TOBE HOOPER: 1943-2017
Here we bid farewell to the brilliant, and frustratingly erratic, Tobe Hooper
THE SUNS OF EASTER ISLAND
This ambitious French science fiction drama from 1972 can be viewed as the little-known forerunner of CLOSE ENOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
LOFT
Like director Eckhart Schmidt’s earlier film TRANCE, LOFT is steeped in 1980s new wave culture, which can be taken as a good or bad thing depending on one’s point of view
TV Flashback: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
Here we have what may well be the oddest TV show of all time: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
RITUALS
This Canadian made DELIVERANCE wannabe may be frustratingly little known, but it’s one of the finest films of its type
GEORGE A. ROMERO: 1940-2017
That George A. Romero, who died on July 16, 2017, was one of the most important horror moviemakers of his generation, and indeed of all time, goes without saying
ESCAPE FROM HELL (Film)
Evangelical silliness about a subject that if you ask me should be more widely covered in Christian cinema: Hell
THE SINGING RINGING TREE
This 1957 East German children’s fantasy, adapted from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, is said to have freaked out many a youngster over the years
No-Budget Sci-Fi Cinema: Ten Good Examples
Low budget and science fiction might seem mutually exclusive terms, but I believe the following ten films prove otherwise
TV Flashback: IJON TICHY, RAUMPILOT
It’s a fact that in certain situations a low budget can be a virtue