Written and directed by Jim Wynorski—who never met a B-movie trope he didn’t love— I bring you The Lost Empire a pure, unfiltered ’80s exploitation gold. It’s got ninjas, Amazons, evil cults, a gorilla, and more slow-motion cleavage shots than an entire season of Baywatch. What’s not to love about that?
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The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) – Review
In 1982 director Wes Craven tackled the live-action adaptation of Swamp Thing, a DC comic book created by writer Len Wein and legendary artist Bernie Wrightson back in the 70s, but with a script that had only a modicum of similarities to the source material – a scientist turned into a swamp monster and a…
Dinosaur Island (1994) – Review
When Roger Corman’s Carnosaur made some nice pocket change this legendary B-movie producer turned to Jim Wynorski and Fred Olen Ray to come up with another film that could also cash in on the dinosaur buzz surrounding Steven Spielberg’s colossal hit, but instead of a Jurassic Park rip-off what Wynorski and Ray decided to make…
Chopping Mall (1986) – Review
The 80s were a wondrous time because long before there was Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram if teens wanted to hang out they’d actually have to do it in person, and the most popular place for kids to meet was at the local mall. Now, movie-wise kids were being murdered left right and center by machete-wielding…
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.