Before Jaws, before Jurassic Park, before Spielberg was the patron saint of summer blockbusters, he made a film that proved you don’t need a giant shark or prehistoric monsters to terrify an audience, all you need is a faceless truck, a stretch of desert highway, and the nerve to keep the camera rolling as it…
Tag: horror
Lifeforce (1985) – Review
There are movies you watch and think, “Wow, that was tight, coherent, and thematically rich.” And then there’s Lifeforce, a movie where you watch a fully nude space woman suck people’s souls out through their faces, and you think, “What in the actual hell is going on, and why am I kind of into it?”
Queen of Blood (1966) – Review
Let’s say you’re a low-budget filmmaker in the mid-60s, you love weird horror, and you’ve just gotten your hands on some cool Soviet sci-fi footage, stuff that looks a hundred times more expensive than anything you can shoot in California. What do you do? If you’re Curtis Harrington, you spin that into Queen of Blood,…
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) – Review
From Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce to Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, cinema has produced no shortage of takes on the world’s most famous detective and his steadfast companion, Dr. Watson. Some versions stick closely to Conan Doyle’s text, while others sprint off in their own, more enthusiastic directions. Then, in 1985, Barry Levinson…
Forbidden World (1982) – Review
Welcome to the Forbidden World, where science is dangerous, aliens are juicy, and every woman is either a scientist, a seductress, or both, usually while standing next to a fog machine and covered in baby oil. This 1982 cult classic is what happens when you mix Alien, Barbarella, and a 13-year-old boy’s imagination, all under…