Johnny & James enter the world of Amicus, for the British-American sci-fi fantasy At the World's Core (1976), starring Doug McClure and Peter Cushing. Is it better than its Mystery Science Theatre airing would suggest?
Johnny & James consider no-budget Canadian cinema with a sci-fi film shot in a garage. Yes, really. It can only be the B-movie delights of Steven Kostanski's Manborg (2011), made for the pincely sum of $1,000.
Without hesitation, vampire women rise from their graves as an orphan wanders into the cemetery. This is a simple but effective scene, as well as one that has a poetic, almost hypnotic quality about it. It is rather distinctive; in..
I have a feeling that very few people would be willing to conduct a séance with a Bulgarian mystic calling the shots, especially if he's the type to conceal his true nature. Then again, it's hard to find a good..
Johnny & James get into the realm of no-budget Canadian zombie movies with this 1987 "classic." Come for the heavy metal, stay for the appearances by Adam West and Tia Carrere.
The horror of losing sanity is undeniably a fascinating yet unsettling concept for two reasons: it brings to mind the stories of Edgar Allan Poe and it speaks to the fragility of the mind, the latter being that which Jessica..
Johnny and James head out to dystopian Australia for Brian Trenchard-Smith's cheapie action classic Dead End Drive-In (1986).
Killers of the psychic type are few and far between, which is probably for the best considering that my head would likely explode if there were one too many. Self-deprecating humor aside, it doesn't take a parapsychologist to figure out..
Johnny and James take on cocaine deals and motorcycle-riding ninjas. Where's Popeye Doyle when you need him?
An investigation is like a puzzle. It requires a methodical approach as well as seeing the bigger picture, two qualities that Kurosawa stresses, as he is not only attentive to the mystery surrounding the murders but also to the unreliability..