Martin Kove Archives

The Last House on the Left (1972)

Rating: ★★★★

May 1, 2001Sadism and Revenge

Wes Craven's first film, a savage shock to the system about a group of psychopaths that brutalise two girls. With this, Craven inaugurated the Backwoods Brutality film; this is still one of the best of the cycle

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Martin Kove

Category: Horror

1 May 20013 July 2026 by Roog

Savages (1972)

Rating: ★★★

May 11, 2003Savage Tribe Inexplicably Become Aristocrats

James Ivory and Ismail Merchant are usually known for their arthouse works. This is their strangest film where a group of savages discover a mansion and adopt civilised ways

Director: James Ivory

Actors: Thayer David, Martin Kove, Susan Blakely, Salome Jens, …

Category: Fantasy

11 May 200329 March 2024 by Roog

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 6, 2000Future Road Race/Black Comedy

Satiric hit produced by Roger Corman, a spoof of Rollerball, with David Carradine as a driver in a futuristic road race where points are won by running down pedestrians. Also featuring a young unknown Sylvester Stallone

Director: Paul Bartel

Actors: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 August 20009 October 2025 by Roog

White Light (1991)

Rating: ★

Dec 17, 2007Return from the Afterlife Thriller

Cheap badly directed film starring Martin Kove as detective who is shot but comes back haunted by visions of the afterlife

Director: Al Waxman

Actors: Martin Kove, Martha Henry, Allison Hossack, Heidi von Palleske, …

Category: Fantasy

17 December 20079 June 2025 by Roog

Project: Shadowchaser (1992)

Rating: ★

Feb 6, 2000Android Terrorist

Completely ridiculous mix of The Terminator and Die Hard where, for no clear reason, an android terrorist decides to take hostages in an office building and the FBI’s only hope is a cryogenically unfrozen football player

Director: John Eyres

Actors: Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Frank Zagarino, Paul Koslo, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 February 20009 October 2025 by Roog

Judge and Jury (1996)

Rating: ★

Mar 2, 1999Executed Killer Returns

A ridiculous supernatural action film where a madly overacting David Keith plays an executed killer returned from the dead to seek revenge against cop Martin Kove

Director: John Eyres

Actors: David Keith, Martin Kove, Paul Koslo, Thomas Ian Nicholas

Category: Horror

2 March 199916 May 2026 by Roog

Curse of the Forty Niner (2002)

Rating: ★★

Dec 21, 2023Resurrected Prospector Seeks Vengeance

Makeup effects man John Carl Buechler directs a film about a resurrected prospector come to enact vengeance against those seeking his gold claim

Director: John Carl Buechler

Actors: Karen Black, Richard Lynch, Martin Kove, Vernon Wells, …

Category: Horror

21 December 202321 December 2023 by Roog

Seven Mummies (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jan 19, 2007Western Ghost Town

Horror film where escaped convicts wander into a Western ghost town where a gold treasure is guarded by mummies

Director: Nick Quested

Actors: Billy Wirth, Cerina Vincent, Billy Drago, Matt Schulze, …

Category: Horror

19 January 200724 January 2023 by Roog

Joker’s Wild (2016)

Rating: ★

Apr 24, 2019Theatre Haunted by Killer Clowns

Completely ridiculous killer clown film with a theatre haunted by clowns where nothing makes any sense. Even more absurdly, it becomes a preachy diatribe in favour of the right to gun ownership

Director: Christopher S. Lind

Actors: Lacy Marie Meyer, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove

Category: Horror

24 April 201914 May 2026 by Roog

2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016)

Rating: ★

Apr 27, 2018Giant Fire-Breathing Spiders

Lavalantula with Steve Guttenberg facing giant fire-breathing spiders was a modestly enjoyable creature feature. This sequel feels like a Sharknado wannabe with shittier effects and an unfunny sense of humour

Director: Nick Simon

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Michele Weaver, Jimmy Bellinger, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 April 201829 November 2025 by Roog

VFW (2019)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 29, 2024Barroom Under Siege from Crazed Drug Addicts

Joe Begos makes an ultra-violent homage to John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 with a group of war veterans in a bar at siege against a horde of crazed drug addicts outside

Director: Joe Begos

Actors: Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler, Martin Kove, …

Category: Horror

29 April 20246 May 2026 by Roog

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 20, 2022Videogamers vs Unleashed Demonic Entity

Videogamers fight a demonic entity unleashed from a 1980s game. A film that is far more fun that you expect and comes loaded with videogaming in-jokes

Director: Jeremy Tremp, Scott Conditt

Actors: Tom Plumley, Greg Grunberg, Kevin Smith, Hassie Harrison, …

Category: Fantasy

20 February 202220 February 2022 by Roog