I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

Betsy Connell (Frances Dee), a beautiful, young nurse, takes a job on the island of St. Sebastian in the West Indies to care for Jessica (Christine Gordon), the wife of a plantation owner (Tom Conway).  Is the wife sick or is she a zombie, and will her cure come from medicine or voodoo? A strange

The Ice Pirates (1984)

The Ice Pirates (1984)

Space pirates Jason (Robert Urich) and Roscoe (Michael D. Roberts), along with their crew (Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak, and Ron Perlman) raid “Templar” ships to steal water, the most valuable substance in the galaxy. Their most recent attack goes wrong and they are captured, but Princess Karina (Mary Crosby) frees them so they can help find

Impostor (2002)

Impostor (2002)

In the near future, weapon maker Spencer Olham (Gary Sinise) is accused of being an alien android with an implanted bomb.  The oppressive government has no conclusive test to determine if he is an android, as he wouldn’t know himself, so orders him executed.  Olham escapes to prove who he really is. Based on a

In the Year 2889 (1967)

In the Year 2889 (1967)

After a nuclear war, two brothers, an alcoholic rancher, a criminal, and a stripper, stumble upon the home of a survivalist and his daughter in a valley that’s been protected from radiation by “an updraft.”  One of the brothers, a heroic geologist (Paul Petersen), is romantically drawn to the daughter and frightened that his brother

Independence Day (1996)

Independence Day (1996)

Aliens invade the Earth in enormous ships, destroying the world’s large cities.  Their technology makes them invulnerable to human weapons.  It is up to a young U.S. president (Bill Pullman), a nerdy computer genius pining for his ex-wife (Jeff Goldblum), a brave fighter pilot (Will Smith), and a drunken trailer park resident who thinks he

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: The ADigitalMan Edit

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: The ADigitalMan Edit

This is a review of a “Fan Edit.”  Details of the original film, including twists and the ending,  may be revealed. How do you follow Raiders of the Lost Ark?  George Lucas and Steven Spielberg couldn’t figure it out, so they ended up with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the weak link in

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

Self-conscious Sarah (Kay Lenz) and her prom-queenish sister Patty (Morgan Brittany) start college, and concentrate on the only thing important: getting into a sorority.  Patty is accepted as a pledge at the house where all the girls are pretty but bitchy, while Sarah is only wanted by the smart-but-plain house.  Naturally, the bad girls, led

The Initiation of Sarah (2006)

The Initiation of Sarah (2006)

Sarah (Mika Boorem), a strong and hot chick with a past of accidentally tossing things around with her mind, and her sister Lindsey (Summer Glau), who lacks the depth of a dried up riverbank, arrive at college and the world of good verses evil sororities.  Evil, represented by Chorine (Joanna Garcia) and Alpha Nu, needs

Innocent Blood (1992)

Innocent Blood (1992)

A lonely vampire (Anne Parillaud) uses mafia gangsters as her food, but accidentally allows one (Robert Loggia) to rise as a vampire himself. Soon he is creating a new kind of “made-man” and she is working with an unstable cop (Anthony LaPaglia) to stop this new threat. Quick Review: This greatly underappreciated horror comedy is John

The Innocents (1961)

The Innocents (1961)

In Victorian England, a wealthy man (Michael Redgrave) hires a repressed woman, Miss Gidden (Deborah Kerr), as the governess for his niece, Flora (Pamela Franklin), and nephew, Miles (Martin Stephens), giving her complete control as he never ventures to his country estate to see them.  The children appear well behaved at first, but Miles has

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Louis (Brad Pitt), a vampire, tells a writer (Christian Slater) his life’s story. In 1791, he met the vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise) in New Orleans. Lestat transformed him, but Louis, already depressed, couldn’t accept his murderous nature. To keep him as a companion, Lestat turned a little girl, Claudia (Kirsten Dunst), into a vampire. The Hunger started a move