INDEPENDENCE DAY
Here’s a 1990s blockbuster that without question has not dated well
RESURRECTION
Buddhist-infused dream-horror from China
HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST
A 27 minute film directed by Charlie Kaufman that’s every bit as quirky and idiosyncratic as you might expect
WAR IS HELL: MAKING HELLRAISER III HELL ON EARTH
Another book by the irrepressible Danny Stewart, who specializes in boosting underappreciated films
BACKTRACK
A 1989 directorial effort by the late Dennis Hopper that isn’t bad
THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO
The directorial debut of the late Tony Scott, adapting a Henry James novella for 1970s TV.
VICE SQUAD
A 1982 film that remains a standout in the trashy thriller category
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
British exploition maestro Peter Walker’s take on the women in prison genre, filtered through his favorite premise: young women menaced by elderly psychopaths in a secluded setting
BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY
A solid example of Asian Trash Cinema that’s unusually heavy on the trash
THE TRAP DOOR
Arguably the most interesting of the late 1970s-early 80s no wave films of Beth B and Scott B