Forget the cobwebs and stagey theatrics of old, Hammer’s Dracula kicks down the crypt door with blood-red Technicolor, erotic menace, and two titans of horror: Christopher Lee as the most dangerous Count yet, and Peter Cushing as the steely Van Helsing determined to stop him. This was the film that made Dracula frightening—and sexy—again.
Trucks (1997) – Review
When Stephen King first took a crack at bringing his killer truck story to the screen, he already proved this idea could crash and burn in spectacular fashion. Apparently, that wasn’t warning enough. Because 1997’s Trucks rolls in anyway, stretching, mangling, and flattening the premise into a wheezing made-for-TV relic that somehow makes one wonder…
Super Hybrid (2010) – Review
There are bad movies, there are dumb movies, and then there’s 2010’s Super Hybrid, a killer car flick that somehow manages to make Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive look like a masterclass in restraint. It mistakes a dim parking garage for atmosphere, CGI tentacles for terror, and Oded Fehr’s scowl for character depth. The result isn’t…
Crash! (1976) – Review
Before Charles Band became the king of VHS-era horror with Puppet Master and Ghoulies, he directed this oddball supernatural thriller, Crash! Equal parts domestic melodrama, occult weirdness, and demolition-derby stunt reel, it’s the cinematic equivalent of an out-of-control car: noisy, dangerous, and weirdly fun to watch.
The Ice Pirates (1984) – Review
In a galaxy where water is more valuable than gold, and fashion is stuck in a Renaissance festival, one man and his crew of space degenerates will steal ice, battle space herpes, and age 40 years in five minutes. I bring you The Ice Pirates.