‘And upon her forehead was written Behold I am the great mother of harlots and all abominations of the Earth.’ Christopher Lee stars in director Philippe Mora’s 1985 cult horror thriller sequel Howling II: Stirba […]
Hollywood’s senior male stars Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach and Richard Widmark do sterling service in this exciting, action-packed epic Western version of 50 years […]
Arthur Haley’s bestselling novel about the dramas at a grand hotel (the imaginary St Gregory in New Orleans) gets the glossy, over-elaborate, rather laborious Hollywood treatment in director Richard Quine’s 1967 film Hotel. It is […]
‘CHICKEN-RACE … ROCK ‘N ROLL … YOUTH ON THE LOOSE!’ ‘ARE THESE OUR CHILDREN? Teenage terrorists tearing up the streets!’ Director Leslie H Martinson’s campy 1956 black and white teensploitation action psychotronic film Hot Rod […]
The 1972 film Sitting Target is a vicious, crude crime thriller with Oliver Reed and Ian McShane going into overdrive. Director Douglas Hickox’s 1972 film Sitting Target is a vicious, crude and undistinguished but often […]
Director Ishirō Honda’s 1961 Japanese fantasy, sci-fi thriller kaiju film Mothra [Mosura] is the first film in the popular Mothra franchise. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it stars Furankî Sakai [Frankie Sakai], Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyōko […]
Ben Gazzara is excellent in director Terence H Winkless’s contrived, dark-toned but taut and highly watchable 1996 psychological thriller, Scene of the Crime [Ladykiller]. Despite being under investigation for a blunder that resulted in his […]