Given the left-field phenomenon that was 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, anything director Tobe Hooper had chosen for a follow-up was bound to be met with disappointment. Eaten Alive was. That’s too bad, because it may be an even weirder work. It doesn’t stray too terribly far from Texas’ brand of rural terror, either, … Continue reading Eaten Alive (1977)
If you’ve never seen an alligator in slacks before, you owe it to yourself to see The Alligator People. To be fair, this sci-fi schlocker technically should be titled The Alligator Person, but that’s hardly as marketable. In the needless wraparound story set at a sanitarium, two men hypnotize a woman (B-movie queen Beverly Garland, … Continue reading The Alligator People (1959)
In The Munsters’ Revenge, the first made-for-TV movie from the beloved 1960s sitcom The Munsters, the Munster family gets its revenge. Aw, shit, I just spoiled it. Anyhoo, the Munsters have an afternoon outing to the all-new Chamber of Horrors, where the wax figures include the Wolf Man, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Creature … Continue reading The Munsters’ Revenge (1981)
Dwight H. Little is the director of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Marked for Death and the new, live-action, video-game adaptation Tekken. FLICK ATTACK: Where did the H go? The credits just read “Dwight Little.” LITTLE: I think it was after Rapid Fire, maybe. I got bored with it. FLICK ATTACK: It’s been … Continue reading Confession Stand with Dwight H. Little
Something of a minor cult classic, I, Madman stars The Lawnmower Man‘s mattress mate Jenny Wright as Virginia, a frustrated actress and employee of a used bookstore who’s spending dark and stormy nights with her nose buried in an all-but-forgotten pulp thriller by one Malcolm Brand, featuring a disfigured maniac named Dr. Kessler. She’s my … Continue reading I, Madman (1989)