Category: movies
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Shaw Brothers The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter Review
One of my perennial favorite Shaw Brothers classics is The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter movie. Directed by Lau Kar-Leung, this was Fu Sheng’s last movie as he died in a tragic car accident during the shooting. As a result, the movie’s plot seems a little off towards the mid or later middle half since they…
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Platoon: Review
It’s been sometime since I’ve done a movie review. I started up one for Spaceballs but got side tracked and lost motivation. Worse yet I can’t remember why I lost motivation. I think the summary style review worked against me there. However, I had been watching Platoon almost every night recently. I didn’t see it…
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Disney’s The Black Hole: Addressing A Remake
One of the most frequent topics that comes up on The Black Hole group forums over on Facebook is the call for a remake. Given that there’s been reboots of various movies, sometimes those that may really deserve a remake, The Black Hole ends up being a candidate as it’s a dated movie that could…
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The Beastmaster (1982) and the Winged Devourers
Most people who have seen the movie The Beastmaster (1982) probably recall a very specific horrific moment (or two) with an unnamed creature that captures its prey within its leathery wings, spits out a digestive enzyme on its victim and slurps them up in one big gulp before releasing their dissolved remnants (mostly bones coated…
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The Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings Review
Around the 3rd grade, my parents rented out The Lord of the Rings 1978 animated movie which I credit as spawning my initial love for the fantasy genre. While I had seen other fantasy movies come and go (including the old animated The Hobbit), it was this version that captured my imagination for elves, dwarves,…
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Once Bitten Review
Trying to find something to occupy my boredom, I stumbled upon an old movie called Once Bitten (1985), starring a young Jim Carrey and the ever gorgeous Lauren Hutton. I wanted to determine if this movie may have been one of those bizarre 80s vampire movies I had seen back in the day because I…
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Jem and the Holograms 20/30 Years After (the Movie)
If you were a child of the 80s, most likely you’d have fond memories of your morning/afternoon then Saturday and Sunday morning cartoons. Many had toy components to them and the cartoons themselves most likely served as additional marketing to help sell those toys (cf the Transformers movie and what happened to various favorites in…
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Burnt Offerings 1976 Review
In my quest to re-discover all things from my childhood that have been almost forgotten to the vault of time, I managed to uncover yet another rare gem in the horror Burnt Offerings (1976). While I knew this movie was old, I had a near impossible time tracking it down because of once again very…
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Stone Pillow Review
In yet another movie I had seeking out for sometime, I believe I may have re-discovered another old made-for-TV movie that I only had seen once in Stone Pillow. Stone Pillow stars Lucille Ball in a role that I’m guessing a lot of people wouldn’t recognize her for but might be one of her last…
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Manos: The Hands of Fate Review
Recently, I discovered over on Twitch TV that Elvira has a channel with various re-runs of her old Macabre shows. As it runs 24/7 (not sure how long), I decided to click over to see what was playing and learned that it was none other than the cult-not-exactly-but-a-classic-in-itself Manos: The Hands of Fate. I honestly…