Zone Troopers is a playful mashup of WW2 action and campy sci-fi adventure. A comic book brought to life, it features scrappy US Soldiers, inept Nazis, and retro-style bug aliens…
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The Company of Wolves (1984) was potentially mismarketed. Curiously, the infamous moviemaking wildcard Cannon films (Bloodsport, Death Wish 3) distributed it in the United States, branding it a horror show. …
Trancers is the first entry in a whopping six-film cult-movie franchise (plus the lost footage turned sequel, Trancers 1.5). Its misleading movie poster leans cyberpunk. It’s like you will follow…
Phantasm chilled on my watch list for a year but slipped my attention for far longer. With my weak stomach and proclivity for powerful childlike nightmares (I have a diagnosable…
Somewhere between the ages of six and eight, my parents rented Robot Jox (1990) on VHS. Or I caught a glimpse of its Cable TV commercial. I’m fuzzy on these…
Despite my love for the cult film The Warriors, I had never looked into its director. That man is Walter Hill. Seeking insights into his creativity, I began to go…
Arena (1989) isn’t one of those so-bad-it’s-good movies, nor is it an underappreciated gem. At most times (and I say this lovingly), it’s a load of crap. But I enjoy…
In Sid and Nancy, the couple breaks for a romantic kiss next to an alleyway dumpster as, in semi-slow motion, trash flutters to the ground. A baby has a green…
Leviathan asks if its characters can escape an aquasapien creature. Today, you question if the monster movie all-stars that made it could swim through saturated genre waters and come out…
Lady Snowblood (1973) is called the biggest “inspiration” for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films. But this is nobody’s stepping stone. The pulpy, blood-spattering, heart-in-mouth revenge tale carries an inimitable cinematic…