27.1.14

kill cruise (1990)

aka Der Skipper. Adrift: Murder at Sea. The Storm.
"What's the point of sticking around here?"
Two women (Elizabeth Hurley & Patsy Kensit) persuade a washed-up drunkard of a sailor (Jürgen Prochnow), to take them to the West Indies on his yacht. But soon the idyllic voyage is interrupted by bickering and jealousy between the girls.
Lacks clear motivations for the events, which drags this thriller down.

bad girls go to hell (1965)

"Please stop!"
Whilst her husband is at work Ellen (Gigi Darlene) is raped by the janitor (Harold Key), who she subsequently kills. Panicking about the death, Ellen flees to New York, only to encounter a string of bad situations where she continues to be used and abused.
Oozes sleaze and depravity, this is the epitome of exploitation.

knight of the dead (2013)

"The plague of the living, became the plague of the dead."
A priest and a band of knights are tasked with transporting a holy relic to a safe haven whilst the plague rages all around. Unfortunately they decide to take a short cut through a cursed valley. A valley full of zombies...
Stylized and promising much, but delivering little.

judgement night (193)

"Rule number two. No witnesses."
Four friends, (Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr, Stephen Dorff & Jeremy Piven) in an RV end up in an unknown part of town, and witness a gang murder. From there on in they are being hunted by the killer (Denis Leary) and his gang.
Tense thriller, with some fine action, some annoying characters, but ultimately nothing you've not seen done better elsewhere.

american vampire (1997)

aka An American Vampire Story.
"You've got to lighten up dude."
Frankie (Trevor Lissauer) and a friend plan on spending summer at the beach. Unfortunately for them they are befriended by some vampires, who come to stay! So Frankie hires Van Helsingmeister (Adam West), a famous vampire killer/surfer dude, to help rid them of their unwanted house guests.
A fun crack at producing a b-movie, (referencing William Asher/AIP Beach Movie), with sun, sand, waves and vampires!

20.1.14

julie darling (1983)

"Daddy I never want to get married. I just wanna be with you."
Teenager Julie (Isabelle Mejias) is indulged by her father (Anthony Franciosa), but hates her mother. So much so that when her mother is attacked one day, she doesn't act to prevent her death. But then her planned happy life with her father gets interrupted by his haste to remarry, and she is soon planning another couple deaths for her step-mother (Sybil Danning) and her son...
Slow, and uninvolving.

L.A. Streetfighters (1985)

aka Los Angeles Streetfighter. Chinatown. Ninja Turf. L.A. Street Fighter.
"You are a much better student than he is."
Tony (Phillip Rhee) is a Korean immigrant to L.A. Upon starting high school he soon encounters the local gangs, and Young (Jun Chong). Young and Tony become friends, but the gang culture is never far away.
The oldest student in town, arrives in LA and gets involved in a Romeo and Juliet rip off, b-movie style: bad acting, worse script, and none existent direction.