bloody pom poms (1988)

aka cheerleader camp.
"lighten up, we're looking at naked women here."
Take a load of nubile young cheerleaders. Place them in a remote location. Add Alison (Betsy Russell), a cheerleader plagued by nightmares, and a sleazy boyfriend (Leif Garrett), and let the killing begin.
A mildly diverting stalk and slash, but nothing more.

erik the viking (1989)

"You must not fight."
Ex-Python Terry Jones brings us this tale of the mighty Erik the Viking (Tim Robbins), who questions the code that he lives by, of raping and pillaging. He decides that the best way forward is to end the age of Ragnarok, by waking the Gods in Valhalla. And thus his epic journey begins...
Adventure that only partially works, being a mild comedy, with a side helping inquiring into the nature of religious belief.

slumber party massacre (1982)

aka Sleepless Nights.
"As far as I know there is nothing happening here at all."
The end of term is coming and Trish (Michelle Michaels) has planned a slumber party for five of her friends, but unfortunately for them Russ Thorne (Michael Villella), a mass murderer, has escaped and is planning a surprise for the party. Their only hope is Valerie (Robin Stille), the new girl in town, who lives across the street.
Written as a parody, but made as a straight up stalk and slash, this well made flick plays with all the usual cliches. But although there is plenty of gore, there are only some occasional scares, in this bare bones horror.

killer klowns from outer space (1988)

"Paul, there's more important stuff to do than sell ice cream!"
Mike and Debbie (Grant Cramer & Suzanne Snyder) are at make out point when they see a shooting star land nearby. They go to investigate and find a spaceship and some clown like aliens intent on stocking up for their next trip, with humans as their preferred snack of choice. They escape to the local police station and tell officer Hanson (John Allen Nelson), but he has trouble believing that there are killer clowns out there...
Well made horror comedy, that plays with the usual cliche's.

milligan at large no.1 (1961)

aka Spike Milligan Meets Joe Brown. Milligan at large No 1 - Spike Milligan meets Joe Brown.
"This gentlemen, if he keeps still, is Joe Brown, an up and coming beat singer."
Spike, (in voice over), investigates the appeal of Joe Brown, including interviews with Larry Parnes and Jack Good, in his own idiosyncratic way. Fascinating, and entertaining look at the late 50's rock and roll scene in London. British, Comedy, Music, Boulting Brothers, Gerard Bryant, British Lion,

milligan at large no.2 (1961)

aka Milligan at large No 2 - Spike Milligan on Treasure Island. Spike Milligan on Treasure Island."
"Everyone on the street knows about Dick!"
Spike Milligan investigates Tin Pan Alley, following a song, 'Treasure Island', from inception by songwriters Compton and Morgan, through Tin Pan Alley, its recording and eventually the record store, where all the hepcats ignored it.
Entertaining and funny time capsule about the English music scene focused around Denmark Street in the late 50's, prior to the beat boom which changed the industry irreparably.

pumpkinhead (1988)

"He looked at me like he wanted to kill me."
When the 6 year old son of a rural storekeeper (Lance Henriksen) is accidentally killed by a biker, who subsequently prevents his friends from getting help, the boys father calls up a vengeful demon to destroy them. He soon realises his mistake, but can he call off the unstoppable beast?
Standard stalk and slash, that starts off well, then loses all sense of originality once the killings start.

like dawn to dust (1983)

"The past never dies, it just continually repeats itself."
Lydia Lunch explores Connemara whilst mumbling about relationships over a soundtrack featuring traditional Irish music and a smattering of Lydia's No Wave.
A musing on the cyclical nature of life and death, which you either see as poetic, or tedious, depending on your liking of out of focus 8mm.

priviledge (1967)

"I'm a person."
Britain in the near future, and Steven Shorter (Paul Jones) is the biggest pop star in the world, manipulated by his managers to sell anything and everything and eventually used to gain the public's support for a quasi fascistic state. A puppet, he realises how deep he's fallen when enlightened by Vasessa Richie (Jean Shrimpton).
Watkins takes his pseudo documentary style and points it at the manipulation of youth through the media. Unfortunately it failed at the time, possibly due to its plodding pace, but the message is even more relevant today.

jason goes to hell: the final friday (1993)

aka Friday the 13th IX. Friday the 13th Part 9: Jason Goes to Hell - The Final Friday.
"What you think of as Jason is not dead..."
When Stephen (John D. LeMay) is held for Diana Kimble's murder, her daughter Jessica (Kari Keegan) arrives in town with her, (and Stephen's), baby in tow, the last of the Voorhees line...and Jason needs his last living relative.
If you forget the previous nine installments and come at this fresh, this is an effective gorefest. Just don't come looking for something that stays true to the original.

night of the comet (1984)

"I'm sorry if the end of the world makes me nervous."
High school students Reggie Belmont (Catherine Mary Stuart), and her sister Sam (Kelli Maroney), wake up to find a comet has wiped out most of life on Earth. They are alone in the world apart from some Hector (Robert Beltran), a few zombies, and some scientists at a secret army base, including (Mary Woronov).
None too serious apocalypse film that asks the question: what would the burden of civilistaion be like if it fell to a couple of valley girls.

chopping mall (1986)

aka killbots.
"Absolutely nothing can go wrong."
When a shopping mall replaces its security guards with robots, we know its not going to be long before something will go wrong, and so it comes to pass.
A fun comedy horror, that starts well, but dips into standard stalk and slash territory later in the film.