cannibal women in the avocado jungle of death (1988)

aka Jungle Heat. Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
"This is a war! A war between men and women. Anything short of cannibalism is just beating around the bush."
The U.S. government, need to protect avacado supplies, and look to Prof. Margo Hunt (Shannon Tweed) to meet with the Piranha Women, an amazonean type tribe who use men as a food source.
Low budget satire in a Raiders of the lost ark / Apocalypse Now style. Not as funny as it could have been, but entertaining enough to pass the time.

cat women of the moon (1953)

"You're the first man I've ever seen."
The first rocket to the moon, commanded by Laird Grainger (Sonny Tufts) encounters giant moon spiders and a race of women with telepathic abilities and a desire to use the rocket to journey to earth and conquer it.
Low budget sci-fi, that is entertaining on a bad meaning good level. Expect lots of campy dialogue and bad acting.

beneath the planet of the apes (1970)

"My God, it's...it's a city of apes!"
Follow up to Planet of the Apes, this recaps the previous film, before continuing the story. Nova (Linda Harrison)
encounters Brent (James Franciscus) who has come to rescue Taylor, but the humans encounter various friendly and
unfriendly apes. Pursued by the gorilla army, the humans go subterreanean and discover the New York underground
system, and some human telekinetic survivors who worship 'the lawgiver' a nuclear missle.
Entertaining sequal, that develops the story into new and interesting areas.

attack of the killer tomatoes (1978)

"He got little Timmy... He ate him all up."
Tomatoes warp into bloodthirsty monsters, capable of pursuing their prey...man. The President appoints a secret
task force to rid America of this menace, headed by Mason Dixon (David Miller), but what will stop this red menace and will Dixon find it in time?
Spoof sci-fi horror, that succeeds in being both low budget, bad and comic all at the same time. Popular enough to
spawn a number of sequals and a cartoon series.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

"Igor, you idiot, why must you listen to me when I'm wrong!"
Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of robots, bikini-clad robots! Their mission is to find and seduce wealthy men, and strip them of their assets! Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) is a clutsy intellgence man who stumbles on the fiendish plot. Whilst Todd Armstrong (Dwayne Hickman), is a wealthy batchelor, who has is falling into it. Little does he know that his girlfriend Diane (Susan Hart) is in fact a robot sent by Dr. Goldfoot.
Typical AIP beach style comedy, that moves its situation from the beach to spoofing spy films, with the addition of Price hamming it up as a mad scientist, complete with evil assistant.

dead man's evidence (1962)

"The condition that that fella is in his own mother wouldn't know him."
A body washes up on a beach in Ireland and David Baxter (Conrad Phillips) is sent to investigate from London. But it soon transpires that the body in the morgue is not the same body. Baxter tries to get to the bottom of the mystery with the help of Linda Howard (Jane Griffiths), who found the corpse.
Cod Irish characters pack out this dull, talkie, and uneventful drama

the intruder (1962)

aka I Hate Your Guts. Shame.
"That's what we have on our hands, a great big black flood."
'Social reformer' Adam Cramer (William Shatner) arrives in a small southern U.S. town on the eve of intergration. The white population arn't happy, but it looks like it will be a peaceful event, until Cramer gets involved. Determined to stir up racial hatred, he does just that, but has he created an uncontrollable mob?
An important and interesting film, that shows bigotry comes in all shades, and is most dangerous in the hands of a charismatic leader. Abrasive due to its racist language and attitudes, this is a provocative film for the time, where even Shatner ups his game and produces a stalwart performance. Who would have thought Corman had it in him!

the third alibi (1961)

"I'm just waiting for the right oportunity."
Norman Martell (Laurence Payne) is a composer who is having an affair with his wife's step-sister Peggy Hill (Jane Griffiths). When Peggy announces she is pregnant, Norman asks his wife Helen (Patricia Dainton) for a divorce, but she refuses. So he hatches a plan to get rid of her, devising a complex alibi for himself and Peggy, but the best laid plans...
An intreging little film, with numerous plot twists to keep you on your toes. Keep an eye out for an uncredited Dudley Moore accompanying Cleo Laine, pre his decision to take up comedy.

the yellow teddybears (1963)

aka Gutter Girls. Thrill Seekers.
"I prefer my men a bit more mature."
A bunch of hormonal school girls including Linda (Annette Whiteley) wear yellow teddybear broaches to denote they have lost their virginity, and look down on the other girls as uncool. But then Linda discovers she may be pregnant and not able to confide in anyone struggles with what to do...
An interesting snapshot of pre swinging Britain and social attitudes to premarital sex and abortion, which at the time was still illegal.

re-animator 2 (1990)

aka Bride of Re-Animator.
"She's alive!"
Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) and his reluctant sidekick, Dr. Cain (Bruce Abbott), are again obtaining body parts in order to try and bring back the dead. With Cain less than enthusiastic about the route West is taking, West resorts to conning Cain into rebuilding his dead girlfriend...
A parody of "The Bride of Frankenstein" sees more gore and comedy, though it doesn't quite match the entertainment level of it's predecessor.

detroit rock city (1999)

"Lex! Quit Jinxing us man! No one is missing that concert tomorrow night!"
It's 1978 and Lex (Giuseppe Andrews), Trip (James DeBello), Hawk (Edward Furlong) and Jam (Sam Huntington), are four teenagers who have tickets to see KISS in concert in Detroit. They are determined to get there by any means necessary; defying their parents and lack of money. But when they get there they find their tickets have gone...
Coming of age comedy, that hits most of the right buttons, and this from someone who dislikes KISS!

the ladykillers (1955)

"Simply try for one hour to behave like gentlemen."
Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) rents a room from a kindly little old lady, for the purposes of robbing a wages van. The gang pose as a string quartet, despite looking like what they are, a bunch of rogues (Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, and Danny Green). Inevitably things start to go wrong the minute they lift the money, with infighting proving to be their downfall.
Another sublime lesson in how to produce a comedy. All elements, from acting, to script and direction, work together, meshing into a fine comedy.

pee-wee's big adventure (1985)

"I'm a loner, a rebel..."
Pee-Wee Herman's (Paul Reubens) world is shattered when his bike is stolen. Told by a fortune teller that his bike is in the Alamo's basement he sets off on a journey across America and will find more than just his bike.
An off-beat road movie that works for kids and adults alike.

the man in the white suit (1951)

"Why can't you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing when there's no washing to do?"
A young inventor Sidney Straton (Alec Guinness) invents a miricle fabric that cannot get dirty or wear out. His dream, initially lauded, is suddenly crushed as the mill owners realise that this could cause a crisis in the clothing industry and set about subduing the invention. But Sidney is determined the cloth should get to market, irrespective of the people he will put out of work, from mill to laundry workers.
A fine satire on all aspects of worker relations and capitalism.