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Reader review by “Count” Otto Black. AKA Pánico en el Transiberiano/Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express DIRECTED BY: Eugenio Martin FEATURING: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas PLOT: In 1906, an archaeologist discovers a frozen two-million-year-old ape-man in China. While being transported on the Orient Express, it turns out to be not only . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: HORROR EXPRESS (1972) Reader review by Jezella Pigott. DIRECTED BY: Mike Flanagan FEATURING: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Morgan Peter Brown PLOT: Tricia’s husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him “dead in absentia.” As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: ABSENTIA (2011) Reader review by Morgan Hoyle-Combs. DIRECTED BY: Piotr Kamler FEATURING: Michael Lonsdale PLOT: In a lost city, that may only be found in time, monolithic figures try to break free from their continuous state of immortality by crafting, and destroying, time itself. Two keys to their demise are a curious white sphere and long . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: CHRONOPOLIS (1982) Reader review by “Cletus.” DIRECTOR: Noboru Iguchi FEATURING: Takumi Saito, Aya Kiguchi PLOT: Two sisters compete with each other for dominance in a secret society of geisha assassins, which is led by the evil head of a steel manufacturing corporation. WHY IT SHOULD MAKE THE LIST: Let’s start with the purposefully terrible dialogue. Move . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: ROBOGEISHA (2009) Reader review by Jason Ubermolch. Some background on this review: in the suggestion thread, Jason recommended three movies: Brother Sun, Sister Moon; this one; and Zachariah. I noted that the first two movies were critically acclaimed but sounded only mildly weird, so I picked Zachariah to cover as the weirdest of the trio. Thinking I . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: 3-IRON [BIN-JIP] (2004) Submission for the reader review writing contest #4 by Shane Wilson “In the final count, I think we must have buzzed 20,000,000 behinds.” – William Castle DIRECTED BY: William Castle FEATURING: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman (the older brother of “Dobie Gillis” star Dwyane Hickman) PLOT: There are two plots running simultaneously in The . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: THE TINGLER (1959) The sixth submission in the June review writing contest: by “Kat.” DIRECTED BY: Jaromil Jires FEATURING: Jaroslava Schallerova, Helena Anyzova, Petr Kopriva, Jiri Prymek PLOT: 13-year old Valerie lives with her grandmother in a small rural village in Czechoslovakia; on the week of her menarche she drifts into a sensual, and at times threatening, . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS [Valerie a týden divů] (1970) The fifth submission in the June review writing contest: by Andreas O. Stoehr. DIRECTED BY: Antonio Margheriti FEATURING: Tony Russel, Lisa Gastoni, Massimo Serato, Franco Nero PLOT: In 2015, the space police fight to stop an organ-miniaturizing mad scientist from building a utopian community. WHY IT DESERVES TO MAKE THE LIST: Although the synopsis . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: WILD, WILD PLANET [I CRIMINALI DELLA GALASSIA] (1965) The fourth submission in the June review writing contest: by “Billy.” DIRECTED BY: Zack Braff FEATURING: Starring Zack Braff and Natalie Portman with Peter Sarsgaard, Gideon Largeman and Method Man PLOT: Andrew Largeman (Zack Braff) returns home to New Jersey to attend his mother’s funeral. While there, he realizes the funeral was only the . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: GARDEN STATE (2004) The third submission in the June review writing contest: by Alex Kittle. DIRECTOR: Nobuhiko Obayashi FEATURING: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Yôko Minamida PLOT: A group of fun-loving Japanese school girls plan to spend their summer at a beautiful, isolated mansion, but after experiencing some paranormal activity they eventually realize the house itself may want . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: HOUSE [HAUSU] (1977) |
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