There is certainly no shortage of Star Wars rip-offs, but in the case of 1983s Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn we get a Star Wars/Road Warrior combo rip-off so it gets points for that.
Author: Mike Brooks
Sleepaway Camp (1983) – Review
If any one genre of films dominated the 80’s it would be the slasher film. It just wasn’t a good time to be a teenager, as your chances of living to the end credits was very slim indeed. While Jason was out stalking his victims in 3D, director/writer Robert Hiltzik decided to take a stab at…
Trancers (1984) – Review
I love time travel movies so it’s strange that I’m only seeing Trancers now for the first time. This story of a man from the future going back in time to “save the world” from an evil villain was certainly overshadowed by a much similar movie that came out the very same year, and let’s…
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002) – Review
We kick off our week of John Barrowman with a movie that I’m sure he hopes doesn’t show up on his Oscar clip, and that would be the epically goofy Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. Straight-to-video shark movies have almost become a cottage industry, with the Syfy Channel almost making it their bread and butter for…
Tanar of Pellucidar: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
First published as a six part serial for Blue Book Magazine in 1929, the third book of the Pellucidar series shifts its focus away from David Innes to a native of the Earth’s Core by the name of Tanar. This installment has one of the more awkward narrative devices employed by Burroughs that leads to the…