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6 Trailers For Your Oscar Hangover

Now that the Oscars are over with, it’s time for another installment of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Trailers. 1) The Sicilian Connections (1972) Since we’re coming down off the...

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Lisa Marie’s Grindhouse Trailers: The Supersized Richard Lynch Edition!

On June 20th, it was announced that the body of veteran character actor Richard Lynch had been found at his home.  Richard Lynch was never a household name but, if you’re a fan of exploitation and...

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Film Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (dir by Frank Pavich)

I have to admit that I’m always a little bit cynical whenever I hear various film fans bemoaning films that were never made.  These are the films that were nearly made but ended up being abandoned...

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Lisa Reviews An Oscar Nominee: Bound for Glory (dir by Hal Ashby)

One of my favorite online film reviewers is Mitch Lovell of the Video Vacuum.  The thing I like about Mitch is that he doesn’t worry about how many Oscars a film has been nominated for or whether or...

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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #39: Maybe I’ll Come Home In The Spring (dir...

Way back in January, I was looking for something to have playing on TV in the background while I cleaned the house.  I went from station to station until I finally came across a movie that I had never...

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Film Review: Safari 3000 (1982, dir. Harry Hurwitz)

Ever seen that episode of AVGN for Darkwing Duck on the TurboGrafx-16? It starts off with the Nerd going through numerous games that you know are bad just by the title. Moon Ranger, Kid Niki, Dudes...

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Everybody Goes Home!: P.O.W. The Escape (1986, directed by Gideon Amir)

P.O.W. films were all the rage in the 1980s.  For a country just starting to get back its confidence, refighting the Vietnam War onscreen was a way to deal with the lingering trauma of that conflict....

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A Movie A Day #98: Crime Zone (1989, directed by Luis Llosa)

Welcome to the future.   To quote Leonard Cohen, it is murder. The police state of Soleil is engaged in perpetual war with the nation of Frodan.  In Soleil, being rich means living a life of carefree...

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A Movie A Day #241: Distant Justice (1992, directed by Tôru Murakawa)

Inspector Rio (Bunta Sugawara) is visiting Boston for the first time.  When his wife accidentally photographs a drug deal in process, his family his attacked.  Rio’s wife is killed.  His daughter is...

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A Movie A Day #313: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983, directed by Steve Carver)

Chuck Norris is J.J. McQuade, Texas Ranger! J.J. McQuade is a former Marine who keeps the peace in El Paso through a combination of karate and machine guns.  McQuade lives in a house in the desert,...

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Return of the American Soldier: Americana (1983, directed by David Carradine)

The year is 1973.  The American Solider (played by David Carradine, who also directed) has just been discharged from Vietnam and is now hitchhiking across an America that he no longer understands....

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The TSL’s Horror Grindhouse: Q (dir by Larry Cohen)

This 1982 film from Larry Cohen is a strange one. Q stands for Quetzalcoatl, a winged-serpent that was once worshiped by the Aztecs.  In New York someone has been performing ritual sacrifices, flaying...

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When It Comes To Halloween, Should You Trust The IMDb?

Like a lot of people, I enjoy browsing the trivia sections of the IMDb.  While it’s true that a lot of the items are stuff like, “This movie features two people who appeared on a television series set...

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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980, directed by Jerry Jameson)

One year after throwing his tin star to the ground and riding out of town in disgust at the cowardice of the citizens who he once served, former Marshal Will Kane (Lee Majors, stepping into the role...

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Lisa Marie’s Grindhouse Trailers: 6 Trailers For The Second Thursday In October

We are rapidly reaching the halfway mark of our October horrorthon here at the Shattered Lens. By the time we reach the end of the first half at midnight on Saturday, we will have published over 200...

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Evil Toons (1992, directed by Fred Olen Ray)

Evil Toons opens, disturbingly enough, with David Carradine hanging himself.  Carradine is playing Gideon Fisk, the owner of both a run-down mansion and an ancient book that appears to be bound in...

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Future Force (1989, directed by David Prior)

The time is the future, which looks a lot like 1990s Los Angeles.  Because of out of control crime, the police have been deemed useless and have been defunded.  (Like that could ever happen in real...

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Future Zone (1990, directed by David Prior)

David Carradine is back as super glove-wearing bounty hunter John Tucker in this sequel to Future Force! Once again, it’s the future.  In the future, everyone drives a car that was made in the 70s and...

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Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For Deep Rising and Lone Wolf McQuade!

As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasion ally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial...

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Horror Film Review: Waxwork II: Lost In Time (dir by Anthony Hickox)

1992’s Waxwork II opens with the finale of the first Waxwork.  The cursed waxwork is burning to the ground, taking out the monsters within, along with Sir Wilfred (Patrick Macnee) and Wilfred’s army of...

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