“I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!” Although I highly recommend this dark, dark comedy (a notorious box office flop), I realize that it may not be for…

“The Greatest Blood-Show on Earth!” A nice little atmospheric horror flick from Hammer Film Productions, Vampire Circus opens with villagers from a tiny Austrian town swarming the castle of an…

“Crush that fly!” One of the best of the plethora of teen comedies from the early eighties and a true artifact of the era, this “totally tubular” flick loosely based…

“Suddenly he could see thru clothes … flesh … and walls!” In his 1981 nonfiction book on the horror genre, Danse Macabre, Stephen King refers to X: The Man with…

“Tighten your seat belt. You never had a trip like this before.” An existential road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian, Vanishing Point is basically an extended car chase accompanied…

“There’s a Good Reason Some Talent Remains Undiscovered.” In this frequently hilarious mockumentary directed by Christopher Guest, the small town of Blaine, Missouri – the “Stool Capital of the World”…

“Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have a taste of dust and sweat, mate? Thre’s nothing else out here.” You’re going to think I’m exaggerating but after watching…

"My name's Louden, Louden Swain. Last week I turned 18. I wasn't ready for it. I haven't done anything yet. So I made this deal with myself. This is the…

“A little ride in sunny France …” Before I actually watched this film for the first time, I envisioned some sort of early slasher flick and yet it actually plays…

“There’s a dark horse in the American Dream.” A true hidden gem, Americana stars David Carradine (he directed the film as well) as a stoic drifter and Vietnam War veteran…