hell comes to frogtown (1987)

"I've got to tell you that you are one weird dude."
It's a post-nuclear world with the usual mutants, this time mostly amphibians. Also most men are now sterile, but not our hero, Sam Hell (Roddy Piper). So needing some procreation action, the government send Hell to Frogtown, where the mutants are holding a number of fertile women hostage as sex slaves. Hell's mission is to rescue the women and give them the thrill of their lives. To encourage him to maintain his part of the bargain, he has to wear a codpiece bomb.
A low budget flick that proves against all the odds to be fun, chock full of quotable one liners.

inseminoid (1981)

aka Horror Planet.
"What's going on? Whatever it is it's weird."
Planetary explorers on a distant world come across evidence of an ancient civilisation. Following the discovery its team start having accidents, but is really disrupted when one of the scientists is raped and impregnated by an alien. This turns the normally mild mannered archaeologist (Judy Geeson) into a homicidal maniac, stalking and killing the rest of her colleagues.
Cashing in on the audience's frenzy for all things spacy after Star Wars, Warren delivers this gorefest, with more than a touch of Alien about it: low on budget, but high on pace and gore.

escape from new york (1981)

"You go in, find the President, bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man."
Enroute to a critical conference the US president's plane crashes in New York city, but being as this is 1997, New York is now a penal colony, walled off from the rest of the US, and housing the countries worst criminals. With the clock ticking a plan is hatched to send in Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), an ex-military man, turned criminal, who seems to be the presidents only hope, and is blackmailed into attempting a rescue.
Russell doing his best Clint Eastward impression leads us through an entertaining and action packed 90 minutes.

death race 2000 (1975)

"To recap those revisions: women are still worth 10 points more than men in all age brackets, but teenagers now rack up 40 points, and toddlers under 12 now rate a big 70 points. The big score: anyone, any sex, over 75 years old has been upped to 100 points."
The future (well it was in 1975), and the biggest sporting event is the transcontinental death race, where contestants gain points by killing pedestrians along the way. But whilst its a popular sport, some people have taken against it and are attempting to bring it to an end.
A cartoon action adventure, with pretentions towards political and media satire. This is chock full of anti-heroes such as Frankenstein (David Caradine) and Machine Gun Joe (Silvester Stallone). All in all good campy fun.

the bride (1985)

"I created your body, just as I created your mind. And I can uncreate it too."
Doctor Frankenstein (Sting) finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, whom he calls Eva (Jennifer Beals), but not everyone thinks this is a step forward for science. Meanwhile Frankensteins original creation is making his way in life working in a circus...
A sumptuous remake of the classic horror Bride of Frankenstein, which takes much of the horror out of the story, prefering instead to concentrate on the love story between the creator and his creation.

peking opera blues (1986)

aka Do ma daan.
"The more men you command the more power you have."
Peking in 1913 and whilst the warlords fight for control of the city, looting takes place. During this chaos some jewels are stolen and end up in the Peking Opera. Whilst the thief tries to get the jewels back, some spys try and use the opera as cover for their attempts to obtain incriminating letters from one of the warlords.
A well crafted mix of comedy and action, makes for a Hong Kong classic featuring Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh and Cherie Chung.

the hours and times (1991)

"But I want it!"
Drama based around the real life trip John Lennon (Ian Hart) and Brian Epstein (David Angus) made to Barcelona in 1963. This uses the event to speculate on the complex relationship between freewheeling Lennon and the uptight and homosexual Beatles manager Epstein.
Low budget, edgy and claustrophobic double hander, as the two spar, and Lennon bristles at thoughts of homosexuality.