Phil Fondacaro Archives

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Rating: ★★

Sep 1, 2000Disney Animation/Sword and Sorcery

Forgotten Disney animated film that was not a success at the time it came out. It seeks to tell an epic fantasy tale in the J.R.R. Tolkien vein but ends up falling too much in the shadow of Star Wars

Director: Richard Rich, Ted Berman

Actors: Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Phil Fondacaro, Freddie Jones

Category: Fantasy

1 September 200028 December 2025 by Roog

Hard Rock Zombies (1985)

Rating: ★★

Dec 12, 2024Resurrected Heavy Metal Band

Deranged entry in the 80s fad for heavy metal horror films where a band are resurrected from the dead to play an all-important concert, while fighting off conservative townspeople and a very much alive Adolf Hitler

Director: Krishna Shah

Actors: E.J. Curcio, Geno Andrews, Richard Vidan, Michael Simms, …

Category: Horror

12 December 202413 November 2025 by Roog

Troll (1986)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 25, 2006Mischievous Creature

Low-budget Charles Band produced film that has entertainment value for its cheesily absurd creature effects and an amazing cast line-up

Director: John Carl Buechler

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, …

Category: Horror

25 February 200624 July 2023 by Roog

Dollman Vs. the Demonic Toys (1993)

Rating: ★★

Jun 1, 2004Miniature Cop vs Satanic Dolls

Full Moon production that offers the novelty of bringing together their Dollman and Demonic Toys franchises, although nearly a third of the film is comprised of recycled footage from said films

Director: Charles Band

Actors: Tim Thomerson, Tracy Scoggins, Melissa Behr, Phil Brock, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 June 200413 October 2025 by Roog

Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood (1996)

Rating: ★

Dec 16, 2001Vampire Brothel

The second of the films spun off from tv’s Tales from the Crypt. While the first film Demon Knight took itself seriously, this does not and is killed by a campy tone and a miscast Dennis Miller keeping up a running barrage of excruciating one-liners

Director: Gilbert Adler

Actors: Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak, Chris Sarandon, …

Category: Horror

16 December 20016 February 2020 by Roog

Blood Dolls (1999)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 23, 2000Demented Puppetmaster

Another of Charles Band's doll horror films a la the Puppetmaster and Demonic Toys films. Here Band goes totally gonzo and makes one of the strangest films of his entire career

Director: Charles Band

Actors: Debra Mayer, Phil Fondacaro, Nicholas Worth, Jack Maturin, …

Category: Horror

23 April 200023 September 2024 by Roog

Land of the Dead (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 5, 2005Zombies

George Romero's return to the zombie genre after twenty years, after others starting remaking and homaging his films. Romero still makes potent social metaphors but the gory extremes of his earlier films seem tamed down

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, …

Category: Horror

5 August 200520 June 2026 by Roog

Evil Bong (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jun 9, 2020Demonic Marijuana Bong

From Charles Band, this features a possessed marijuana bong that sucks those that imbibe inside into the simulation of a stripper bar where they lose their souls. Several sequels followed.

Director: Charles Band

Actors: David Weidoff, Brian Lloyd, Robin Sydney, Tommy Chong, …

Category: Horror

9 June 202013 July 2026 by Roog