Joe Castro is becoming one of my favorite low-budget directors/producers/everythingelseinthemovieperson. So when I saw one of his earlier works on the Terror Toons 2 DVD, I had to give it a look. Made in 1985, it was filmed on what I assume was a VHS camcorder. From an interview I read, he said it was…
The Surge (2002)
Powerful crystals. You see those in the woods all the time. Well in this story, some teens run across them and get special powers. Not the same ones mind you, but enough to take on the terrors of highscool. But let’s not jump ahead too much. Starting off we meet Mr. Goth who likes to…
Supernova (2005)
There are a number of reasons why you shouldn’t make a movie about a supernova: scientific inaccuracies, belabored plot, writing yourself into an inevitable corner, etc. A supernova is kind of the “end game” scenario, no matter what, your protagonists will meet a fiery death. How does one make a movie about such a scenario…
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
The theme of alien invasion has always been my favorite subject in stories. I’ve often hoped that a race of aliens would come to this planet with the pure intention of conquest just so I could join a resistance movement like in Half-Life 2 or even Battlefield Earth. The idea utterly excites my imagination, which…
The Scorned (2005)
I really want to know who thought this would be a good idea. I mean reality star gatherings isn’t a new concept, and have been done before to give an additional 15 minutes of fame to otherwise ordinary people. However this time, they were pulled together for a fictional thriller. At first I thought it…
Infested (2002)
Well this was a treat of a movie. It had all the ingredients for a silly sci-fi monster movie. Bugs, host bodies, death, finale explosions, and lots of unrealistic CGI. Plus Amy Jo Johnson kicking more butt than she ever did as the Pink Ranger. On first viewing, the camera work just looked too good…
Deadgirl (2008)
I’ve always searched for a movie that really scares me. I’ve yet to find one, and I find books do a better job due to your imagination and all that. However, once in a while I do find a movie that’s unsettling. With the recent releases pushing the gore envelope, it’s almost become routine. With…
Death Tunnel (2005)
For a while, I thought I was getting soft. It seemed that I was hard pressed to find a movie I didn’t like; I mean in the b-movie circuit anyway. After classics like Zombie and Brain Damage, I grabbed a bunch of Shot on Video DVD’s thinking I’d get more of the same. After watching…
Fatty Drives the Bus (1999)
This review has been a long time coming. It probably would have been in the last batch of reviews in 2001, but probably came just too late when that whole ‘life’ thing took over. But now we start anew and I have this not only on VHS (in EP mode no less) but in DVD…
The Last Sentinel (2007)
The Last Sentinel has the rare distinction of being one of the few good Sci-Fi Channel Original movies. Despite what the cover of the DVD suggests, this story is more about Don “The Dragon” Wilson’s character Tallis than Katee Sackoff’s character who, interestingly, is never named. The story starts out simple enough. In this post-apocalyptic…