Roman Polanski’s Repulsion is the kind of movie that seeps under your skin, crawls into the back of your mind, and then proceeds to scratch at the walls from the inside. It’s a film that starts with awkward silence and ends with outright madness, an early psychological horror masterpiece that traps you in the head…
Robin and Marian (1976) – Review
There comes a point where every legend either calcifies into myth or gets dragged back down to earth and asked to show its wrinkles. Richard Lester’s Robin and Marian choose the latter with almost suspicious enthusiasm. Turns out happily-ever-after has a shelf life, and Sherwood Forest doesn’t come with a pension plan.
The Flesh Eaters (1964) – Review
Sometimes a movie crawls out of the cinematic swamp so strange, so proudly low-budget, and so completely unaware of its own limitations that it achieves a kind of mad genius. The Flesh Eaters is that movie. It’s part beach party, part mad science experiment, and part bucket of guts. This atomic-age B-movie somehow manages to…
Eegah (1962) – Review
If you’ve ever wanted to see a movie that combines prehistoric romance, rock and roll, and the kind of acting usually reserved for traffic safety videos, then Eegah is your cave of wonders. This 1962 clunker has it all: a giant caveman, a girl who screams professionally, and a father who really shouldn’t have quit…
Robin Hood (1973) – Review
After the modest success of 1952’s The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, someone at Walt Disney Productions decided the legend clearly needed more talking animals and fewer human beings. Because if there’s one thing medieval English folklore was missing, it was a fox with impeccable comedic timing. Thus, 1973’s Robin Hood was…