Ok, real talk. The maiden cinematic voyage of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise didn’t really cut the mustard with a first movie that was
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The Mummy’s Hand
After finding success with further sequels to their Frankenstein and Invisible Man franchises, Universal decided to plunder the sarcophagus of their horror back catalogue and
The Howling
It’s not even up for debate that 1981 was emphatically the year of the Werewolf. Not only did it see the release of lycanthope pack
Rollerball
Making futuristic movies in a time when the ability to realise said worlds is heavily limited is tough. Not only can you get bizarrely dated
Cross Of Iron
What with lunatic/maverick filmmaker Sam Peckenpah’s proclivity for fashioning incredibly brutal adventures featuring unfeasibly grizzled men trying to find a sliver of decency in horrific
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The intergalactic mac daddy of TV shows boldly going over to the medium of film, Star Trek didn’t exactly have the triumphant start you would
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
A more jaded man than I could suggest that Universal’s plan to start merging their horror characters into one big story like a giant, gothic
Old
Say what you will about M. Night Shyamalan, you cannot deny that he’s still one of Hollywood’s premier ideas men, constantly coming up with original,
The Dirty Dozen
You know what most of those war time movies featuring men on a desperate mission have in common – apart from usually having big Hollywood
The Long Riders
Y’know, it’s surprising that Walter Hill didn’t make more straight up westerns during the earlier part of a career literally busting at the seams with
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Usually the news that Paul W.S. Anderson is returning to direct anything, let alone another chapter of the frequently obnoxious Resident Evil franchise, isn’t exactly
Son Of Dracula
Considering how much fun Universal obviously had from eventually mixing their selection of classic monsters together like the contents of a particularly macabre toy box,
Poseidon
Proving that it wasn’t just horror movies that got noticeably shiny remakes during the noughties is Wolfgang Peterson’s redo of the classic 70’s sinky ship
Deep Impact
Man, disaster movies in the 90’s were pretty weird… Well, no – that’s slightly unfair. What I’m trying to say is that the circumstances that
Critters 4
Say what you will about the noticably ropey third installment of the Critter movies, at least actually stuff happened. In New Line’s final crack at
Damien: Omen II
I’ve mentioned this a couple of other times around these parts, but the spiritual link between the Omen and Final Destination franchises is fairly well
Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions
Anyone who managed to fight their way through the perky but dumb thriller Escape Room surely agrees that the most confounding aspect of Adam Robitel’s
The Forever Purge
Just when you thought it was safe to skip that night where America shuts up shop and becomes a kill zone for people dressed like
Fear Street Part 3: 1666
So, a mere three weeks after the first part dropped on Netflix, we come to the third and final part of the Fear Street trilogy;
Romancing The Stone
In the ranks of underrated action adventure movies of the 80’s, surely no other movie containing acts of rousing darring do deserves more modern column
