hardware (1990)

"Machines don't understand sacrifice - neither do morons."
Post-Apocalypse earth, where much of the world is a scorched desert. In this wasteland a scavenger finds some robotic parts that he hopes to sell on. In the city Moses Baxter (Dylan McDermott) buys them for his girlfriend Jill (Stacey Travis), who makes sculptures out of such junk. What they don't realise is that the parts he has bought are from a military cyborg, and it's not yet dead. Reconstituting itself, it sets about terrorising Jill. Can Moses get to her in time to stop the carnage?
Stanley bumps up the style quotent, in this stalker thriller, and adds a smattering of rock star cameo's, such as Iggy Pop and Lemmy. Yeah it's not a masterpiece, it's cheap and badly paced, and yeah there are plot holes, but I still find it an enjoyable ride.

dust devil (1992)

"There is magic all around us."
A serial killer (Robert John Burke) walks out of the desert and across Namibia, taking victims as he goes. Along his journey he meets Wendy (Chelsea Field), who has just broken up with her husband. Her only hope seems to be a local policeman (Zakes Mokae) who is trying to track the killer using a shaman, but can he stop the 'dust devil' before he completes his task?
A mix of murder, mystery, superstition and witchcraft goes into this hauntingly disturbing film. It looks visually stunning, but is let down by the far too languid pacing. It takes far too long for you to catch on to what is happening and I'm sure many will have lost interest before the film has a chance to grab people's attention. That said it is worth sticking with as it does get interesting, and sucks you in.