When it comes to bringing dinosaurs out of prehistory and into the modern age the most common venue for filmmakers was for the protagonists to find themselves stuck in some form of “Lost World” where dinosaurs somehow survived by way of either being on a secluded plateau or in a valley that was cut off…
Tag: Australia
Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) – Review
I’ve seen horror franchises go off the rails before but never so quickly and so spectacularly as The Howling movies, the series began with Joe Dante’s original in 1981 where a news reporter found herself trapped in a colony of werewolves but as strange as that sounds the sequel, Howling II: Your Sister is a…
Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire (2003) – Review
How would you like to watch a Scooby-Doo travelogue? With Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire, we get a direct-to-video that is pretty much that, a movie that not only is a return to the “dudes in masks” format — so no actual zombies, witches, or aliens in this outing — but much of the run-time…
Road Games (1981) – Review
The 1980s were literally exploding with slasher films — with the likes of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger quickly becoming horror icons — so it’s not surprising that other countries would try and cash in on the genre, which did lead to such gems as Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. But down under in Australia, during…
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Review
Once again director George Miller tosses us into the chaotic post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, it’s been 30 years since our last visit to the Wastelands and things have only gotten crazier. So fasten your seatbelts and strap on some spare ammo as the summer is about to explode.