactly love his last one, “Angel of Reckoning”. So, with all that out … Continue reading
What a glorious movie this is. A celebration of all that makes human beings what they are, plus wonderful home-made sets, sleazy rock n roll music, ultra-violence, a psychedelic colour scheme and never a dull moment. It’s very obviously a labour of love for all involved, and if it comes to a festival, blu-ray store, … Continue reading
