Cult Movie Reviews: Linda (1981)
Linda is a 1981 Jess Franco Spanish-German co-production that has a few surprises in store. It seems like it’s going to be a full-on orgy of sleaze but that’s not…
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Never Say Never Again, released in 1983, is the movie that saw Sean Connery back in the rôle of James Bond twelve years after Diamonds Are Forever. The story of…
The Fat Black Pussycat (1963)
The Fat Black Pussycat belongs to an intriguing sub-genre – beatnik murder mysteries/crime thrillers. Other movies in this tiny sub-genre include The Moving Finger (1963) and The Beat Generation (1959).…
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights (1987)
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights is an obvious Italian attempt to cash in on the success of the 1986 Hollywood hit 9½ Weeks. With Joe D’Amato directing you expect plenty of…
Cult Movie Reviews: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41, released by Toei in 1972, was the second of the Female Prisoner Scorpion movies. These fit into the very successful Japanese pinky violence genre but…
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas is a 1989 Cannon Films adventure fantasy with an interesting history. It was originally a Luigi Cozzi project. Cannon then decided it would be cool…
Cult Movie Reviews: Good Little Girls (1971)
Jean-Claude Roy’s Good Little Girls was based on the 1858 novel Les petites filles modèles (which translates into English as Good Little Girls) by the Countess of Ségur. The novel…
Crazy Desires of a Murderer (1977)
Crazy Desires of a Murderer (I vizi morbosi di una governante) was released in 1977 making it a fairly late entry in the giallo cycle. It’s included in Vinegar Syndrome’s…
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Sam Raimi’s The Quick and the Dead (1995) is a western with a definite spaghetti western vibe. A Mysterious Stranger rides into town. A gunslinger who doesn’t say very much…
Cult Movie Reviews: Dracula’s Fiancee (2002)
Dracula’s Fiancee (La fiancée de Dracula) was one of Jean Rollin’s last films, made at a time when serious health problems meant that there were long gaps between his movies.…
Cult Movie Reviews: Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo was the second of Nikkatsu’s five Stray Cat Rock pinky violence movies. It was released in 1970. It should be explained that this was not…
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
The Warrior and the Sorceress is a 1984 sword & sorcery flick and with Roger Corman as executive producer you more or less know what to expect. It’s generally regarded…
Cult Movie Reviews: Stripped To Kill (1987)
Stripped To Kill is an erotic thriller directed by Katt Shea for Roger Corman’s Concorde Pictures in 1987. The story of how the movie came to be made is in…
Cult Movie Reviews: The Terror Within (1989)
The Terror Within is a 1989 Alien rip-off produced by Roger Corman for his Concorde Pictures production company. It was directed by Thierry Notz. Instead of being set in space…
Cult Movie Reviews: One Shocking Moment (1965)
One Shocking Moment is an early (1965) sexploitation offering from the legendary Ted V. Mikels. This is a movie that should serve as a warning to anyone thinking of moving…
Cult Movie Reviews: 9½ Weeks (1986)
I’ve always thought that pop culture peaked in the 60s and 70s and the 80s is a decade that more or less passed me by. I am slowly learning to…
Cult Movie Reviews: Nothing Underneath (1985)
Nothing Underneath (AKA The Last Shot) is a 1985 ItaIian erotic thriller that can be considered as a very late entry in the giallo cycle. It’s a giallo with a…
Cult Movie Reviews: The Moving Finger (1963)
The Moving Finger is a now totally forgotten 1963 crime thriller set in the Greenwich Village beatnik scene. It’s that beatnik scene that is the movie’s main focus. This movie…