Leo Rossi Archives

Halloween II (1981)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 1, 2002Slasher Film

The first sequel to Halloween, with Michael Myers pursuing Jamie Lee Curtis through a hospital. John Carpenter's suspense is replaced by slasher hackery but in retrospect this is a lot better than the subsequent sequels

Director: Rick Rosenthal

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Lance Guest, Charles Cyphers, …

Category: Horror

1 February 200210 March 2026 by Roog

Relentless (1989)

Rating: ★★

May 6, 2026Cop Tracks Serial Killer

A popular thriller in its day about a cop tracking a serial killer (played by Brat Packer Judd Nelson). This prefigures The Silence of the Lambs in some interesting ways. Several sequels followed

Director: William Lustig

Actors: Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, …

Category: Horror

6 May 20266 May 2026 by Roog

Maniac Cop II (1990)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 30, 2001Disfigured Psycho Cop

Standout sequel to Maniac Cop, the best of the series, where Larry Cohen turns in a remarkable script and William Lustig delivers incredible action sequences

Director: William Lustig

Actors: Claudia Christian, Robert Davi, Robert Z'dar, Michael Lerner, …

Category: Horror

30 August 200110 August 2026 by Roog

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)

Rating: ★★

Jun 24, 2007Alien Anthopolgist Studies Human Mating Behaviour

The appealing idea of a parody of a nature documentary looking at human mating rituals from an alien perspective with everything constantly misinterpreted in terms of animal behaviour

Director: Jeff Abugov, ∞3

Actors: Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra, David Hyde Pierce, Markus Redmond, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 June 200726 September 2026 by Roog