Rating

5/10

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"There is panic on the streets of New York. The city is in the grip of a wave of bizarre and terrifying murders, apparently committed by a crazed cop. The only tickets this killer with a badge is handing out are one-way tickets to the morgue! Police officer Jack Forrest is arrested as a convenient sacrifice to the outraged public, but can he really be the monster who is stalking the streets? His mistress Teresa, a beautiful under-cover policewoman, can't believe her lover is guilty of such brutal crimes. Detective McRae can't believe it either. He knows the mysterious psycho will kill again. He enjoys killing. But McRae's eventual discovery of the Maniac Cop's strange identitiy has fatal consequences... When the Maniac cop is on duty, You'll be screaming blue murder!"

I bought this one in my "buy everything with Bruce Campbell in it" phase. It's not bad. What ever you do though, don't get the sequel.

Directed by
William Lustig

Tagline:
You have the right to remain silent. Forever.

Cast overview

Tom Atkins
Bruce Campbell
Laurene Landon
Richard Roundtree
William Smith
Robert Z'Dar
Sheree North
Nina Arvesen
Nick Barbaro
Lou Bonacki
Barry Brenner
Victoria Catlin
Jim Dixon
Corey Michael Eubanks
Jill Gatsby

Rating

5/10

"Lou is a rock singer who unwittingly leads his band into a weekend of terror they will never forget. A classic werewolf adventure with a unique twist, Monster Dog will hold you in the grip of fear as it unleashes new dimensions in terror!"

With a title like this, it has to be in my collection.

Directed by
Claudio Fragasso
Carlos Aured

Tagline:
The Fear...The Terror...The Nightmare...They Will Never Forget It!!!

Cast overview

Alice Cooper
Victoria Vera
Carlos Santurio
María José Sarsa
Pepita James
Emilio Linder
Ricardo Palacios
Luis Maluenda
Bernabe Barta Barri

Rating

6/10

"Martin opens with a ferocious account of its teenage hero's bloodlust in a railway compartment, where he slashes a girl's wrist and drinks her blood in sexual ecstasy. Widely held to be Romero's best and most disturbing horror film, it centres on a shy and confused 18-year old 'vampire' living with relatives. His elderly cousin believes he's a Nosferatu, but Martin is a strictly modern sexual psycho who uses razor blades and syringes to drain the blood from his victims"

This is truly a disturbing film.

Directed by
George A. Romero

Tagline:
See it with someone you're sure of.

Cast overview

John Amplas
Lincoln Maazel
Christine Forrest
Elyane Nadeau
Tom Savini
Sara Venable
Francine Middleton
Roger Caine
George A. Romero
James Roy
J. Clifford Forrest Jr.
Robert Ogden
Donaldo Soviero
Donna Siegel
Albert J. Schmaus

Rating

6/10

"Warren is a socially inept young librarian who is highly susceptible to self-help manuals. While pouring over one such book, he discovers that by expanding his mind, he can control his environment and the actions of other people. Disturbed by his changing personality, his co-worker, Larry, and his room mate, Brad, attempt to help but instead become the objects of his wrath. Eventually, Warren loses control. His overtaxed brain turns into a monster and bursts from his skull. The horribly mutant brain-creature takes on a life of it's own. Relentlessly it pursues Sandy, his newly-appointed supervisor and the object of his desires. Warren's horrified friends can no longer help him - now they must destroy him."

So next time you're making fun of the geek stacking the books in your local library, just make sure their head isn't about to explode!

Directed by
Michael Krueger

Tagline:
Warren's brain is out of his mind!

Cast overview

Joe McDonald
Christopher Wade
Shirley Ross
Kevin Hart
Tom Henry
Daniel Selby

Rating

4/10

"Max has been stranded in hyper space for 23 years, but when he materialises onto the good ship USS Bounty with half his face missing, and finds that they've lost his luggage, we're talking serious depression city. Unfortunately for Max, his troubles don't end with the free cosmetic surgery that leaves his face looking as though he's been bobbing for french fries in the deep fat fryer. He's being chased by two intergalactic hoods, who together have about as much charm as Atilla the Hun and who are after something that Max doesn't even know he's got. Add to this the hapless crew of the USS Bounty, a tranvestite android patched together with microwave chips who's absolutely no use in an emergency but can tell you how to defrost your average TV dinner and a nymphomaniac doctor whose bedside manner will put your pacemaker into overload. Join the whacky crew of the USS Bounty as they blunder through deep space, in a movie with even more laughs than SPACEBALLS."

