MATINEE
A pleasant enough baby boomer nostalgia piece from Joe Dante, worth seeing only for its affectionate tribute to the late William Castle
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
If you were a kid during the eighties then you probably remember the Masters of The Universe toy line and cartoon program. You may also recall the notorious Cannon Group, who according to one writer were responsible for “some of the shoddiest fare ever foisted upon the public.”
THE MANSTER
An American-Japanese co-production that apparently horrified an entire generation of sixties-era youngsters
MAD FOXES
If you like trashy exploitation this 1981 German jaw-dropper is ideal viewing, being a hilarious and appalling spectacle that must be seen to be disbelieved
THE VISITOR
In the small but potent category of crazy-assed OMEN wannabes (see SUICIDE CULT and FEAR NO EVIL), the Italian-made THE VISITOR is a definite stand-out
THE VAMPIRE IS ALIVE
More trash from Thomas Tang’s notorious Filmark International. THE VAMPIRE IS ALIVE contains much of the same disjointed, rapid-fire insanity of Tang’s ROBO VAMPIRE, his best-known work
THE BRIDE OF FRANK
This shot-on-video monstrosity can be characterized any number of ways, but I’ll sum it up like this: if you like your trashy movies served up wet and runny than you’ll doubtless enjoy THE BRIDE OF FRANK
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE
Perhaps the ultimate head-in-a-dish movie, and there’s an excellent reason for its notoriety
BLUEBEARD
Remember the old folk tale about Bluebeard? It seems unlikely material for a multi-million dollar spectacular, but that’s just what mega-producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind attempted with BLUEBEARD
BLOOD FREAK
Here’s a film so mind-numbing it’s a veritable legend among bad movie buffs. The world’s first (and so far only) Christian anti-drug/gore/monster movie, BLOOD FREAK would embarrass Ed Wood