Hammer Films’ The Devil Rides Out is a strange beast: a heady cocktail of stately drawing-room drama, occult chills, and pure pulp lunacy, all handled with a straight face by people who should have known better but somehow pulled it off magnificently. Directed by Hammer’s maestro Terrence Fisher, the film remains one of the studio’s…
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Crash! (1976) – Review
Before Charles Band became the king of VHS-era horror with Puppet Master and Ghoulies, he directed this oddball supernatural thriller, Crash! Equal parts domestic melodrama, occult weirdness, and demolition-derby stunt reel, it’s the cinematic equivalent of an out-of-control car: noisy, dangerous, and weirdly fun to watch.
Baffled! (1971) – Review
This early ’70s offering finds the legendary Leonard Nimoy taking a sharp detour from the logical world of Mr. Spock into the misty realm of ESP, supernatural visions, and swinging ’70s mysticism. I give you the startling, strange movie Baffled!
WolfCop (2014) – Review
Low-budget horror comedies are a tricky beast. They can be too self-aware and try-hard (Sharknado), or they can embrace their ridiculous premise and lean into the absurdity with genuine charm. WolfCop falls firmly into the latter category. This 2014 Canadian cult film is a love letter to grindhouse schlock, 80s practical effects, and small-town weirdness,…