Rating

7/10

"By fate, two men are born on the same day. By destiny, they die at excatly the same moment. By a supernatural act, they both come back to life. One good.... One evil.... One body...."

There is a great quote from 'Today' on the back cover - "God might move in mysterious ways but, in Hollywood, Satan has all the best parts".

Directed by
Guy Magar

Tagline:
A Supernatural Nightmare of Unholy Terror.

Hoyt Axton
Ed Berke
Harry Caesar
George Caldwell
Chris Caputo
Tony Cox
Danny D. Daniels
David Dunard
Pamela Dunlop
Trish Fillmore
Kenneth Gray
Richard Jamison
Jeffrey Josephson
Dennis Lipscomb
Ralph Manza
Muriel Minot
George Murdock
Mike Muscat
Clare Peck
Susan Peretz
Jeff Pomerantz
Mario Roccuzzo
Suzanne Snyder
Leslie Wing

Rating

2/10

"When the Evil Overlord, Pharaoh ruler of the wheel-zone, sends his killing hoards to abduct the beautiful enchantress Sparrow, Queen of light, he upsets the worlds fragile balance. The Master of Light dispatches The Rollerblade Seven into the Wheelzone to rescue the beauty and save the world from perpetual darkness. Facing a gauntlet of perils, the Rollerblade Champions must battle their way through many deviant zones ruled by vicious gangs before coming up against the ultimate horror, The Black Night, the only obstacle left between themselves and Sparrow."

This film is dire. You simply have to watch it. When you do - don't blame me.
(Cheers F.G.)

Directed by
Donald G. Jackson

Cast overview

Scott Shaw
Frank Stallone
Karen Black
Don Stroud
Joe Estevez
William Smith
Rhonda Shear

Rating

3/10

"In a tale of absolute horror and suspense her new-found beauty transforms Ruth Warren into a monstrous inhuman creation, a living nightmare with no feeling, wantonly destroying anything in its path! Rejuvenator, the reality of an evil transformation!"

I think the writer is trying to say something here. Not sure what though. Ho hum. This film is pretty poor.

Directed by
Brian Thomas Jones

Tagline:
A vision of beauty born in hell.

Cast overview

Vivian Lanko
John MacKay
James Hogue
Katell Pleven
Jessica Dublin
Marcus Powell
Roy MacArthur
Louis Homyak

Rating

6/10

"They have five days to save the world from bizarre deadly enemies. But do the unlikely team of a no-holds-barred CIA agent paired with a meek insurance agent have what it takes to be REAL MEN? Legendary CIA sensation Nick Pirandello has a terrible reputation: his partners have a nasty habit of dying while on assignment. Mild-mannered Bob Wilson is a dead ringer for a man recently murdered by enemy forces and the government desperately needs him to make an important exchange. Together this odd couple clash in every area of experience, sensitivity and toughness. And they need to mesh their personalities now that the safety of their country - and each other - is at stake. With the fate of mankind depending on the success of their top secret mission, the unpredictable duo must discover what it takes to be REAL MEN in today's demanding world if they are to survive."

This is the kind of film that James Belushi excels in. Perhaps that's why he has done about 7 million similar ones. This is good. It's funny, it's fast paced and it's got guns in it, oh yeah and it's also got a good score from me.

Directed by
Dennis Feldman

Cast overview

James Belushi
John Ritter
Barbara Barrie
Bill Morey
Isa Jank
Gail Barle
Mark Herrier
Matthew Brooks
Mariah Dobson
Stephen Corvin
Charles Walker
Dyanne Thorne
Don Dolan
Mary E. Thompson
Suzee Slater

Rating

7/10

Video

"A sudden storm brings a shower of polluted rain, and in a downtown cemetery something stirs six feet under. The bad news is the living dead are back. The worse news is they haven't had a decent meal for years. And as any body will tell you there's nothing a greedy ghoul likes more than human brains. A special effects masterpiece. 'The Return of the Living Dead' has it's rotting tongue wedged firmly in its ghoulish green cheek. Sometimes you won't know whether to laugh or scream but remember it could never happen ... or could it?"

It could happen, couldn't it? But surely they couldn't make a sequel? (or 4)

Directed by
Dan O'Bannon

Tagline:
They're back...They're Hungry...And they're NOT vegetarian!

Cast overview

Clu Gulager
James Karen
Don Calfa
Thom Mathews
Beverly Randolph
John Philbin
Jewel Shepard
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Brian Peck
Linnea Quigley
Mark Venturini
Jonathan Terry
Cathleen Cordell
Drew Deighan
James Dalesandro

Rating

7/10

"Some mysterious Army barrels packed with bodies and green vapour topple from a transport truck travelling through a small town. It's this vapour that can turn the living into zombies, and the dead into the non-dead, so when a couple of bullies crack one open, things don't look too bright for the local inhabitants."

Turning the living into zombies is a new twist - sort of "Return of the Living Living!". As for non-dead, don't they mean un-dead?

Directed by
Ken Wiederhorn

Tagline:
Just when you thought it was safe to be dead.

Cast overview

Michael Kenworthy
Thor Van Lingen
Jason Hogan
James Karen
Thom Mathews
Suzanne Snyder
Marsha Dietlein
Suzan Stadner
Jonathan Terry
Dana Ashbrook
Sally Smythe
Allan Trautman
Don Maxwell
Reynold Cindrich
Philip Bruns

Rating

8/10

"Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted, their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat.
The video becomes an urban myth. Insidiously, an unseen force is pointing its deadly finger at those poor souls unable to resist their curiosity, One of those people is the cynical journalist Reiko, who soon finds herself unwillingly drawn into a spiraling nightmare of fear from an unseen, omnipresent threat."

First of a 3 part Ring series. This film needs to be watched with no distractions and the lights off. It is a bit spooky. Not the usual blood and guts type film you will find elsewhere in my collection

Directed by
Hideo Nakata

Tagline:
See it if you dare

Cast overview

Nanako Matsushima
Hiroyuki Sanada
Henry Sanada
Miki Nakatani

Rating

8/10

"After losing her boyfriend to the deadly virus which took its grip in the first instalment of the Ring series, journalist Mai Takano decides to conduct her own investigation into the powers of the lethal videotape. Along the way she witnesses the gruesome effects wrought up on those who have been exposed to it, until eventually her investigation leads her deeper and deeper into the dark world of Sadako."

Part 2. I've given it the same rating as the first part, but I feel this really is better than the first part. Again, dark room and no distractions or you will miss the true horror of this film.

Directed by
Hideo Nakata

Tagline:
Scary as hell

Cast overview

Daisuke Ban
Kyoko Fukada
Kenjiro Ishimaru
Nanako Matsushima

Rating

8/10

Yikes! Ring 0 goes a little way to explain the first two films. Truly disturbing.

Directed by
Hideo Nakata

Cast overview

Nanako Matsushima
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kenjiro Ishimaru