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Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 14, 2020
(1967) Written and directed by: Jack Hill; Starring: Lon
Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid
Haig, Mary Mitchell and Karl Schanzer; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon
Prime
Rating: ****
“One thing that has come to my attention over the years
about read more
The Boys from Brazil
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 3, 2020
(1978) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; Written by Heywood
Gould; Based on the novel by Ira Levin; Starring: Gregory Peck, Laurence
Olivier; James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Steve Guttenberg, Denholm
Elliott, Rosemary Harris, Bruno Ganz and Michael Gough; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating read more
Space Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2020
Aniara (2018) In the near(ish) future, Earth has
suffered one ecological disaster after another, prompting a mass exodus to Mars.
A massive luxury spaceship (with an interior that seems to have been designed
by Ikea) ferrying a group of would-be colonists embarks on its three-week
journey to M read more
Lifeforce
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 20, 2020
(1985) Directed by Tobe Hooper; Written by Dan O’Bannon and
Don Jakoby; Based on the novel Space Vampires by Colin Wilson; Starring:
Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“…It read more
Space Truckers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 8, 2020
(1996) Directed by Stuart Gordon; Written by Ted Mann and
Stuart Gordon; Starring: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles
Dance, George Wendt and Vernon Wells; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD
(Out of Print)
Rating: ***
“I had this idea that had been kicking around for year read more
August Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 31, 2020
The Oily Maniac
(1976) Eight years before Troma’s The Toxic Avenger, the Shaw Brothers
unleashed their own grimy champion of justice. This entertaining hybrid
horror/action film, directed by Meng-Hua Ho (Black Magic), is allegedly based on Malaysian folklore. Danny Lee stars
as Shen Yuan read more
Just Don’t Do It
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 23, 2020
It
seems as if independent filmmakers/distributors of the 1970s and early ‘80s were
obsessed with including “Don’t” in their movie titles. But wait a minute… This
wasn’t simply a cheap way of riding the exploitation bandwagon, but a public
service to warn us about read more
Who, Me? It’s Awards Time
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 7, 2020
First,
I’d like to thank the wonderful folks who double-nominated me for the Sunshine
Blogger Award and my first-time nomination for the Blogger Recognition Award:
Ernie Fink from Until the Lights Go Up,
Paul Batters from Silver Screen Classics,
and Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget Reviews, re read more
Korea Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 27, 2020
Planet of Snail (2011) At its heart, this uplifting,
contemplative documentary is a portrait of two very different people who have
found a common bond. Director Seung-jun Yi follows Cho Young-Chan, who is deaf
and blind, and his wife Kim Soon-ho (a little person) during the span of a few
days. The f read more
Short Take: Pulgasari
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 21, 2020
(1985) Directed by Sang-ok Shin; Written by: Se Ryun Kim;
Starring: Son Hui Chang, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri, and Yong-hok Pak; Available
on DVD and YouTube
Rating: **½
“They’re just an army of farmers. They have no strength.
Give them no leeway and attack at once. read more
I Saw the Devil
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 10, 2020
(2010) Directed by Jee-woon Kim; Written by Hoon-jung Park; Adapted
by Jee-woon Kim; Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Gook-hwan Jeon, Joon-hyuk
Lee, In-seo Kim and Bo-ra Nam; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“Because these characters need to express their
self-perceived p read more
Short Take: Attack of the Crab Monsters
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 1, 2020
(1957) Directed by Roger Corman; Written by: Charles B.
Griffith; Starring: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Leslie
Bradley, Mel Welles and Beach Dickerson; Available on DVD (Out of print) and
Amazon Prime
Rating: ***
“We are unquestionably on the brink of a great discove read more
Sea Monster Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 26, 2020
The Monster that Challenged
the World (1957) Technically, this
isn’t a sea monster movie, since it’s set in the Salton Sea (a saltwater lake located
in the Southern California desert), but I’m not going to split hairs with this
one. An earthquake creates a rift on the lake floor, u read more
Humanoids from the Deep
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 18, 2020
(1980) Directed by Barbara Peeters; Written by Frederick James (aka: William Martin); Story by Frank Arnold and Martin B. Cohen; Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Peña and Breck Costin; Available on Blu-ray, DVD, Shudder and Amazon Prime Rating: ** “ read more
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 10, 2020
(1955) Directed by Robert Gordon; Written by George Worthing
Yates and Harold Jacob Smith; Starring: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald
Curtis and Ian Keith
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“It’s just like the basic concept of Mickey Mouse. He only
has four finger read more
Mad Scientist May Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 1, 2020
The Alligator People (1959) Beverly Garland plays Joyce Webster,
a woman searching for her missing husband Paul (Richard Crane). Her search ends
up at an estate in bayou country, where Paul is part of an experiment to restore
bodies that have been horribly injured. It’s too bad the process (us read more
Dr. Cyclops
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 28, 2020
(1940) Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; Written by Tom
Kilpatrick; Starring: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles
Halton, Victor Kilian and Frank Yaconelli; Available on Blue-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we
have here. In our read more
The City of Lost Children
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 20, 2020
(1995) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Written by Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, and Mireille Mossé; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating ****½ “This film is read more
Doctor X
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 11, 2020
(1932) Directed by Michael Curtiz; Written by Robert Tasker
and Earl Baldwin; Based on a play by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller; Starring:
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford
and Dr. Rowitz; Available on DVD (in the “Hollywood Legends of Horro read more
April Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 30, 2020
The Strangler (1964)
This overlooked little thriller is worthy of rediscovery, thanks to Victor Buono’s
gloriously unhinged performance as Leo Kroll, a man frozen in a stage of arrested
development. The standard police procedural plot is nothing special, hampered
by wooden acting from David Mc read more