With the success of Steven Spielberg’s Summer Blockbuster Jaws, many a film producer scrambled to cash in on that hit with various rip-offs and famed Italian filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis wasn’t going to miss his shot at this burgeoning subgenre, so he turned to his producer friend Luciano Vincenzoni and requested that he “Find a…
Suspiria (1977) – Review
When one looks over the horror genre it’s impossible to ignore the influence that the Italian Giallo subgenre had on the North American film industry, good or bad, because even though those films were similar to American slasher films in the area of violence and exploitation they were often more lush and colourful than what…
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) – Review
Over a decade after the release of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, which one has to admit is quite the dry spell in the world of direct-to-video movies, Universal Studios decided that after such a long hiatus a re-launch of the franchise was the best option and to say their reasoning was sound is, at…
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021) – Review
The Scooby gang has encountered all sorts of foes over the years, from men in masks posing as monsters to honest to goodness zombies and witches, but in The Sword and the Scoob, our heroes may be facing a magical menace that even their crime-solving skills can’t solve. Given the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s…
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Review
After the rather over-the-top science fiction adventure that was Moonraker, the producers decided maybe a return to a more down-to-Earth setting was in order, something more in keeping with the novels written by 007 author Ian Fleming, and thus in this entry Bond hangs up his laser gun and tackles KGB agents and a revenge-seeking…