Takashi Miike's deeply ingrained horror experience Audition is a rock solid doozy of a thriller with very clear and vivid depictions of torture and horror in measured doses.
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A very cheaply rendered CGI feature that tries using steampunk influences and Oz references to bring kiddies and the curious to the fold, The Steam Engines of Oz is a mighty snoozer that might have worked if more time, detail, and attention were paid to the story and the animation.
A simplistic stalk-and-slash horror movie set mostly in one location, The Unnamable is loosely inspired by a story from H.P. Lovecraft, and while the creature is clearly the highlight of the movie, they saved showing it off until almost an hour into the film, which is insane, considering that the movie is less than 90 minutes long.
A stylish mishmash of hot air and familiar faces swimming in it, Crazy Six is an interesting relic of the 1990's when director Albert Pyun was experimenting with his craft, while utilizing famous stars who were at his mercy.
A beautiful and exotic Euro sex drama, Summer Lovers casts a tantalizing spell with gorgeous scenery, a lovely score by Basil Poledouris, extremely attractive (and often nude) leads, and a pulsating pop rock soundtrack by many top bands of the era.
A moody, eerie sci-fi horror film that clearly seems to have inspired other major films that came later, it has a really radical monster and three good foes to go up against it.
A sappy romance that dips, drags, and stumbles, Autumn in New York is high melodrama that hits all the cliché beats.
Cast as the object of affection in Cannon’s seminal and now-iconic The Last American Virgin in 1982, Diane Franklin embodied...
What Art of the Dead has going for it is a sexy identity and firmly planted roots in horror.
Plot: A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he...