Obscure Indie Film: The Deadly Spawn

(Originally posted on August 16, 2017) The Deadly Spawn is an oddball sci-fi/horror movie from 1983.  I hadn’t seen it myself until just recently.  I’d seen the poster and a few stills, but that’s all.  Fortunately, we live in the age of the internet and YouTube, hence my ability to watch it. First, I’d like […]

Society: A Weird Lovecraftian Movie

(Originally posted on July 26, 2017) Society is a bizarre movie.  Some might quibble with me labeling it “Lovecraftian”, but there are definitely elements that fit. I saw this thing while stationed in Germany in the early 90s.  A lieutenant and I would regularly swap weird movies with one another to try to ‘out-weird’ the […]

Battleship: A Good B Movie

(Originally posted on March 1, 2017) Battleship came out in 2012 and I ignored it.  I thought: “This is a movie based on a friggin’ board game.  No thank you.”  I didn’t get a chance to watch it until 2014.  Surprise!  It’s pretty good. Don’t misunderstand me, it’s a B movie.  There is no danger […]

Zarkorr! The Invader: A Fun, Bad Kaiju Movie

(Originally posted on November 16, 2016) Back in 1996 when I was living in New Jersey, a friend and I spotted Zarkorr! The Invader in the local Blockbuster (You youngsters can look that up.)  To be honest, I got it just to piss my friend off since he couldn’t decide on what to rent.  We […]