KILLER NERD
Unlike many movies these days, KILLER NERD turns out to be pretty much exactly what you’d expect
KAFKA
Purporting to be about Franz Kafka and featuring some distinguished actors, KAFKA is a thoroughly misconceived project that’s alternately boring and stupid
100 DAYS
This is the 1991 Bollywood remake of Lucio Fulci’s 1977 chiller THE PSYCHIC, and, if you’re at all familiar with Bollywood cinema, exactly what you’d expect
THE ARCANE SORCERER
Nineties-era period horror from Italy that was underrated then but is overrated now
APT PUPIL
This 1998 Stephen King adaptation is a highly underrated film that deserves a reconsideration
APOCALYPSE
Evangelical silliness from the nineties that’s probably the best Christian end-of-the-world movie on the market
AMMORU
A groundbreaking special effects extravaganza from South India—or Tollywood—and an all-around mind-roaster
AMERICAN PERFEKT
There’s never been a psycho thriller like AMERICAN PERFEKT (sic), a cunning exercise in misdirection featuring a top notch cast. It’s a shame the film isn’t better known
AMERICA’S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO
These days it’s difficult to recall just how fresh and innovative this shot on video feature was back in 1992. It was an early attempt at found footage moviemaking, and still holds up reasonably well.
ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE (1999)
From the talented Lucky McKee, a really stupid zombie gorefest that, if one is willing to shut one’s brain down for eighty minutes, is actually kind of fun