Monster Shack Movie Reviews

Directed by Richard Haines and Michael Herz Tagline: “It rotted their bodies. It corrupted their minds. And that’s the good news.” Run Time: 85 minutes Don’t get me wrong: I love Troma films. I’ll never forget those late nights as a high-school student sitting up and watching The Toxic Avenger, Redneck Zombies, and Plutonium Baby…and [...]

Written and Directed by Joe D’Amato Tagline: "Warrior, Magician, Hero, Thief. They called him…the Blade Master!" Run Time: 92 min Other Titles: "Ator, the Blade Master" “One thing still puzzles me…why did your daughter fly like an arrow straight towards the sun?”- Zor the Mighty Metaphor Mixer “It would be less repugnant to be strangled [...]

Written and Directed by Don Dohler Tagline: “Alien menace terrorizes trailer-trash rednecks!” Run Time: 79 minutes Oh, and yes, the title shot is off center in the film. I owe a quick shot of thanks to Karl for generously gifting me a wonderful cache of crappy films, namely, the 50 film Sci-Fi <cough cough> Classic [...]

Directed by Nancy Walker Tagline: “The Musical Comedy Smash of the 80′s!” Run Time: 124 minutes A guest review by Sean Ledden Back Story Early in the 1970′s French pop composer Jacques Morali moved to the U.S. , where he fell in love with the dazzling Manhattan scene, and with disco music. One night at [...]

Directed by John Fasano Taglines: “When you raise Hell … the Devil must be paid – in full!”, “When the Band Starts to Rock…Heads Start to Roll!” Run Time: 83 minutes Randy Let’s go check upstairs. John Well, it sounded like the scream came from down here… You’re right, let’s go upstairs. After watching this [...]

Directed by Enzo G. Castellari Tagline: “A Heavy Metal Journey Into An Urban Hell Where Everything Was Done Wrong!” Run Time: 89 minutes “You’d better be careful or I’ll knock your block off!”- Trash If anybody has been paying attention to my latest travails, you will have noticed I just finished pounding out 4, count [...]

Directed by Tom Kennedy Written by Tom Friedman Run Time: 83 min Other Titles: "Time Walker" “Professor, could you move over here and smile at the mummy?”- Photographer Well, another bad mummy movie. But with a twist…the mummy is actually an alien that happened to crash land in Egypt way back when. Wow! Cool! Director [...]