Rating

5/10

"Charles Brewster is a normal American teenager whose mother thinks he watches too many late night horror films. Charley's life is pretty uneventful until he becomes convinced that his suave and sinister neighbour Jerry Dandridge is a vampire. No one, least of all the police, will believe that Dandridge is the vicious killer responsible for a spate of bizarre murders. Charley finds an ally in Peter Vincent, a former horror film star and host of TV's Fright Night theatre, in his quest to nail the debonair bloodsucker. But then the nightmare really begins..."

This is a good film. No really it is. It just should not have been an 18 certificate. 12 maybe.

Directed by
Tom Holland

Tagline:
If you love being scared, it'll be the night of your life.

Cast overview

Chris Sarandon
Amanda Bearse
Roddy McDowall
Stephen Geoffreys
Jonathan Stark
Dorothy Fielding
Art Evans
Stewart Stern
Nick Savage
Ernie Holmes
Heidi Sorenson
Irina Irvine
Robert Corff
Pamela Brown

Rating

5/10

Flesh Eating Mothers

"The setting is peacful suburbia. The Beaver might have grown up here watching "Father Knows Best"... but something is amiss. It seems a very weird virus has turned every mom in town into a cannibalistic monster! Now, the children must band together to save themselves from ending up in a jam - or in a pickle! The critics have been eating up this tongue-in-cheek campy classic, now it's your turn to experience Flesh Eating Mothers.

I saw a copy of this film at my local video shop, when I went back to rent it, the shop had closed down and was selling off some it's old classics. Oh, and this film.

Directed by
James Aviles Martin

Cast overview

Robert Lee Oliver
Donatella Hecht
Neal Rosen
Valorie Hubbard
Terry Hayes
Katherine Mayfield
Suzanne Ehrlich
Louis Homyak
Ken Eaton
Alley Ninestein
Michael Fuer
Mickey Ross
Grace Pettwohn
Tony DeRiso
Marie Michaels

Rating

6/10

"A vision of a new generation of almost catatonic young, sexually indescriminate, interchangeable in their parts, fill the screen with a cavalcade of innards pushed into the faces of the audience, - a highly original vision, - a perversely fascinating movie."

There was not actually a description of the film on the back cover, just a selection of great reviews. This one was from 'newsweek'. Never heard of it. I suppose its American. Anyway, good twist on the Frankenstein theme. Lots of blood.

Directed by
Antonio Margheriti
Paul Morrissey

Tagline:
We dare you to see...

Cast overview

Joe Dallesandro
Monique van Vooren
Udo Kier
Arno Juerging
Dalila Di Lazzaro
Srdjan Zelenovic
Nicoletta Elmi
Marco Liofredi
Liu Bosisio
Fiorella Masselli
Cristina Gaioni
Rosita Torosh
Carla Mancini
Imelda Marani

Rating

9/10

"Ming the Merciless is out to destroy the Earth and only one person can stop him!
Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) is zapped from Earth into a sci-fi adventure on planet Mungo with his beautiful companion Dale (Melody Anderson). In an attempt to put an end to Ming the Merciless' plans to destroy the Earth, Flash battles Ming's goons and declines the advances of Princess Aura (Ornelia Muti). With the help of Prince Barin (Timothy Dalton) and Prince Vultan (Brian Blessed) Flash Gordon takes the Ming empire by storm...

Flash, Flash, I love you... but we only have 24 hours to save the Earth.
What a superb film. It's not horror, but as it has just been reduced in my local film shop, it had to be bought. Inspired role by Peter Duncan aswell.

Directed by:
Mike Hodges

Tagline:
Pathetic Earthlings... who can save you now?

Cast overview
Sam J. Jones Melody Anderson
Max von Sydow Topol
Ornella Muti
Timothy Dalton
Brian Blessed
Peter Wyngarde Melato
John Osborne
Richard O'Brien
Peter Duncan