SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
The final installment of George Romero’s DEAD saga is about on par with his previous efforts LAND OF THE DEAD and DIARY OF THE DEAD: flawed in many respects, but pretty good for the most part
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
Possibly the farthest the screen has ever taken the ARABIAN NIGHTS story-within-a-story motif, this distinctly literary exercise is not a film for the uncommitted viewer
THE SANDMAN 1996
Those familiar with the no-budget auteur Bookwalter’s work won’t be surprised to hear that the shot-on-video SANDMAN isn’t very good…but then, it’s not all that bad, either
Y2K: SHUT DOWN DETECTED
Yes, we all know the dreaded “millennium bug” was a joke, but you’re advised to catch Y2K: SHUT DOWN DETECTED, an extremely slick little film marred only by the fact that it really should have been longer
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
PONTYPOOL
There’s never been a zombie movie like PONTYPOOL, a Canadian import with possibly the nuttiest explanation for zombiedom I’ve ever encountered
JENNIFER’S BODY
This movie sucks, pure and simple
J’ACCUSE! (1937)
A French anti-war “classic” notable for its horrific climax
GRINDHOUSE
The film that started the retro-grindhouse movie craze, a raucous 3-hour double feature intended to replicate the grindhouse moviegoing experience of the 1970s and 80s
GRAPES OF DEATH
From Jean Rollin, France’s foremost horrormeister, a somewhat derivative yet undeniably artful zombie mash that really delivers the gore groceries