Caged Heat (1974)

Caged Heat (1974) was written and directed by a young Jonathan Demme for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. Working within the lurid ‘women in prison’ genre with all that entails, the movie is a cut above due to its singular characters (such as Barbara Steele’s imposing yet strange warden), surreal dream sequences, broad jokes, and […]

Band Of The Hand (1986)

Band Of The Hand (1986) is a Michael Mann produced action flick that I’d long heard about. Our heroes are five teen delinquents who are taken from juvie and thrown into the Miami swamps to learn self-value and survival skills through the tutelage of a Vietnam war vet named Joe (Stephen Lang from Don’t Breathe […]

Q – The Winged Serpent (1982)

Larry Cohen’s Q – The Winged Serpent (1982) is an entertaining mix of creature feature horror and gritty New York crime drama. A winged serpent – who does not look as realistic as it does on the poster – terrorises New York rooftop bathers, construction workers and window cleaners. Good cast of B-movie regulars like […]

F/X2 (1991)

I used to watch F/X2 (1991) so much when I was a teenager, taped off TV on VHS, more than the first one which starred “our” Bryan Brown as a special effects technician caught up in a criminal plot with Brian Dennehy as the cop after him. The sequel is more upbeat and cartoonish with […]

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

With Peter Fonda’s recent passing, I felt it was time to take a ride with Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), the cult car chase action thriller that was apparently a sleeper hit at the time of release. While it’s promoted like Bonnie & Clyde on the posters with thief Larry (Peter Fonda) on the run […]