With such an outrageous title it just had to be purchased. Unfortunately the film itself is not nearly as good as the title.

Directed by
Robert Torrance

Kyle T. Heffner
John Roarke
Deborah Benson-Wald
John Furey
Victoria Catlin
John Fleck
Scott Williamson
John Durbin
Pepper Martin
Rob Paulsen
Fox Harris
Tim Torrance
Rick Janov
Debbie Clemmer
Michael Ludin

Rating

7/10

"It is the year 2037. Following a nuclear disaster, the earth's inhabitants are confined to a sterile biosphere and spend most of their lives hooked up to a computer network that feeds their fantasies. But one young beauty rebels against the non-stop mind control and is exciled into the reality of 'THE OUTWORLD' - a toxic wasteland ruled by religious zealots and mutant cannibals. With state of the art sci-fi effects and a mind-bending climax, MINDWARP thrills and torments every step of the way. In a future run by computers, reality becomes a nightmare."

Another Bruce Campbell classic. Sort of a Mad Max meets the Matrix type film.

Directed by
Steve Barnett

Tagline:
In the future, life will be a dream. And reality a nightmare.

Cast overview

Bruce Campbell
Angus Scrimm
Marta Alicia
Elizabeth Kent
Mary Becker
Brian Brill
Matt Hensley
Gene McGarr
Keith Rodenberger
Wendy Sandow
Bekki Vallin

Rating

3/10

"On a routine space shuttle mission, Astronaut Jason Grant and Astronuat Marty Tanner discover a derelict space ship orbitting the earth. Grant retrieves a metallic sphere from the wreckage. Once back on earth the object turns out to be a spore with the ability to transform available machinery into a monstrous robot, existing only to multiply and kill. Grant and Tanner return to the moon to neutralise the threat, only to discover a ruined civilisation, and a centuries old woman, Mera, entombed alive in suspended animation. The alien robots long ago seized the base, and having destroyed the astronauts space craft, leave Grant, Tanner and Mera marooned in the MOONTRAP. They must fight for their own survival, but also for the survival of humanity and the protection of the earth from the planned invaders. This award winning special effects extravaganza combines the spectacle of Star Wars with the thrill of Aliens. Utilising saturn five rockets, Lunar landing modules and the latest space shuttle technology, this action packed movie proves correct the statement, 'The Sci Fi event of 1989'.
In 1969 the whole world thought Neil Armstrong was the first..... but something had been waiting 14,000 years."

Bruce, why d'you do it? And as for Walter Koenig, he should have known better.

Directed by
Robert Dyke

Tagline:
For fourteen thousand years... It waited.

Cast overview

Walter Koenig
Bruce Campbell
Leigh Lombardi
John J. Saunders
Reavis Graham
Tom Case
Judy Levitt
Reuben Yabuku
Doug Childs
Mariafae Mytnyk
James A. Courtney
Tony Abruzzo
Tom Whalen

Rating

8/10

"Composer Mark Deveraux is working on a theme for a SciFi movie, which accidentally goes out over the air. Next morning, the Earth is invaded by little green men from Mars. But they haven't come to enslave us..... they've come to send us up. They know everything. They get everywhere. And unfortunately they've got an inexaustible supply of gags. But the worst comes when they display an all-consuming interest in something that Earth people do - and Martians don't. Mark soon realises that his theme tune holds the key to the mystery. And if only the Martians would stop telling jokes, he might be able to remember it..."

I didn't much like this film, but my wife thought it was excellent. So I have decided not to give it a rating myself, giving way to her superior knowledge on what is funny and what is just plain stupid.

Directed by
David Odell

Cast overview

Randy Quaid
Margaret Colin
Anita Morris
John Philbin
Ronny Cox
Timothy Stack
Bruce French
Gerrit Graham
Dean Devlin
Roy Brocksmith
Nicky Katt
Troy Evans
Steve Blacknell
Allan Katz
Cynthia Ettinger