It's usually pretty easy for me to be able to sit down in front of the television and watch a DVD of a studio film all the way though, no matter how bad it is. Usually because the production value is good. In the case of Stay Alive, well lets say I had some trouble...

When your father is one of the best horror directors of all time and an innovator of the zombie film, trying to follow in his footsteps is going to be one hell of a tough gig. In 1968 when Cameron Romero’s father, George Romero, made a little independent film called...

The STARSHIP TROOPERS sequels, while not without their own flaws, have avoided the standard pitfalls of unnecessary straight-to-DVD follow-ups to big budget theatrical releases. This is largely thanks to the returning presence of original screenwriter (and now...

I'm kind of mixed on this one, first off it's not as brutal as the first film, but it has the same tone and feel the first one did, but made well aware that they did not have the budget they did for this film as they did for the first one. Still though the effects...

When many horror fans hear the name John Carpenter, they automatically think of him as a horror director. What many fail to realize, however, is that he has directed some quality films outside the genre. In fact, he wrote the Academy Award-winning film The...

This film is based on the true story of Charlie Starkweather and his girlfriend who were two fucked up individuals who went on a killing spree though Nebraska and Wyoming in 1958. Now Starkweather did all the killing himself while his 14 year old girlfriend loved the...

Despite being a low budget production, Star Force is not what I would call an epic Sci-fi film. Star Force has some decent special effect, very similar to the effects process used in the 70's to make Star Wars, however their was some CGI in this film that was not all...

Horror and comedy rarely mix well. Usually, in order for one to work, the film needs to be a full-blown comedy first with elements of horror to make it effective. Usually, in a full film that would be considered more horror than comedy yet has comedic elements, it...

Cases involving people going missing have increased sixfold in the past 25 years. It is said that at least 100,000 people a year go missing in New York City. Most missing person’s cases are the results of accidental death, suicides, kidnappings and murders. In most...

Naoyuki Tomomatsu’s Stacy, based on Kenji Otsuki’s novel as adapted by Chisato Oogawara, is a tongue-in-cheek apocalyptic tale posing as social criticism. However, amid all of the genre referencing and subplots, Tomomatsu’s narrative loses focus as its unbalanced...

The longevity of Jeff Lieberman’s Squirm has been largely due to its unjust classification as a cult classic. Granted, the production is very poorly made yet it does not find its proper niche alongside Ed Wood’s features or Coleman Francis’s The Beast of Yucca Flats...

Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase is an ingeniously constructed suspense thriller which resulted in Ethel Barrymore’s nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The work is a patient, taut, well written old, dark house tale surrounding a serial killer years before...

Co-director Adam Green has described his third film as resembling what would happen if “Alfred Hitchcock pulled Woody Allen over and fucked him in the ass”. While that image will stay with all of us for the rest of our days, upon watching SPIRAL, you can see his point...

Fantasy films based on children's books are becoming a big thing these days. With the success of the HARRY POTTERbooks and films, turning fantasy books into films has become a risk that studios have been willing to take. If you think about it over the past few years...