As part of Roger Corman’s nine-picture deal with Argentina, the Barbarian Queen seems to be an answer to the question, “Was Deathstalker rapey enough?” This entry was also helmed by local Argentinian director Héctor Olivera, whose most notable contributions to world cinema is this “gem” and the equally terrible Wizards of the Lost Kingdom. Bad acting,…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The War Chief: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Western stories were easily one of the biggest selling genres during the twenties and thirties so it is no surprise that Edgar Rice Burroughs would take a crack at it so today we will look at his novel The War Chief. Today’s readers having been exposed to many deconstructed views of the Old West where…
El Monstro Del Mar! (2010) – Review
There have been some great horror films out of Australia in the last few years and so I went into El Monstro Del Mar! with some pretty good expectations sadly this film, while quite entertaining at times, fell a bit short by the end.
Deathstalker II (1987) – Review
With Deathstalker II we get the last Sword & Sorcery movie that Roger Corman produced in Argentina but unlike the first Deathstalker, which had a darker more serious tone, this film directed by the always fun Jim Wynorski has a decidedly more comic sensibility.
The Red Hawk: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
In this final installment of the Moon Trilogy Burroughs forgoes the previous opening format of having the author encounter Julien the 3rd to learn about the further adventures of the his descendants and instead jumps right into the story of Julien the 20th in the year 2430. Taking place three hundred years after the revolution…