The Trip (1967)
Aug 12, 2000LSD Trip
LSD film from Roger Corman featuring Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern and Dennis Hopper and full of hilariously surreal and trippily psychedelic moments
Peter Fonda
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1968)
Mar 1, 2001Edgar Allan Poe Anthology
Trilogy of Edgar Allan Poe tales from three European directors. Roger Vadim's opening episode drags but both Louis Malle and Federico Fellini deliver standout works in their respective segments
Race with the Devil (1975)
Feb 2, 2003Backroads Pursuit by Satanists
This has been conceived as a 1970s car chase film mashed up with the 1970s fad for Satanism and occult where two couples in an RV inadvertently witness a devil worship ceremony and are pursued
Futureworld (1976)
Apr 13, 2000Android Amusement Park/Westworld Sequel
A sequel to the original Westworld. Here the cleverness of Michael Crichton's film is rehashed as a B movie plot about the amusement park now hosting android takeover conspiracies
Spasms (1983)
Aug 16, 2017Psychic Link with a Giant Snake
A 1980s film that was sold around a single air bladder makeup effects scene where a man swells up and explodes from a snakebite. That and the entirely risible premise of Oliver Reed as a billionaire who has a psychic link with a giant snake
Nadja (1994)
Apr 3, 2001Modern Vampire
Beautifully moody black-and-white vampire film from Michael Almereyda. A modernised reworking of Dracula's Daughter
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Sep 11, 2003Action/Los Angeles as a Future Prison
John Carpenter’s sequel to Escape from New York falls too much in the shadow of its predecessor, nevertheless has some effective moments of its own, with Carpenter in particular creating a satiric fundamentalist future
The Tempest (1998)
Mar 22, 2023Shakespeare Adaptation Updated to the US Civil War
A retelling of the Shakespeare play, which had been updated to the midst of the American Civil War with some interesting results
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Sep 5, 2004SF Writer-Philosopher Biopic
Biopic about controversial philosopher/SF writer Ayn Rand or at least one that focuses on the extra-marital affair she had throughout her life. Given that the film is based on a book by other man's wife, it does come with the odd axe to grind
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
Jun 21, 2004Talking Trains/Children's Film
Theatrical film spinoff from the Thomas the Tank Engine tv series using several imported American actors
Supernova (2005)
Jul 24, 2006Solar Disaster
Disaster TV mini-series about the end of the world due to the sun about to go supernova. Cliche plotting, canned action scenes and bad science ensue
Ghost Rider (2007)
Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero
Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as better than it had the right to be. The risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects