Bruce’s Deadly Fingers (1976) After an intro that is Saul Bass meets Sergio Leone we begin the story of Bruce’s Deadly Fingers; one of roughly 4,567 Bruceploitation flicks made after the untimely passing of martial Arts legend Bruce Lee. Anyway, Bruce (Bruce Le) rolls into Hong Kong to find his mother dead and his […]
A week of only watching Alien ripoffs? Sure. Sign me up. Along the way, I’ve got to explore some old favorites, unearth some dusty TV movie affairs and learned of the existence of 1982’s Forbidden World, another Roger Corman produced effort that uses Galaxy of Terror’s sets and Battle Beyond the Stars’ special effects. Director […]
One could be cynical and point to 1981’s Galaxy of Terror as a blatant cash grab, an Alien clone that pushes itself into squeamish territory that its inspiration only hinted at. You could see it as a disgusting piece of exploitation movie making, filled with faded stars. Or you could just realise that life can […]
Roger Corman is back with the latest instalment of a franchise that proves he’s the undisputed king of cult movie madness: Death Race 2050 It’s the year 2050 and America is controlled by an all-powerful corporate government ruled by the evil sonuvabitch, The Chairman (Malcolm McDowell). The masses have been catered to with violent-reality entertainment to […]
The superhero film is now a bona fide phenomenon with billion dollar blockbusters being pumping out on production lines so frequently that even Aquaman has his own cinematic outing scheduled for 2018. Anything comic-based is being optioned it would seem as Hollywood continues mine the comics industry for ideas which have often seen films produced […]
