by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.28.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Monster > Sci-Fi > Thriller/Suspense

You know exactly what you’re going to get with this movie just by looking at the DVD cover, but the cheesy title belies the fact that Alien Raiders is a pretty decent low-budget monster flick. It has no pretensions about what it’s trying to accomplish and succeeds at providing the basics for a nice little movie that promises to entertain even if it does little else.
Discerning viewers will find plenty of flaws …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 03.18.10 in All Horror Films > Sci-Fi > Thriller/Suspense > Zombie

Since the release of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, I don’t think there’s been a time that zombie movies have been unpopular, and over the last 10 years the genre has seen a resurgence of sorts with some excellent offerings overshadowing the low-budget trash that’s usually churned out. After watching The Crazies, I felt this film fell somewhere in between: it’s not bad but not great either. I should also …

by: Obaid K
Posted on 02.13.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Sci-Fi > Science Fiction

Every once in a while we’re lucky enough to see a movie that’s so strangely unique it catches us off-guard. Sometimes these original flourishes turn out to be gimmicks and, upon multiple viewings, we recognize the film’s shortcomings – plot holes, weak character development or a lack of depth.
District 9 is definitely unique, has its share of flashy action sequences and is not without problems but it’s far from shallow or gimmicky. …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 01.08.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Cult/Erotic > Sci-Fi

Ah, Critters. One of those flicks I grew up with that has not only held up over the years, but I actually enjoy it more now than I did as a kid. It was unfairly declared a Gremlins clone despite director Stephen Herek’s rebuttal of such claims, chalk it up to bad timing I suppose. SadlyGremlins has become the much more popular of the two over the years and while I do think it’s …

by: sprouticus
Posted on 01.01.10 in Action/Adventure > All Horror Films > Sci-Fi

If you ever want to see what sheer stupidity looks like on celluloid, look no further than Neil Marshall’s latest outing Doomsday. After a promising start with his impressive debut Dog Soldiers and the claustrophobic spelunking nightmare The Descent, I had high hopes for his venture into apocalyptic action territory. Unfortunately, Doomsday is an jumbled mess of a film that is as schizophrenic as they come. It has no clue what it wants to be and …