the dead hate the living! (2000)

"What would Bruce Campbell do?"
A disused hospital is used as a set for a horror film, but whilst there, the filmmakers find a dead body; ideal to use as a prop in the movie. A bad mistake, especially when they accidentally bring it back to life, and open a portal to zombie hell!
Like many post Scream films this tries to mock the very conventions that it adheres to, and ultimately fails on both counts.

island of death (1977)

aka Ta paidia tou Diavolou. Devils in Mykonos. Island of Perversion. Killing Daylight. Psychic Killer 2. A Craving of lust.
"Poor thing he's fainted."
Chris and Celia (Robert Behling & Jane Lyle) are a British couple on the run in Greece, but from what? And why can't they stop screwing and killing everyone they meet!
An imaginative film, that doesn't shirk on the sex and gore, weighed down by bad acting, but this only serves to ramp up the campness.

the keep (1983)

"This place was not designed to keep something out."
A Nazi platoon are tasked with guarding an old fortress but when one of them accidentally releases the malevolent force held there the dying starts. To understand what is happening they bring in a Jewish professor and his daughter. And for good measure a Greek stranger senses the force and travels to the keep to fight it.
A script with much promise, that gets mired in plot holes, and an overwrought soundtrack from Tangerine Dream.

burnt offerings (1976)

"The house takes care of itself."
Ben and Marion Rolf (Oliver Reed and Karen Black), their son, and his aunt (Bette Davis) take on an old secluded house as summer caretakers. Unfortunately for them the house has an interesting feature. For every death within the house, it rejuvenates a part of itself.
Well made, but underwhelming horror, that lacks for real thrills or suspense.

the manitou (1978)

"What you have to understand is that the magic of ancient Indian tribes was very, very powerful."
Karen (Susan Strasberg) is has a mysterious growth on her back, which her psychic former boyfriend (Tony Curtis) comes to believe to be the reincarnation of a Native American medicine man, when some serious events start to happen.
A film that has the misfortune of being not very good, but being too well made to be a camp classic.

wild guitar (1962)

"Bud you are in a serious business, a big business."
Bud Eagle (Arch Hall Jr.) is a rock n roll biker, who arrives in Hollywood to make his fortune. There he makes the acquaintance of Vickie Wills (Nancy Czar), who tries to help him. And it seems to work when top manager Mike McCauley (Arch Hall Sr.) picks him up, but little does he know about Mike's ruthless management techniques.
Despite itself this brings a naïvity to the age old story of talent being manipulated by unscrupulous management. Its inability to get things right only plays up its charms.

zombie flesh eaters 2 (1988)

aka Oltre la morte. Zombie 4. After Death.
"I've used magic to open the third door to hell."
Following the death of her parents, eaten by the zombies their scientific experiments had inadvertently created, Jenny (Candice Daly) journeys back years later with some mercenaries. Unsurprisingly they come across a load of zombies, but also a team of researchers led by Chuck (Jeff Stryker). Can they not only survive, but also shut the gates to hell and stop the zombies?
Eye gouging, face ripping fun, in this badly directed schlock that makes no sense at all.

iron sky (2012)

"Never doubt a Nazi."
The U.S. sends astronauts to the moon as part of the president's plans to get re-elected. But the ill thought out stunt takes a turn for the worst when they find a colony of Nazi's, who fled earth in 1945. And worst of all the Nazi's see the astronauts as scouts for Earth's attacking forces and decide to go on the offensive...
Beautifully rendered comedy horror which has some plot holes, but ignore them and you are in for a treat.

eegah (1962)

"If I didn't know they were dancing I would swear it was a fight."
Roxy (Marilyn Manning) sees a caveman (Richard Kiel) one night in the desert, and her father (Arch Hall Sr.) decides to investigate. When he doesn't return on time she enlists the help of her boyfriend (Arch Hall Jr.) to find him, but along with her father, she also finds the caveman, whom she distracts by giving him a makeover!
What B-movies are all about, cheap, badly scripted fun, with a couple of songs thrown in.

the pope must die (1991)

aka The Pope Must Diet.
"Serves you right, dealing arms in the Vatican!"
The fix is in for the election of a new Pope, unfortunately a miss heard name means that an unknown priest (Robbie Coltrane) is elected instead. So a plot is hatched by the Vatican, the mafia to rid themselves of this mistake.
Heavy handed satire that misses more than it connects with its punches.