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A peaceful planet called Akira is visited by the conqueror Sador. He promises to return with an armada that will overrun the planet if they do not willingly submit to them. A young man named Shad goes on a mission to get weapons and warriors to fight off Sador and his forces. He assembles six unique individuals, including a vengeance seeking lizard man, a young scientist, a clone race, a haunted assassin,… Read More
You may think that there have been three Fantastic Four films. There were the two Tim Story film with Jessica Alba and Chris Evans…and the 2015 film with Miles Teller and Kate Mara. But there are tales of a first film, never seen by the world. Spoke in hushed tones. Okay, not really. There actually was a first movie made back in 1994. It was completed and even had release material. Outside… Read More
Probably the most interesting fact of the Piranha remake is that a twelve year old Mila Kunis plays the daughter of the Greatest American Hero. In 1995, Roger Corman and Showtime started remaking Corman “Classics” like Not of This Earth and Humanoids From the Deep. Piranha was part of this series and the worst thing about it? It is not bad or good. It is just there. It exists. It is a… Read More
Set in the Caribbean (though, no pirates) Piranha II: The Spawning is the story of Scuba Instructor, a police chief (her ex-husband) and a biochemist (her current boyfriend) trying to determine the cause of several gruesome deaths. There are lots of people who are eaten by the Piranha…but there is a twist…apparently the piranha have mutated and can now fly. Yes…fly. They flap their fins and fly around. In spite of this,… Read More
Joe Dante’s third film was one of Roger Corman’s knockoff films. Corman had a formula and it had a lot to do with seeing what was big or on the verge of big and following suit with lower budgets. And it worked. A lot of well known filmmakers and performers came out of the Corman Machine. Dante, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Gale Anne Hurd and John Sayles are but a… Read More
An attempt by Showtime to create a Horror Anthology to compete with HBO’s Tales From the Crypt, Body Bags both starred and featured direction from John Carpenter. Showtime killed the series but released the three shorts set against bookend segments hosted by Carpenter as a creepy coroner. His assistant was Tobe Hooper, director of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Both directed a segment as well. Just like the Crypt Keeper, the Coroner makes… Read More
