“You believe in the angels or the saints or there's such a thing as a state of grace. And you believe it, but it's got nothing to do with reality.…

“Take the Trip!” A funky, low-budget Ozploitation biker classic, Stone was directed by Sandy Harbutt, who also cowrote the script (along with Michael “Pinball” Robinson). In addition, Harbutt portrays “Undertaker,”…

“My son, there’s murder in every intelligent man’s heart.” Generally regarded as the first film noir, this taut little paranoid crime thriller clocks in at just 64 minutes. An ambitious…

“Terror Stalks the Bayou!” A nice little atmospheric horror film produced on a miniscule budget by PRC, Strangler of the Swamp opens with the haunting lines: “Old legends – strange…

"Paris! City of Love and Intrigue—Scene of the Most Fascinating Mystery Ever Filmed!" Based on a popular urban legend, So Long at the Fair is an immensely entertaining mystery/thriller set…

“Nothing in nature is terrifying when one understands it.” The third film in Universal’s Frankenstein series and the sequel to Bride of Frankenstein (1935), the reasonably entertaining Son of Frankenstein…

“Hike your own hike.” I stumbled upon Southbounders purely by accident during a futile search for Appalachian Trail documentaries a couple of years ago (I had delusions of hiking the…

“This has gone well beyond the boundaries of prudence and good taste.” Love it or loathe it, this camp classic is a demented little low-budget horror flick/black comedy you won’t…

“Nothing in common. Everything to gain.” A low-key independent film that boasts some remarkable performances, Spring Forward centers around the developing friendship between two parks department employees in a small…

“The years I’ve spent trying to get all the things I was told were important – that I was supposed to want! Things! Not people … or meaning. Just things.”…