Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

In the years since Godzilla was trapped in ice, M-Force, made up of humans and vinyl-wearing mutants, has protected the world from the threat of giant monsters with sophisticated sci-fi weapons, wire-fu, and posing–lots and lots of posing. When a 1200-year-old “fossil” of a giant cyborg is discovered, mutant good-guy Ôzaki is assigned to bodyguard

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) happens upon the island of Colossa, where the magician Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) is running from a giant cyclops. Sinbad rescues Sokurah, but the sorcerer drops a magic lamp containing a genie (Richard Eyer).  When Sokurah can get no help in returning to the island, he secretly shrinks Sinbad’s fiancée, Princess Parisa (Kathryn

28 Days Later (1998)

28 Days Later (1998)

Waking from a coma, Jim (Cillian Murphy) finds that a disease has turned most of humanity into vicious zombies.  With a few other survivors, he escapes the city, but nowhere is truly safe. This is a nicely done film, but it is so derivative there is no reason to put an effort into viewing it. 

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Peter and Freddie (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) find themselves mixed up in the murder of a professor.  Trying to clear their names only makes things worse as both a criminal (Marie Windsor) and a cult leader (Richard Deacon) want the amulet they have, an amulet that leads to the treasure of an ancient tomb,

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

In 1929, the eccentric Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price), mutilated in an accident and now wearing an elaborate false face, seeks revenge on the medical team who failed to save his wife.  With the help of the beautiful and silent Vulnavia (Virginia North), Phibes carries out elaborate murders, modeled after the ancient plagues on Egypt. 

The Addiction (1995)

The Addiction (1995)

Kathleen (Lili Taylor), a philosophy graduate student, is attacked and bitten by an unknown woman (Annabella Sciorra).  She soon develops an addiction to blood, and to the evil that goes with taking it.  An older vampire (Christopher Walken) cruelly attempts to teach her how to exist in her new state, holding her hostage and feeding

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Two American students, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, (David Naughton, Griffin Dunne) are attacked by a werewolf while walking through the English moors.  David survives, but starts having violent dreams and hallucinations of the mutilated Jack, warning him that he is a werewolf. Comedy is almost always a good idea, and it’s so hard to

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

American Andy (Tom Everett Scott), Brad (Vince Vieluf), and Chris (Phil Buckman) visit Paris and find French girl, Serafine (Julie Delpy), about to commit suicide by jumping from the Eiffel Tower. Andy saves her, not knowing she is a werewolf. Invited to a party where the guests are meant to be dinner by her less well-meaning pack mates,

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

A deeply dysfunctional family, consisting of an abusive father (Burt Young), an unstable mother (Rutanya Alda), an older brother and sister (Jack Magner, Diane Franklin) who are attracted to each other, and a younger brother and sister who like to play at murdering each other, move into the Amityville house, and demonic activity starts up

Amityville 3-D (1983)

Amityville 3-D (1983)

John Baxter (Tony Roberts)—who, with his partner, Melanie (Candy Clark), debunks spiritualists—buys the Amityville house with the idea of writing a book. While Baxter offers his daughter, Susan (Lori Loughlin), her choice of rooms, his estranged wife, Nancy (Tess Harper), forbids her to enter the house. With bodies piling up, Susan, urged on by her friend, Lisa

The Amityville Horror (1979)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) and their three kids move into a house where there had been a mass murder a year earlier. The house is possessed and affects everyone who enters it. A priest (Rod Steiger) attempts to save the family from the Satanic forces, but is driven away. The Amityville Horror

April Fool's Day (1986)

April Fool’s Day (1986)

Rich Muffy (Deborah Foreman) invites her college-aged friends to her island estate for a weekend of pranks.  But when people start dying, it isn’t clear what is an April Fool’s joke and what is real murder. April Fool’s Day is the result of a major studio meddling in the Slashers sub-genre. It was hardly the first