DIRECTED BY: Roger Corman FEATURING: Jonathan Haze, Mel Welles, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Charles B. Griffith PLOT: Mild-mannered delivery boy Seymour breeds a new plant in an attempt to impress his boss and the sexy cashier at his flower shop; the talking mutant Venus flytrap grows to extraordinary size, but only so long … Continue reading CAPSULE: THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)
Coming up next week: reviews of the Roger Corman quickie The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), the best black comedy about a man-eating plant ever filmed in 48 hours; the seminal surreal cyperpunk pic Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989); Lon Chaney‘s 1925 The Monster; a 366 Underground report on the experimental Wrists (2011); and possibly even a … Continue reading WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): Reversion: Speculative sci-fi about mutants who lack a sense of time; the filmmakers describe it “as if Alain Resnais were to awaken in … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 6/10/2011
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): 0s & 1s (2011): The-times-we-live-in satire about a young man who loses his laptop, and therefore his entire life. The experimental part is … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 3/18/2011
DIRECTED BY: Seiji Chiba FEATURING: Mansinori Mimoto, Mika Hijii, Donpei Tsuchihira, Shuji Kashiwabara PLOT: Aliens land in feudal Japan, and a band of ninjas must defeat them. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: It’s a lightweight action movie with some b-movie absurdity; a fun and frivolous flick for an evening’s entertainment, but not approaching the … Continue reading CAPSULE: ALIEN VS. NINJA (2010)