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the mighty thor against the queen of the amazons (1963)

AKA Thor and the Amazon Women. Le gladiatrici
"I hope to become part of your glorious army."
A race of Amazon warriors are slavers and hear about the mighty Thor as a great fighter and decide they need him for their gladiator tournaments. Whilest the Amazons search for him the warrior Tamar (Susy Andersen), is having to train as a gladiatorix and is set to fight for her life in the arena. Can the mighty Thor (Joe Robinson) help Tamar and the other captives regain their freedom?
The entire premise doesn't make much sense, why is a matriarchal society killing other women? But then it doesn't make any sense to think to hard about this.

blast off girls (1967)

"I always wanted to make a big promoter."
Boojie Baker (Dan Conway) is a dodgy band manager exploiting local bands. And is no different with his latest finds whom he renames The Big Blast.
Cue second rate garage band tunes and barely there acting. Though you do get an appearance of Col. Saunders of KFC fame for free!

king kong vs godzilla (1962)

AKA Kingu Kongu tai Gojira
"King Kong could tear Tokyo apart with its bare hands and we wont give him the chance."
A pharmaceutical company seeks out a berry that only grows on a Pacific island. Whilst there they find a giant ape - Kong and decide to bring it back to Japan as an exhibit. Meanwhile Godzilla decides to make another appearance...
By this time we all know what to expect with the franchise, fun escapism of the rubber suit variety.

the hole in the ground (2019)

"It's my son he's missing!"
Single mother Sarah (Seána Kerslake) moves to a remote location in the Irish countryside with her son (James Quinn Markey). But soon his disturbing behaviour makes her suspect that he may not be her son at all. Also what does the mysterious sinkhole in the forest have to do with it all?
A psychological horror using the forest location in a beautifully atmospherically way but the slow pacing and unexplained loose ends serve only to sap the attention to an otherwise fine horror.

barbarian (2022)

"I may be a good person who has done a bad thing."
Tess (Georgina Campbell) is in Detroit for a job interview and arrives at her air BandB to find the charming Keith (Bill Skarsgård) has also booked a stay there. All goes well after the bad start until she finds a padded room in the basement. Bill doesn't believe her and goes to look. Meanwhile Hollywood actor AJ (Justin Long) visits the same house in order to sort out selling it but soon finds out there are things happening there that is the stuff of nightmares...
Claustrophobic, building the tension, this effectively draws you in before the scares begin.

cocaine bear (2023)

"The bear... it loves coke!"
A drugs courier drops himself and a load of cocaine in a forest, only for a bear to get a liking for the drug and do anything it can to source more! Into this mayhem wanders a mother (Keri Russell) looking for her kid, a detective (Isiah Whitlock Jr) and the drug dealer (Ray Liotta), amongst others, all of whom live to regret meeting this irritated bear!
A grand mash up of comedy and eco-horror delivered by a fine ensemble cast delivering a twist on a true story!